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Alerting staff to failed transactions

Purpose

1.1. Automate alerting processes so staff are instantly notified of failed archery club membership payments, event fees, or merchandise transactions.
1.2. Ensures rapid resolution of payment issues, increases transparency, automates escalation of critical payment failures, and helps maintain positive member experiences and financial accuracy.
1.3. Automatedly connects back-office, finance, and customer support with real-time transaction failure data for swift action.
1.4. Automates filtering to prioritize repeated failures, large payment amounts, or payments from VIP members for urgent attention.

Trigger Conditions

2.1. Payment gateways (e.g., Stripe, PayPal) report transaction as "failed," "declined," "chargeback," or "error."
2.2. Automated system detects non-matching invoice and payment records in the database.
2.3. Automatedly polls for error webhooks or failed payment events on a recurring schedule.
2.4. Internal event logs mark automated batch process with failed line items for reconciliation.

Platform Variants

3.1. Twilio (Programmable SMS)
- Feature/Setting: Automated failed transaction SMS; configure webhook trigger from payment gateway to Twilio Send SMS API.
3.2. SendGrid (Transactional Email)
- Feature/Setting: Automated email template for failed payment; map gateway failure to SendGrid’s Send API.
3.3. Slack (Incoming Webhook)
- Feature/Setting: Automated Slack alert; map payment gateway webhook to Slack webhook URL, customize JSON payload.
3.4. Microsoft Teams (Webhook Connector)
- Feature/Setting: Automated Teams channel notification; connect Teams webhook and payment failure automation.
3.5. PagerDuty (Event Trigger API)
- Feature/Setting: Automated escalation on critical failures; trigger via REST API with incident payload.
3.6. Zendesk (Create Ticket API)
- Feature/Setting: Auto-create support ticket on payment failure; integrate gateway webhook with Zendesk API.
3.7. Jira Service Management (REST API)
- Feature/Setting: Automate issue creation for finance team; POST issue with error details on failure.
3.8. Slackbot (Custom Bot Event API)
- Feature/Setting: Automated personalized DMs to club treasurer’s Slack upon failures.
3.9. Mailgun (Email API)
- Feature/Setting: Automated transactional email dispatch on payment error via API call.
3.10. Freshdesk (Ticket API)
- Feature/Setting: Automated ticket for finance support; open via Freshdesk’s API on failed event trigger.
3.11. Google Chat (Webhook Incoming Messages)
- Feature/Setting: Automated payment failure message to club admins’ Chat room.
3.12. Telegram (Bot API SendMessage)
- Feature/Setting: Automate sending message to archery payment admin group; configure payment bot.
3.13. Discord (Webhook Integration)
- Feature/Setting: Automated alert to Discord payment notifications channel on failure.
3.14. WhatsApp (Twilio WhatsApp API)
- Feature/Setting: Automated payment alert to finance mobile via WhatsApp.
3.15. SMSGlobal (SMS API)
- Feature/Setting: Automatedly notify staff via SMS on transaction failure.
3.16. Intercom (Create Conversation API)
- Feature/Setting: Automate staff notification within Intercom inbox on failed payment.
3.17. Asana (Task Creation API)
- Feature/Setting: Automatedly create finance follow-up task on failed transaction trigger.
3.18. Monday.com (Item Creation API)
- Feature/Setting: Automated failed payment board item for treasurer review.
3.19. ServiceNow (Incident Creation API)
- Feature/Setting: Automatedly generate financial incident record for failed payments.
3.20. Salesforce (Case Creation API)
- Feature/Setting: Automates creation of new case for finance/support review when payment fails.
3.21. Atlassian Opsgenie (Alert API)
- Feature/Setting: Automate high-priority alert to operations team for repeated failures.
3.22. HubSpot (Create Ticket API)
- Feature/Setting: Automatedly open new support ticket and notify finance.

Benefits

4.1. Reduces manual monitoring by automating real-time alerts for payment issues.
4.2. Ensures relevant staff receive automated notifications and escalations, preventing missed revenue.
4.3. Improves financial transparency and member satisfaction by quickly automating remediation of failed payments.
4.4. Supports audit trails, as automated alert logs help in compliance and reconciliation processes.
4.5. Scales with club growth, as automated alert systems adapt to higher transaction volumes without extra admin effort.

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