Smart Payment Pre-Authorization

Capture the Payment
Before the Trial Ends

1Capture holds the payment when your trial user signs up, then collects it automatically before the trial ends. VoiceDrop grew trial-to-paid conversion from 12% to 57% with 1Capture. See the VoiceDrop case study

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No credit card required • Free forever under $10K MRR

Works with the toolsyou already use

Stripe
Google Analytics
Slack

How Smart Payment Capture Works

Capture payment intent at peak motivation, then process seamlessly when the trial ends

1

User Signs Up for Trial

Customer enters card details during trial signup when motivation is highest

2

Card Pre-Authorization

We validate and hold the subscription amount without charging

3

Trial Period Active

User enjoys full access while building habits with your product

4

Automatic Capture

Payment is collected in the last 2 hours of the trial, with up to 10 retries if it fails. The customer knows the exact date upfront.

Why Smart Payment Capture Works

Tackle two of the biggest revenue leaks in SaaS: failed payments and involuntary churn

Fewer Failed Payments

Pre-authorization validates the card and confirms funds at signup, so the final charge rarely fails

Capture Peak Motivation

Users are most willing to commit at signup, not weeks later when the excitement has faded

Less Involuntary Churn

Expired cards and declined payments get caught at signup instead of silently costing you the sale

Complete Transparency

Users see exactly when they'll be charged, building trust and reducing support tickets

Traditional vs Smart Payment Capture

Why SaaS teams are moving payment capture to the start of the trial

Traditional Approach
Wait until trial ends to ask for payment
Smart Method
Pre-authorize at signup
Impact
Card validated upfront
Traditional Approach
Failed charges discovered at billing time
Smart Method
Card problems caught at signup
Impact
Fewer surprise failures
Traditional Approach
Lost momentum after trial
Smart Method
Commitment captured at peak motivation
Impact
VoiceDrop: 12% to 57%
Traditional Approach
Chase failed payments after the fact
Smart Method
Capture scheduled before trial end
Impact
Less recovery work
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Measure Your Uplift Like VoiceDrop

See trials, conversions, and revenue collected in your dashboard, compare page variants side by side, and name your own custom events.

Before vs After 1Capture

Before 1Capture
Conversion rate12%
Payment collectedAfter trial
Failed chargesChased manually
With 1Capture
Conversion rate57%
Payment collectedPre-authorized
Failed chargesCaught at signup

VoiceDrop Results

Conversion Before:
12%
Conversion After:
57%
Typical Range:
2-3x

Analytics & Event Tracking

Google Analytics Events

Sent from your trial pages to your Google Analytics property once you connect it

trial_start
• event_category: 'Trial'
• event_label: 'Trial Started'
• variant_id: 'variant_b'
payment_attempt
• event_category: 'Payment'
• event_label: 'Payment Attempted'
• variant_id: 'variant_b'
conversion
• event_label: 'Trial Signup Completed'
• value: 99.00
• currency: 'usd'
Custom Attribution
Cohort analysis:
Group trials by signup week
Lifetime value:
See what each customer is worth
UTM source tracking:
Link conversions to marketing campaigns
A/B test results:
Statistical significance and confidence intervals
Real-Time Dashboard
Unique visitors
Free trials this month
Conversion rate
Revenue collected

Controls & Guardrails
for Safe Deployment

Start with 20% of your traffic, keep your existing page running for the rest, and let 1Capture handle payment timing and retries.

Signup Checks

  • • Full-price authorization at signup
  • • Cards that cannot cover the price are declined
  • • A declined card never starts a trial
  • • Card details go straight to Stripe

Timing & Retries

  • • Trial length from 0 to 31 days
  • • Payment collected in the last 2 hours of the trial
  • • Failed payments retried up to 10 times
  • • Nothing collected if the user cancels

SKU & Pricing

  • • Multi-product and plan configurations
  • • Promo codes applied at signup
  • • Uses the prices already in your Stripe account
  • • Subscription term flexibility

Gradual Rollout

Send anywhere from 20% to 100% of your traffic to your 1Capture page. The rest keeps going to your existing page, and you raise the share when you are ready.

LIVE: Gradual Rollout
1Capture page: 20% of traffic • Existing page: 80%

Real-Time Monitoring

  • • Funnel refreshed every 30 seconds
  • • Conversion rate for each variant
  • • Revenue collected, day by day
  • • Slack or email alert when a payment fails

Data & Compliance

  • • Full audit logs and transaction history
  • • GDPR, CCPA, and PCI compliance
  • • Card numbers stay with Stripe
  • • Disconnect Stripe at any time

Charges run on your own Stripe account • No transaction fees

Configure Your Controls →

Payment Capture Questions

Answers to what buyers ask before turning this on

Some visitors won't enter a card, but the trials you do get convert far better. VoiceDrop traded a shorter signup list for trial-to-paid conversion going from 12% to 57%. You can also measure it yourself: run a baseline group against a test group and keep whichever wins.

Capture More Trial Revenue Like VoiceDrop

VoiceDrop grew trial-to-paid conversion from 12% to 57% with 1Capture. Start free, connect Stripe, and measure your own uplift against a baseline.

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