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--- merchant_guide:notifications [2010/04/23 04:14] – earlyimpact
+++ merchant_guide:notifications [2012/05/12 21:52] (current) – [Dunning process] matt
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   * **Font Size**: size of the font used in the e-mail notifications (this setting maybe overwritten by settings set by the receiving e-mail client software).
   * **Customer Account Login URL**: Where your customers will log in. If you are using the SubscriptionBridge Customer Center, then select //**Use default**//. If you are using the SubscriptionBridge API and managing subscriptions in your own customer account management system, enter the login URL for that system under //**Use the following URL**//. This second option should only be selected by advanced users.
-  * **Callback URL**: this is an optional, advanced setting. It's the URL that SubscriptionBridge sends information to when an event happens. Programmers can receive that information and perform specific tasks (e.g. automatically turn off a customer account due to non-payment). [[merchant_guide:notifications_list_callbackurl|View a list of XML notifications sent to the Callback URL]].
+  * **Disable Email Notifications**: this is an optional feature that will allow you to disable emails to either the merchant, customer, or both.
+  * **Post-back URL**: this is an optional, advanced setting. It's the URL that SubscriptionBridge sends information to when an event happens. Programmers can receive that information and perform specific tasks (e.g. automatically turn off a customer account due to non-payment). [[merchant_guide:notifications_list_callbackurl|View a list of XML notifications sent to the Callback URL]].
 ==== Additional Copy for E-mail Templates ====
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   * **Subscription Ended** (N/A for ongoing subscriptions) \\ This message is sent when a subscription that included a limited number of subscription occurrences reached the last occurrence. The message is sent after the last payment was processed. This is not a frequent scenario as most subscriptions are setup to be ongoing (i.e. there is no predefined end to the subscription). However, there are cases in which a subscription could only last for a certain time (e.g. a year-long subscription to a magazine, paid monthly). Your additional copy could include information on how to reactivate the subscription.
   * **Subscription Canceled Automatically** (Billing Reasons) \\ This message is sent when a subscription is canceled automatically by the system after a certain amount of time following failed payments. You custom message could remind the customer of why the subscription was canceled, referencing your Terms and Conditions of use.
 ==== Message/Event Triggers ====
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   * **Subscription Canceled** \\ Sent if you want the system to automatically cancel the subscription if payment is still outstanding after the number of days specified.
-<note important>When you leave the Number of Days field empty or set to 0, the trigger is not executed.</note>
+<note important>When you leave the //Number of Day//s field empty or set to 0, the corresponding trigger is not executed. Therefore, even if that event occurs, an e-mail will __not__ be sent and a //silent post// will __not__ be posted to the Callback URL.</note>
+==== Dunning process ====
+Some of the notification settings allow you to control the "dunning" process. //Dunning// refers to the process of communicating with your customers to ensure the collection of accounts receivable. SubscriptionBridge allows you:
+  * Define when customer should be contacted
+  * What additional language should be included in those messages (e.g. to clarify what happens if payment is not received)
+  * Whether or not the subscription should be canceled at the end of the dunning process
+Note that the customer receives a notification at the time the payment fails. So the second, "Balance Due" notification should be sent a few days after the payment failed. If all notifications are sent, the customer will have received 3 messages before any action is taken (notification of failed payment at the time the payment is processd, "Balance Due" notification after N days, "Balance Due: Final Notice" notification after some additional time).
+Particularly important is the "Action Taken" notification: if you have a separate application that is //listening// to silent posts that are posted by SubscriptionBridge, that is the time when you will want to turn-off or change the level of access that the customer has to the products or services that you are providing.
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