{"podcast":{"title":"Click & Convert with Maria Sparagis","slug":"click-convert-with-maria-sparagis-1375413","podcast_index_feed_id":1375413,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/maria-sparagis/","website_url":"https://directpaynet.com","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/0bfda54a-9b87-4d2d-8065-e279d8530fce/pod-cover-1.png","author":"Maria Sparagis","episode_count":200,"summary":"Maria Sparagis has spent 20+ years helping online businesses find the revenue they didn't know they were losing. As president of DirectPayNet and a payment solutions expert, she knows that the difference between a good business and a great one often comes down to how you handle payments and conversions. On Click & Convert, Maria shares the strategies, tools, and insider knowledge that ecommerce founders and online entrepreneurs need to scale to 6 and 8 figures — from optimizing your checkout flow to maximizing what hits your bottom line. Featured in American Banker, Vice, Coindesk, and Yahoo. Connect at mariasparagis.com or directpaynet.com.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-17T20:18:52.125688+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/click-convert-with-maria-sparagis-1375413"},"episode":{"title":"#229 5 Subscription Revenue Leaks Hiding in Your Payment Setup","slug":"229-5-subscription-revenue-leaks-hiding-in-your-payment-setup","published_at":"2026-04-02T21:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/click-convert-with-maria-sparagis-1375413/229-5-subscription-revenue-leaks-hiding-in-your-payment-setup","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/click-convert-with-maria-sparagis-1375413","url":"https://directpaynet.com","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/e22b3716-6448-4fec-8020-b77d83353ca8.mp3","summary":"What if you could increase subscription revenue without spending more on ads? When revenue stalls, most businesses try to fix it with more ad spend. But real subscription growth comes from optimizing your payment processing, subscription billing, and the funnel you already have in place. In this episode, Maria breaks down 5 fixes that increase subscription revenue by improving acquisition, conversion, and retention — using tools and settings inside your payment gateway that most businesses never activate. No extra ad spend. Just better systems. What if you could increase subscription revenue without spending more on ads? When revenue stalls, most businesses try to fix it with more ad spend. But real subscription growth comes from optimizing your payment processing, subscription billing, and the funnel you already have in place. In this video, Maria breaks down 5 fixes that increase subscription revenue by improving acquisition, conversion, and retention — using tools and settings inside your payment gateway that most businesses never activate. No extra ad spend. Just better systems. ____________________________________________ 🎯 Key Concepts Covered 🟩 Rebill Rate — The percentage of recurring payments that successfully process each billing cycle. Your first-month rebill rate is one of the most important numbers in a subscription business — it tells you how many customers make it past their first charge into a real recurring relationship. 🟩 Churn Rate — The rate at which subscribers cancel or fail to renew. Churn can be voluntary (customer chooses to leave) or involuntary (payment fails without the subscriber ever deciding to cancel). Understanding where your biggest drop-offs happen and how much churn comes from failed payments versus cancellations is the first step to…","meta_description":"What if you could increase subscription revenue without spending more on ads? When revenue stalls, most businesses try to fix it with more ad spend. But r…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":821,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/click-convert-with-maria-sparagis-1375413/episodes/229-5-subscription-revenue-leaks-hiding-in-your-payment-setup/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/click-convert-with-maria-sparagis-1375413/229-5-subscription-revenue-leaks-hiding-in-your-payment-setup.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}