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How to send customers a link to update their credit cards

πŸ“… Last updated: June 2026
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βœ… Stripe subscriptions

This guide will walk you through how to send customers a link to update their credit cards.

What you'll need

  • A SystemeScale account
  • At least one sale made

For payments made with Stripe

To send a customer a credit card update link for a Stripe subscription, start from the transaction record connected to that customer.

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This update link is for Stripe payments
The Change credit card details option applies to Stripe subscriptions where the customer needs to update the card attached to the subscription.

Open the customer transaction

Go to the Sales tab and click Transactions.

Enter the customer's email address into the search field and click Filter. Next, click on the email address that appears in the results.

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Open Transactions
Go to the Sales tab and click Transactions.
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Search by customer email
Enter the customer's email address into the search field and click Filter.
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Open the customer record
Click the email address that appears in the results.

Open the subscription action

On the customer's page, scroll down to the Subscriptions section on the same page.

Click the three dots, then click Change credit card details.

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Go to Subscriptions
On the customer's page, scroll down to the Subscriptions section.
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Choose Change credit card details
Click the three dots, then select Change credit card details.

Copy and send the update link

On the payment update page that opens, copy the URL from the address bar and send it to the customer.

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Send the exact URL from the update page
After the update page opens, copy the full address-bar URL and send it directly to the customer so they can update their credit card details.

For payments made with PayPal

Customers paying via PayPal cannot update their payment method for an existing subscription.

They must cancel their current plan and start a new subscription using their new payment information.

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PayPal subscriptions cannot be updated this way
For PayPal subscriptions, customers need to cancel the current plan and subscribe again with the new payment method.

Related subscription and payment guides

Use the related guides below if you need to connect Stripe or PayPal, cancel a customer subscription, review failed subscription payments, or export transaction records.

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Need to understand failed subscription payments?
If the card update is needed because of a failed subscription payment, review how retries and cancellations work for each payment gateway.
Read Failed Payment Guide β†’
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