Module 1: SaaS Funnel Design · Lesson 3 of 3

Reducing Churn

Spot at-risk customers early and act before they cancel.

1 min readUpdated 2026-09-26

Lesson objectives

  • Identify churn warning signals
  • Plan interventions

Warning signals

  • Falling logins or usage
  • Key feature never adopted
  • Failed payments
  • Support tickets about the same problem
  • Champion user leaves the customer's team

Interventions

  • Targeted help content or a check-in call
  • Automated dunning for failed payments
  • Plan downgrades or pauses instead of cancellation
  • Exit surveys to learn why people leave

Action steps

  1. Choose two warning signals you can track now

Checklist

  • At-risk signals tracked
  • Failed-payment recovery set up
  • Exit survey live

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