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What happens to my tracked items if my payment fails or I downgrade to free?

A failed payment keeps Plus active while Wishpicks retries. After you downgrade, tracked items work for a 7-day grace period, then expire.

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If a payment fails, you keep Plus while Wishpicks retries the charge — nothing is cut right away. If you downgrade to free, your Plus-tracked items keep working for a 7-day grace period, then expire.

If your payment fails

  • Plus stays on during retries. A failed payment doesn't immediately remove Plus. Wishpicks keeps retrying the charge for about three weeks, and your Plus features keep working while the period you've paid for is still running.

  • You'll get a heads-up. You'll see a "payment failed" email and a banner asking you to update your payment method.

  • Update your card to stay on Plus. Fix the payment in the billing portal before the period ends. See "How do I cancel, pause, or change my Wishpicks Plus subscription?"

If you downgrade to free

After you cancel, Plus stays active through the period you've already paid for. Once it ends, your Plus-tracked items keep working for another 7 days — a grace period. Then they expire and stop being tracked under Plus.

What you lose after grace

  • Tracking on non-partner stores (any-store tracking).

  • The 50-item tracking limit.

  • Custom thresholds and target prices.

  • Price-history charts.

  • The weekly price recap email.

What still works on free

Partner-store alerts keep going. Items at partner stores still get standard free-tier price-drop alerts, as long as your Price drop alerts setting is on. See "How do I turn on price-drop alerts and control the emails I get?"

Keep in mind

  • Re-subscribing doesn't auto-restore expired items. If you come back to Plus before grace ends, your not-yet-expired items keep their tracking. But items that already expired won't switch back on by themselves — you'll need to re-enable tracking on those manually.

  • Your wishes themselves are safe. A downgrade only affects price tracking. Your wishlists, wishes, and reservations stay exactly as they are.

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