Root Cause Analysis: Stripe + POS Systems
Why did this number change? askotter reads Stripe and POS Systems together and answers it for your business, by text.
How does root cause analysis with Stripe and POS Systems work for a small business?
askotter reads Stripe and POS Systems side by side so it can test each explanation against your connected accounts and find the cause. A ranked list of likely causes, each with the evidence behind it.
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The owner asks follow-up questions by text.
- From Stripe
- Payment transactions and revenue, Memberships and recurring plans, Customer payment profiles.
- From POS Systems
- Transaction data, Product-level sales, Customer identification.
- Status
- POS Systems is on the integration roadmap, so the matching described here starts when that connector ships.
- Not for
- Replacing Stripe or POS Systems. Both keep working exactly as they do now.
Why did this number change?
Bookings dropped 23%. The ad, the website and the weather all get blamed. Without your accounts side by side, it stays a guess.
How askotter handles it
askotter reads Stripe and POS Systems side by side, so it can test each explanation against your connected accounts and find the cause.
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How Stripe and POS Systems records line up
Stripe and POS Systems both store the customer's email address. askotter lowercases and trims it on both sides before matching, so the same person shows up as one customer across the two tools.
Shared between the two: the customer email address.
What root cause analysis uses from each
Root cause analysis needs timestamps precise enough to put events in order.
From Stripe that means decline codes and refund reasons. From POS Systems it means voids, discounts and staff on shift.
POS Systems is on the integration roadmap, so the matching described here starts when that connector ships.
What each tool sees on its ownShow less
Stripe on its own
Stripe knows the payment, the amount and the customer's email. It has no record of the ad, search or email that brought the customer in.
Timing. Stripe records each charge, refund and failed payment as it happens. Payouts land on a schedule days later, so charge date and payout date differ.
Access. A restricted, read-only Stripe API key, or Stripe Connect.
POS Systems on its own
A POS sees the sale at the counter. It only knows who bought when the customer gave a phone number or email for a receipt or loyalty account.
Timing. Many POS systems settle and export transactions in end-of-day batches.
Access. The POS vendor's API where one exists, or a daily export.
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Questions about Stripe + POS Systems
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How is askotter's Root Cause Analysis different from what Stripe shows on its own?
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