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Razorpay

Increasing Merchant Retention & Engagement

Problem

Many merchants use Razorpay only for payment gateway and don't explore other products, switch to competitors, experience low product stickiness, and see Razorpay as a commodity. The goal is to increase merchant retention and product adoption.

Users

merchants

Small businessesD2C brandsSaaS companiesFreelancersLarge enterprises

Root Cause Analysis

No daily usage

No business insights provided

Low engagement

No business tools beyond payments

Easy switching

No switching cost

Commodity perception

Seen as "payment processor" not "business OS"

Hypothesis

If Razorpay becomes a financial operating system for businesses, retention and revenue per merchant will increase.

Solution

1

Merchant Insights Dashboard

Show daily revenue, failed payments, customer cohorts, repeat customers, cashflow forecast, and refund trends.

Make Razorpay a business intelligence tool

2

Automated Nudges

Examples: "Your payment failures increased 12% this week", "Enable UPI autopay to recover subscriptions", "You may run out of working capital in 20 days".

3

Embedded Finance

Upsell working capital loans, vendor payments, payroll, and tax payments to increase switching cost.

Metrics

Primary

Merchant RetentionRevenue per MerchantProduct Adoption Rate

Secondary

Monthly Active MerchantsLoan AdoptionPayment Failure Rate

Expected Impact

Razorpay becomes a business platform, not just a payment toolHigher retention + monetization