Explainer

What happens at the end of a trial or a failed payment?

In short

An unpaid academy locks but nothing is deleted, and paying opens it again straight away.

  • For academy owners
  • Updated 15 Oct 2026
  • 1 min read
  • Trial ends with no plan

    The academy locks at once. Admins see the plan picker, and learners see a notice.

  • After a trial

    By default you get an email on day 0, a warning on day 3, and the academy is archived on day 5. Deletion is never automatic.

  • Failed renewal

    A red banner with Update card shows on every admin page, and you get a "Plan payment failed" email. A later successful charge puts the plan back to active.

  • Plan ends or is cancelled

    The academy locks when the paid period ends. In the last 24 hours a banner shows how many hours are left, with a button to Billing.

  • Paying fixes it

    Choose or pay for a plan and the academy opens again at once, even after the day 5 archive.

Good to know

  • TEACHNIQ can give a failed renewal a few extra days, 0 by default. The red banner then shows the date access stops.

  • The day numbers above are defaults, and TEACHNIQ can set different ones for your academy.

  • Learners of a locked academy see a paused notice.