> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.airdun.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Set Up Airdun and Start Recovering Stripe Payments Fast

> Create your Airdun account, connect Stripe, configure your channels, and switch on automated payment recovery — all in under five minutes.

Getting Airdun running takes four steps and no engineering work: create an account, connect Stripe when prompted, turn off Stripe's own dunning emails, configure your channels, and switch on the autopilot.

<Steps>
  <Step title="Create Your Account and Connect Stripe">
    Go to [app.airdun.com/register](https://app.airdun.com/register) and sign up with your work email. No credit card is required.

    In the onboarding flow, click **Connect Stripe** when prompted. You will be redirected to Stripe's standard OAuth consent screen, where you grant Airdun **read-only** access to your account — no API keys, no manual configuration.

    That read-only access powers your payment audit: it scans your payment history, calculates your recoverable MRR, and recommends a plan tier for your volume. Your Stripe data is not modified at this stage. The only write action Airdun ever takes on your Stripe account is retrying a payment as part of an active recovery plan.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Disable Stripe's Dunning Emails">
    Before going live, turn off Stripe's automatic dunning emails in your Stripe Dashboard under **Settings → Billing → Subscriptions and emails**. Airdun sends its own recovery messages from your domain; leaving Stripe's emails on means your customers receive two separate messages about the same failed payment.

    <Note>
      Disable the emails only. Leave Stripe's **Smart Retries** enabled — they do not conflict with Airdun.
    </Note>
  </Step>

  <Step title="Configure Your Autopilot">
    In your Airdun dashboard, enable the channels you want recovery to use:

    * **Email** — connect your sending domain to deliver recovery emails from your own address. Requires at least one sender persona with verified SPF/DKIM records.
    * **SMS** — Airdun provisions a phone number on your behalf.
    * **WhatsApp** — Airdun manages the WhatsApp Business API setup.
    * **In-App Payment Wall** — requires the Airdun snippet installed in your application.

    See [Channels Setup](/configuration/channels-setup) for the full procedure for each channel.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Switch On the Autopilot">
    Toggle **Autopilot** to on. Airdun begins monitoring your Stripe account for new payment failures. Each failure opens a recovery case: Airdun enriches it with failure context and customer data, designs a sequence across your enabled channels, and executes it.
  </Step>
</Steps>

<Note>
  Airdun stops the recovery sequence for a case the instant the payment succeeds. There is no risk of chasing a payment that has already been resolved.
</Note>

## Explore Further

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  <Card title="How It Works" icon="gears" href="/how-it-works/overview">
    How Airdun detects failures, builds recovery cases, and executes multi-touchpoint plans.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Recovery Channels" icon="satellite-dish" href="/features/channels">
    The email, SMS, WhatsApp, in-app wall, and smart retry channels you can activate.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>