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Re: Add recurring billing to your site. No coding, monthly fees, gateways. Code=HN

#31

Post by shazow »

This is exactly what I've been looking for: Something like Recurly or Chargify but without hefty monthly fees that will eat at my runway before I even get profitable.

Right now I'm using Paypal, and I can't wait to move to something else. It seems Pintpay's fees (3.9% + 30¢) are comparable to Paypal (non-Pro), but I'm fine with that premium as long as it's a better experience than Paypal. I want a nice clean interface that doesn't take 60+ seconds to generate reports on my currency subscribers.

As mentioned in another thread, the callback hooks are a must for me to migrate my service (SocialGrapple) to Pintpay, but everything else looks great. I eagerly await!

Edit: Just found this comparison chart of your fees vs others (Recurly, Chargify, Paypal Pro). Very handy: https://pintpay.com/about/compare

Re: Add recurring billing to your site. No coding, monthly fees, gateways. Code=HN

#32

Post by shazow »

ddemchuk wrote: post #10

Guys, net 60 payment on other people's money is absolutely absurd, beta or not. It's obvious you're attempting to bootstrap by using the cashflow of your clients payment processing to grow, but that's not ok in this niche. Raise capital or self fund and do Net 7 max.

I agree this abnormally high but this isn't an issue to me personally.

In practice, I'm using Paypal right now and I haven't withdrawn in at least two months. I suppose I should, mostly because I worry about random account freezing that Paypal tends to do. With a service that doesn't have that reputation, holding for 2 months isn't a deal breaker for me.

Re: Add recurring billing to your site. No coding, monthly fees, gateways. Code=HN

#33

Post by shazow »

gpl1 wrote: post #27
shazow wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

For some reason I assumed that such an API or callback was available. The things I take for granted. Agreed, this is a deal-breaker for me as well.

Yep, we're working on this now. We'll have that out shortly.

Any timeline for "shortly"? Are we talking days, weeks, months?

I'm planning a major new release soon and this would be an ideal time to switch payment systems.

Re: Add recurring billing to your site. No coding, monthly fees, gateways. Code=HN

#35

Post by gpl1 »

shazow wrote: post #31

This is exactly what I've been looking for: Something like Recurly or Chargify but without hefty monthly fees that will eat at my runway before I even get profitable. Right now I'm using Paypal, and I can't wait to move to something else. It seems Pintpay's fees (3.9% + 30¢) are comparable to Paypal (non-Pro), but I'm fine with that premium as long as it's a better experience than Paypal. I want a nice clean interfac…

Hi, yep, thanks for pointing out that link. Callback hooks are our top priority right now and will be done soon. We'll keep you posted if you signed up. Thanks!

Re: Add recurring billing to your site. No coding, monthly fees, gateways. Code=HN

#36

Post by shazow »

Here's some feedback:

* You should figure out a way not to require the payer to choose a password. Especially if they're already choosing a password on my service, now they're choosing two passwords. I understand that you're using this to handle plan changes and cancellation.

* Allow people to sign up for "free" products, too. This could potentially allow people to completely delegate their pricing pages to you, and you could be involved in the upsell process.

* Allow some formatting in the plan description. Specifically, I want to list things, which looks difficult to parse with a bunch of commas.

Re: Add recurring billing to your site. No coding, monthly fees, gateways. Code=HN

#37

Post by [deleted] »

shazow wrote: post #31

This is exactly what I've been looking for: Something like Recurly or Chargify but without hefty monthly fees that will eat at my runway before I even get profitable. Right now I'm using Paypal, and I can't wait to move to something else. It seems Pintpay's fees (3.9% + 30¢) are comparable to Paypal (non-Pro), but I'm fine with that premium as long as it's a better experience than Paypal. I want a nice clean interfac…

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Re: Add recurring billing to your site. No coding, monthly fees, gateways. Code=HN

#38

Post by gpl1 »

shazow wrote: post #36

Here's some feedback: * You should figure out a way not to require the payer to choose a password. Especially if they're already choosing a password on my service, now they're choosing two passwords. I understand that you're using this to handle plan changes and cancellation. * Allow people to sign up for "free" products, too. This could potentially allow people to completely delegate their pricing pages to you, and…

Excellent points. We will definitely consider these features going forward. Thanks!

Re: Add recurring billing to your site. No coding, monthly fees, gateways. Code=HN

#39

Post by gpl1 »

shazow wrote: post #33
gpl1 wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yep, we're working on this now. We'll have that out shortly.

Any timeline for "shortly"? Are we talking days, weeks, months? I'm planning a major new release soon and this would be an ideal time to switch payment systems.

webhooks / url postbacks within a week from today

Re: Add recurring billing to your site. No coding, monthly fees, gateways. Code=HN

#40

Post by johndbritton »

shazow wrote: post #36

Here's some feedback: * You should figure out a way not to require the payer to choose a password. Especially if they're already choosing a password on my service, now they're choosing two passwords. I understand that you're using this to handle plan changes and cancellation. * Allow people to sign up for "free" products, too. This could potentially allow people to completely delegate their pricing pages to you, and…

+1 on handling free subscriptions
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