Direct Debit API for 1%; max £2

#1

Post by alexchamberlain » Thu, Jan 26, 2012, 11:26 AM UTC

Direct Debit API for 1%; max £2
gocardless.com

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#2

Post by alexchamberlain » Thu, Jan 26, 2012, 11:26 AM UTC

What a fantastic idea!

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#3

Post by 6ren » Thu, Jan 26, 2012, 11:59 AM UTC

> Currently we are UK-only. We will be rolling out internationally soon.

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#4

Post by alexchamberlain » Thu, Jan 26, 2012, 12:01 PM UTC

6ren wrote: post #3

> Currently we are UK-only. We will be rolling out internationally soon.

I don't think this is a bad thing - there are plenty of British only websites, and IMHO, too many US-only payment solutions.

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Post by mattmanser » Thu, Jan 26, 2012, 12:08 PM UTC

alexchamberlain wrote: post #4

6ren wrote: post #3

> Currently we are UK-only. We will be rolling out internationally soon.

I don't think this is a bad thing - there are plenty of British only websites, and IMHO, too many US-only payment solutions.

Far, far too many.

If they've done this right then this is excellent! This has been such an obvious gap in the market too, I'm glad someone's tackling it.

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#6

Post by eliaskg » Thu, Jan 26, 2012, 12:10 PM UTC

This seems to be e really strong competitor to stripe.com. But what all these services are lacking at the moment is international support.

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#7

Post by Uchikoma » Thu, Jan 26, 2012, 12:13 PM UTC

Hope they come to Germany.

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#8

Post by matthewking » Thu, Jan 26, 2012, 12:14 PM UTC

eliaskg wrote: post #6

This seems to be e really strong competitor to stripe.com. But what all these services are lacking at the moment is international support.

Doesn't look like you can make payment requests via the API without sending the card owner to the gocardless site first.

Our need is to be able to take a customers card details, store it with a provider (and get an auth code) and then bill that card via an API. Hopefully they'll expand on their current offering soon, UK businesses really need more options in this market.

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Post by balac » Thu, Jan 26, 2012, 12:15 PM UTC

Its a great idea, but will customers really be comfortable providing websites with their bank details in order to make a single purchase?

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#10

Post by alexchamberlain » Thu, Jan 26, 2012, 12:16 PM UTC

matthewking wrote: post #8

eliaskg wrote: post #6

This seems to be e really strong competitor to stripe.com. But what all these services are lacking at the moment is international support.

Doesn't look like you can make payment requests via the API without sending the card owner to the gocardless site first. Our need is to be able to take a customers card details, store it with a provider (and get an auth code) and then bill that card via an API. Hopefully they'll expand on their current offering soon, UK businesses really need more options in this market.

GoCardless don't charge cards... they take Direct Debits.