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Show HN: Subscription Billing for Developers and Startups

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Re: Show HN: Subscription Billing for Developers and Startups

#25

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nacs wrote: post #16
owenversteeg wrote: post #8

Aside from one major flaw [0], I really liked the website. Great use of humor, great pricing, cleanly designed, and I can see clear benefits over other products. Then I went to sign up and it all came apart. Firstly, I didn't get the email that I was supposed to (even after waiting a while.) Then, I went to sign in, figuring that I didn't need the email anyway. Once I did this, I was greeted with a confusing screen:…

I had a similar experience after signup. First, Billforward tells you to check your email after you signup which I waited a few minutes for then found it contained no activation link or anything (it just contains some "see our docs" type message). So you let me signup successfully then have me exit your site to read an email that is not required to then come back to the site to login? Why not just log the user in rig…

Thanks for the feedback, there was a minor glitch with our DNS config which caused a few of our outgoing signup emails to bounce... All fixed now and you should have received your welcome email.

Re: Show HN: Subscription Billing for Developers and Startups

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Post by nacs »

billforward wrote: post #25
nacs wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I had a similar experience after signup. First, Billforward tells you to check your email after you signup which I waited a few minutes for then found it contained no activation link or anything (it just contains some "see our docs" type message). So you let me signup successfully then have me exit your site to read an email that is not required to then come back to the site to login? Why not just log the user in rig…

Thanks for the feedback, there was a minor glitch with our DNS config which caused a few of our outgoing signup emails to bounce... All fixed now and you should have received your welcome email.

I received the email with no problem within a few minutes. The problem is that it was virtually useless and not required to login (no activation link).

Re: Show HN: Subscription Billing for Developers and Startups

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Post by KC963 »

Hey, this looks pretty slick. I like the targeted coupons and progressive discounting, I'm hoping to extend the latter over multiple product lines. I agree this could use a wizard or more explanation for us non technical types, but otherwise it looks very start up friendly. Thanks.

Re: Show HN: Subscription Billing for Developers and Startups

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Post by nfm »

Your pricing looks extremely generous, especially because you only take a percentage fee. This could be good (an edge over the competition when signing up new companies) or bad (unsustainable). I expect your lead time for new customers growing from $0/month to > $10k/month will be _long_ (ballpark 12 - 24 months), which could be problematic depending on the distribution of new vs established companies you end up with.

Re: Show HN: Subscription Billing for Developers and Startups

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Post by nfm »

lostpixel wrote: post #15
diminish wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I m currently trying to integrate stripe subscription api, for my soon to be launched service. Could you tell me why I should consider you instead of them?

As pointed out by dan_bk we provide a bunch of features above the plan based subscriptions Stripe offer. If you think you are going to be selling your product with usage based pricing, or want to use tiered pricing then we can add value from what you get with Stripe. Feel free to drop me an e-mail at ian AT billforward . net and can talk through you use-case.

It could be valuable to have a feature grid kind of page where you compare your platform to the built-in subscriptions in Braintree and Stripe, to provide an explicit list of the things you can handle that they can't.
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