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

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Post by aaronblohowiak » Wed, May 11, 2011, 9:06 PM UTC

gpl1 wrote: post #38

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!

I suggest markdown as a trivial to implement, useful, and safe template language.

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

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Post by gpl1 » Wed, May 11, 2011, 9:17 PM UTC

kmfrk wrote: post #47

This looks great, and I love the design and simplicity of your site. With Goodsie and now PintPay, e-commerce is going to be a blast. Maybe you should look into partnering with them? I'd love to have everything in one place.

Thanks a lot kmfrk! Also, Goodsie looks really cool, will have to check them out.

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

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Post by andypants » Wed, May 11, 2011, 9:17 PM UTC

gpl1 wrote: post #8

bitsm wrote: post #4

Are you guys PCI compliant?

Good question. From the FAQ: Do I need to worry about PCI Compliance? Nope! By using PintPay, you never store credit card information on your servers. In fact, that information isn't stored on our servers either. (Edited.)

He's asking if you guys are PCI compliant.

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

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Post by ZoFreX » Wed, May 11, 2011, 9:22 PM UTC

aaronblohowiak wrote: post #61

gpl1 wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

I suggest markdown as a trivial to implement, useful, and safe template language.

A good idea :) You could also look at Textile, which is similar.

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

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Post by bad_user » Wed, May 11, 2011, 9:32 PM UTC

US only.

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

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Post by magic5227 » Wed, May 11, 2011, 9:34 PM UTC

Another thought, you should speak in general terms how you can offer a lower rate than a lot of other companies. Its another component people will question, are you not charging enough to stay in business (for example)?

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

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Post by pbreit » Wed, May 11, 2011, 9:43 PM UTC

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.

Downvote. I doubt they are using the funds for operating costs. Most likely to combat fraud.

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

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Post by chow » Wed, May 11, 2011, 9:46 PM UTC

gpl1 wrote: post #43

rishi wrote: post #34

Hey Guys - this is pretty cool. On your homepage I would focus on how easy it is to use rather than the price point. Since almost all services are lower than 3.9%. Good luck - looking forward to seeing you guys take on the world.

Hi thanks for the feedback. Here's a quick price comparison: https://pintpay.com/about/compare But yeah, we hope to add a lot more value in the future than just handling billing.

Kudos on providing a price comparison page, but it's somewhat misleading that you're including Authorize.Net set up fees in the "Per Month Costs". Isn't that more reflective of first month costs?

Also, why wasn't Spreedly included?

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

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Post by barmstrong » Wed, May 11, 2011, 10:07 PM UTC

Great idea! On your compare page it looks like there is no need to sign up for your own merchant account which is a big win. So I assume you are using your own? Was curious how you managed to set this up, since I know operating as an "aggregator" of funds is considered higher risk and is harder to get. Do you mind mentioning which provider allowed you to set this up (BrainTree, etc) and how difficult it was to qualify?

Thanks!

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

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Post by limedaring » Wed, May 11, 2011, 10:35 PM UTC

gpl1 wrote: post #39

shazow wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

Awesome — you'll have me as a customer as well when that launches. :)