Questions regarding receiving money from customers or sending money to vendors.
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Contracting with existing LLC - How to payout wages
A friend of mine and I have recently taken on a part time consulting gig. The job involves building custom software, and we've agreed to work 16 hours a week on the project. The contract was made ...
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How to monetize payment processing within a SaaS [closed]
I'm designing a SaaS now that allows users to invoice customers and accept payments via the customer's credit card. The users should also be able to make payments to their vendors. What's the best way ...
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Describing an Upfront Cost in an Invoice Description?
My client and I have agreed to 2 payments. One is due right after signing the contract (due 7 days after) and another when the product is completed.
I'm currently drafting the invoice for the first ...
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Royalties as a means for acknowledging founders
I am in the process of establishing a business with four partners. Initially the shares were going to be split between the four partners but now it is clear that the majority of the work will be done ...
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Online payment processor that takes care of charging the appropriate taxes for me? [closed]
I am planning to set up a small business that will charge customers a recurring monthly fee for an online service that I will be providing.
Unfortunately, it appears I will run into the "tax ...
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Is it okay to use 2 different payment accepting services (systems) on the website that sells SaaS software?
One service will be used for region A because it offers paypal, the second one will be used for region B (it does not have paypal option) but offers automatical generation and sending invoice for ...
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Paying Overseas Project Partner
I am in the state of Montana, USA and have an app that my friend in the Netherlands and I built. I'm in charge of taking payments and I'm getting ready to send a payment his way. I'm wondering, what ...
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1099 requirements for customers in middleman-type business
Note: I WILL be seeking information from a lawyer or accountant if I proceed but I want preliminary info here first.
I am considering a business that, for sake of example, is much like Guru.com or ...
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Payment methods and conditions for fresh startup
I am an Interface designer and a startup asked me to work with them. As of now they are only two people and do not have a budget, so they would offer a share in the company.
I would be fine in ...
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A website that recieves and issues payments
I'm planning to launch a website which involves collecting/issuing payments from/to customers. My website offers a service for customers in exchange of a small fee which customers pay using credit ...
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How to do business research of a existing business? [closed]
How can i get the business plan of airtel money and all the rules and regulations involved to launch airtel money ?
Can anyone tell me that why we can not consider airtel money as a payment gateway?
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LLC Sub-contracting money and tax question
Essentially, I started an LLC about 6 months ago. I have worked pretty closely with another developer, but so far have yet to pay him. We are developing a product right now and I have agreed to give ...
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Who should process payments?
Suppose:
Company A owns product P
P is managed by company B
The sales contract is between A and customers
A has a contract with B such that B receives all income generated by P
Could B directly ...
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Online payment processing options in Australia [closed]
Are there payment processors for Australian businesses that processes payment without a merchant account?
Stripe is an example of payment processor without a merchant account but it only available in ...
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Do I have to pay an internship student in US?
I would like to find a student to do some design work for my website. Is it OK to just give him recommendation letter but not pay?
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Should we be turning down software resellers?
We get emailed nearly daily from various software reselling companies around the world. They generally enquire as to the cost of 1 - 5 units of our software, and we generally turn down these requests ...
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Does a US employer need to pay any taxes for a non-US freelancer hired online?
We own an International Web Development company and get hired from all over the globe. We need to know if one of our US clients, needs to pay taxes for hiring us.
They paid us $750.00USD via PayPal. ...
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Legal implications of creating and sharing a customer blacklist?
We're creating a marketplace where expect lots of buyers for digital goods ranging from $1 to $10.
Now obviously there are people who initiate chargebacks (costs $15!) without even communicating with ...
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Making payments though Check
Although we have other options (ACH, Wire, PayPal) but we also want to make payouts to our customers securely, but we're not sure what the ramifications will be.
I mean, what if:
The check never ...
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Legal implications of a chargeback on NO-Refund policy
I wonder if publishing a NO-refund policy will prevent the chargeback?
As a business, we'll show it where the customers can see it -- on the website and include in emails invoices and sales receipts. ...
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What's typical in terms of royalties?
I'm a developer negotiating compensation for a commercialized version of some data analysis software I wrote (see my profile if you like). This is a completely new experience for me. I want per-unit ...
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Invoicing customers that pay with Paypal or Google Wallet
I have an online service for which customer subscribes and pays a monthly fee. They use Paypal or Google Wallet to make these payments. Customers are starting to ask for invoices. Is there a way for ...
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Receiving payments for my LLC in my personal bank account
Before I setup my LLC I would receive payments to my personal account. So, going forward is it ok to continue with the way I receive payments, and deposit/transfer manually in the company account? Are ...
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What Would Be A Fair Way To Pay A Freelance Software Development Tutor Coach In Online Marketplaces?
I have a wordpress development job. I want to implement the job by myself. But since I am not experienced in wordpress development, I want to find a paid tutor to help me in this job.
I plan to find ...
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How can I receive money on someone else's behalf? [closed]
I'm putting together a charitable giving framework which means that I will have to receive donated money, somehow extract my (small and reasonable) fee, and turn over the remaining money to the donee. ...
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Paypal vs Amazon Payments in China for digital goods / subscriptions
Are there any metrics on market penetration of Paypal vs Amazon Payments, i.e. which has greater coverage/use among online users in China? I am restricting to these two for ease of implementation ...
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Using Paypal for Gifting
I am hoping to generate some revenue by sending out emails to interested people about giving a gift to the company. I am aware in order to say "donation" you must be a 501(c)(3) however if you claim ...
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Which Credit card processors allow us to retrieve payment information?
Which credit card processor allow us to retrieve payment information from their server in case if we need the payment information?
I believe my question isn't clear enough and I decided to write a ...
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How do I invoice Canadian customer from US?
I have US company and all of my customers so far here in US. I send monthly bill and get a check. No CC processing fees, etc.
Now I have some Canadian prospects. How can I bill them? Should I start ...
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Convert FREE to PAID service without losing customers?
This is a real estate website where agents can advertise their properties. Two years ago we've started as a FREE service to gain customers and visits. Now after a lot of investment we need to start ...
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Taxes with respect to content providers
I am developing a modest web site that shows content created by external providers. I use this content to promote my goods and sell them.
Instead of paying a fix upfront price for the content (I ...
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MD based LLC, outsourced technical expertise to India
I have a LLC based out of MD. I got a contract for a US based company, but a portion of it is outsourced to India. Can I pay them with funds in India, or should I transfer from a US based bank, once ...
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SaaS, should we pick the payment options or let the customer?
Working on a new B2C SaaS will allow our customers to accept payments online from their customers.
Currently we're trying to decided whether its better to have a list of payment gateways for our ...
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Multi-vendor marketplace-Dealing with transactions & Payments
I'm a few weeks into developing a multi-vendor, business to business website. Here is my issue:
We could potentially have a single user purchasing from multiple sellers at one time.
We are ...
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Is there a cheaper way (than wire transfer) to pay someone internationally?
We regularly have some distributors who pay us from outside the US. That usually costs 2% or so at their end and another $25 or more at our end.
Is there a cheaper way to do that? Maybe with PayPal?
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What is legally required in order to accept monthly payments for a SaaS product?
I have been working on a web product for over a year now and I've finally gotten to the point where I've finished integrating the payment / subscription / credit card processor into the product, ...
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3D Secure payments and chargebacks
A payments question for you:
If you accept credit card payments and request 3D Secure / Verified by Visa payment, but the card is not enrolled in 3DS and thus the payment completes without 3DS ...
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What is the best way to charge subscription costs?
I've developting a SaaS product and would like to charge my users a subscription charge, I'm considering a model with a monthly fee and a annual discount - but now my question is this. How do I ...
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Where can I find a high risk online payment processor?
I run a business that works to provide electronic goods to our customers, and we have serious problems with customers defrauding us by claiming failure of delivery or similar through our current ...
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receiving international payments in Brazil
Is anyone exporting from Brazil and receiving payments from customers abroad? If so, what is the tool used? I do not want to use Paypal because they charge 16.4% on the transactions which makes the ...
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Small post-project change. To charge or not to charge?
A few months after completing a website, a client is requesting a small change (literally changing one word to another on the site). I'm tempted to do this 10 second change for free, except that ...
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What are the options for a non US citizen for adding payment options like Amazon Payments to their app?
Amazon payments has a strict list of requirements including having a US EIN or SSN, a state driver's license and US residency. Google Checkout is not yet available in Canada.
What are the steps that ...
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Amazon Payments for B2B Software
We sell B2B software, and receive most of our payments by bank transfer or cheque. We're currently using Google Checkout to take online card payments.
We have some issues with Google Checkout though:
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steps required to receive payments from app store as a non-US resident
I'm a non-US citizen and have a couple of free iOS applications in the app store. Now, i want to create non-free versions, but i'm trying to gather what are the requirements that i would need in order ...
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Help demystifying partnership pass-through taxation
Situation
I am in the process of deciding which type of taxation to choose for my LLC. Up until this point I was leaning towards Partnership taxation because that is what LLC For Dummies was ...
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Payment processors and VAT
I'm trying to understand how VAT responsibilities are handled by payment processors like FastSpring and SWReg. From the HMRC website:
What is VAT?
VAT is a tax that's charged on most business ...
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Legal advice for handling money when serving two sided market
My services handle two types of users: (A) and (B), where (B) are in fact the users of (A).
I act as the mediator between (A) and (B). My website provides marketing services which facilitates (B)'s ...
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Can i sell my Blog somewhere? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to sell a website?
I own a blog earlier its has alexa ranking as well. Its a technical blog where we used to update about the recent software, technical concepts, ...
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How can I take refundable deposits online?
I am looking to provide rental items online, however it is important that I can take a deposit that will be returned after the usage of the item. I am aware of capture delay although my understanding ...
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Is yearly subscription for a new SaaS a bad idea?
We're working hard on a new SaaS idea. We're bootstrapping as much as we can and are not looking for outside investment. Our goal was start charging for the service on a yearly basis, in our minds ...
