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3answers
142 views

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 ...
6
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4answers
393 views

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 ...
1
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3answers
239 views

Subscription billing for a B2B SaaS

I understand I can either go with a combination of: Payment Gateway (ex: Authorize.net) and Subscription management service (Spreedly, Cheddargettar) or go with one solution that provides both these ...
1
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1answer
258 views

How Should I Price My Products or Services

Marketing your startup takes many forms. The classical marketing approach revolves around the 4 P’s: Product, Price, Promotion and Place. For this question and answer, we will tackle the Pricing ...
3
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2answers
495 views

Monthly subscription management service and payment gateway UK

We are currently building a website which includes a monthly subscription plan(s). We have a merchant account with Streamline and looking for a payment gateway. We would like to use a billing ...
5
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3answers
952 views

Upgrades, Downgrades and Cancellations in Paypal recurring service

I plan on using Paypal for a monthly subscription service and would like to know how to handle the Upgrade/Downgrade/Cancellation from users: For cancellation, is it recommended to develop the site ...
3
votes
2answers
407 views

Are there services that handle subscription payment for web applications?

I currently run a startup that sells an iPhone app through the App Store. I love that the App Store takes care of the work of charging users, collection of sales tax, basic reporting, etc. and just ...
7
votes
5answers
705 views

Third-party subscription payment processing like Recurly?

Does anyone have any experience with third-party subscription payment processing services like Recurly? What else is there?
5
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7answers
2k views

Use Spreedly or Chargify or neither?

I plan to add subscription plan(s) to my website (built using ASP.NET). I may be using Paypal as the payment gateway for now. I might consider adding credit card payments in the future. Although ...
1
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5answers
730 views

Off-the-shelf paywall?

I'm in the process of building a subscription-based content service. Users pay a monthly fee for one of a number of levels of service, and in return get regular emails and website access corresponding ...
3
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6answers
547 views

Components of a payments system (end to end)

What are the components of a subscription/payments processing system/platform? Does anyone have a good explanation of how providers like Zuora, Authorise.net etc. come together?