I'm putting the finishing touches to a hosted application which will have either a monthly, quarterly or annual subscription price.<p>For a business idea that is not proven (but I currently believe in), I really don't want to spend a lot of time or money in setting up transaction services.<p>Here is my very small shortlist of options I identified as suitable candidates:<p>1. Amazon's FPS - looks very capable but seems way too complex for me to set up. I'm only a part time developer and tend to code through a combination of lynda.com training and pasting error codes into google / stackoverflow.<p>2. Paypal - trusted brand with consumers, but I know they have had some negative publicity over account freezes. Also their recurring billing service attracts a $19 per month account keeping fee which is not really ideal to me. I'd rather sink this money into adwords!<p>3. Stripe - looks perfect but they are only in private beta in Australia, so not sure if I'll be able to get an invite.<p>What are HN readers using, to help with my/others evaluations?<p>EDIT: formatting & added stripe as I completely overlooked them
Have you looked at Braintree: <a href="https://www.braintreepayments.com" rel="nofollow">https://www.braintreepayments.com</a><p>For quicker invite to Stripe Australia beta, drop them a message on Twitter. By the way, at the moment Stripe Australia only supports charging in AUD, with USD support to come later.