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Show HN: Subscription Billing for Developers and Startups

73 pointsby billforwardalmost 11 years ago

14 comments

owenversteegalmost 11 years ago
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.<p>Then I went to sign up and it all came apart. Firstly, I didn&#x27;t get the email that I was supposed to (even after waiting a while.) Then, I went to sign in, figuring that I didn&#x27;t need the email anyway. Once I did this, I was greeted with a confusing screen: what the heck is a Unit of Measure? I couldn&#x27;t find any information on what it was anywhere, including with Google, so I went back and tried to set up a payment gateway. I chose PayPal. For that, I apparently have to email the help account to &quot;discuss integration&quot;. So I tried Braintree, Balanced, CyberSource, Authorize.Net - all the same story. Boom, I&#x27;ve already hit several major roadblocks.<p>Contrast this with <a href="https://snappycheckout.com/" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;snappycheckout.com&#x2F;</a>, which was really easy to set up, and I&#x27;ve had a great experience overall with it.<p>[0] The only flaw I saw was that I didn&#x27;t know what my users would see. Would they see a standard form, as with Snappy Checkout or Stripe, or would I pass credit card details to your service with my own form and you handle the rest?<p>[edit] Still no email, two hours after signing up.
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dan_bkalmost 11 years ago
If I understand correctly, the deal here is &quot;get a higher level &#x27;Stripe&#x27;, pay an additional 1% transaction fee&quot; (above $10K+ total transactions).
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nfmalmost 11 years ago
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&#x2F;month to &gt; $10k&#x2F;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.
joshmlewisalmost 11 years ago
What does it do? I&#x27;m confused. Do I get a form or do I still have to build that? You should answer these questions.
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valar_malmost 11 years ago
You should redirect HTTP requests to HTTPS.
KC963almost 11 years ago
Hey, this looks pretty slick. I like the targeted coupons and progressive discounting, I&#x27;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.
webmavenalmost 11 years ago
So, other than having a free tier, how is this different from ChargeBee, Recurly, or Peakium?
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scolsonalmost 11 years ago
This looks interesting! Was there a video demo somewhere though? I have a vague idea of what you are trying to do, but I&#x27;d love to see the interface (our admin and our customer side) before creating an account to see what we think.
jv22222almost 11 years ago
Nicely executed, but as a developer I don&#x27;t understand the value proposition. Especially when it&#x27;s so easy to do all this stuff. Maybe it&#x27;s for non developers?
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billforwardalmost 11 years ago
Hey Guys...<p>Docs are fixed! Thanks for letting us know... <a href="http://docs.billforward.net" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;docs.billforward.net</a>
blackdogiealmost 11 years ago
Is 10k in USD &#x2F; EUR or any currency ? Looks great, and very competitive price there. I just hope that you can make money out of it to keep it going.
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notduncansmithalmost 11 years ago
<a href="https://docs.billforward.net/" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;docs.billforward.net&#x2F;</a> was unavailable for me (Chrome on OS X)
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hidden-markovalmost 11 years ago
You totally should use billforward platform to manage plans and billing for billforward platform itself. Meta.
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fblpalmost 11 years ago
Looks interesting! How easy is it to switch between stripe and braintree?
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