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That's exactly the kind of thing I was looking for. Chargify looks really good. The whole thing is explained nicely in the video even though it doesn't go into

• JayNeely 17y ago
  Spreedly has worked really well for us. They have at least 57 services using them, through their kickstart program ( http://spreedly.com/info/kickstart/ http://spreedly.com/info/kickstart/ ), but I imagine there's a good deal more that simply don't have / want to put $699 upfront (to avoid all monthly flat fees, and reduce per transaction fees to $0.10).
  • cobrabyte 17y ago
    We went with Spreedly because of the kickstart program. $699 upfront was so very enticing and, though we've not launched our service yet, knowing our per-transaction fees are capped at $0.10, it makes cost forecasting that much easier.
• jakehow 17y ago
  Chargify is led by EngineYard founder Lance Walley, and came out of Grasshopper's (http://grasshopper.com http://grasshopper.com) inhouse incubator. I would not hesitate to go with them.
• wheels 17y ago
  The elephant in the room with all of those systems (we use Chargify) is that you still have to sort out getting a merchant account on your own, which depending on how well set up your company is, may be non-trivial. If, as it would seem from your profile, you are in Iceland this will be especially hard since you'll probably need an American entity with a bank account to be able to use many of those systems.
  • arnorhs 17y ago
    Yes, you're correct, I am in Iceland. I was hoping to use a merchant account in Iceland with Authorize.net. I'm still waiting for an answer from Authorize.net's customer support, but I'm hoping it's possible.
    • asnyder 17y ago
      Authorize.net should be able to help you. They also offer a subscription add-on to their merchant accounts for around $10 a month. You should be able to start the process through their website now. They've made numerous improvements to the registration process over the past year.
  • dan_manges 17y ago
    Braintree offers managed recurring billing and is also a merchant account provider. http://bit.ly/braintree http://bit.ly/braintree
    • wheels 17y ago
      Yep, we talked with you guys as well and liked a lot of things about the organization and product, but honestly, the terms aren't very early-startup-friendly. (Multi-year exclusive contract and high base rates are the ones that come to mind.)
      • stgarrity 17y ago
        We're about to move ahead with Braintree and there's no multi-year contract anymore...the fees are a bit high but so far the integration has been super easy, and I like the lack of needing to deal with PCI-DSS since they do everything on their side (but still within your interface). I figure it's better to move ahead fast with the implementation and optimize fees later once we've proved the model...at least we can get our data out down the road if we need to.
      • bryanjohnson 17y ago
        We (Braintree) have never had contracts or termination fees. Customers can cancel whenever they want and port the credit card data elsewhere. As for our pricing, it's actually very competitive. It may look higher because we disclose all our fees. Nearly every provider we know of obscures fees both during the sales process and in the monthly reporting statements so merchants never really understand what they're paying. Here's an example of pricing trickery http://bit.ly/9NSZCa http://bit.ly/9NSZCa . Prospective customers regularly do thorough pricing comparisons and we are consistently among the most competitively priced.
• barmstrong 17y ago
  I was happy with Spreedly too. Yes, getting the merchant account is majorly annoying (went with FirstData). The fastest and cheapest way to set it up is Paypal subscriptions - I have done this many times using their IPN notification system. But I'm afraid to do it again because they keep screwing over websites (google it for the horror stories), so while I'm tempted - it's probably better to go the Spreedly/Chargify route at this point.