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Ask HN: Looking for paypal alternates, recommendations?

20 points by captaincrunch 16y ago

As the title says I'm looking for alternates to paypal for my subscription based startup. I'm running this from Canada, with services available worldwide.

bryanh 16y ago
Check out Spreedly and their list of gateways: http://spreedly.com/info/payment-gateways/ http://spreedly.com/info/payment-gateways/
quizbiz 16y ago
Google Checkout
- chaosmachine 16y ago
  Not available in Canada. :\
- ErrantX 16y ago
  Terrible customer service (Paypals is better, but only by virtue of existing :))
- norbu09 16y ago
  only works in the US. amazon payments would another one but US only as well. both insist in a US bank account
figured 16y ago
Here are previous threads http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=948036 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=948036 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=526517 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=526517 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=432284 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=432284
lleger 16y ago
Chargify.
dgunnars 16y ago
You might checkout dalpay.com. Global payment site here in Iceland, decent rates.
Vivtek 16y ago
Moneybookers.
jules 16y ago
What would you guys recommend for - non US based company - selling to companies - subscriptions of $100 - $1000 per month I care more about reliability and customer experience than a few % transaction costs (it's nothing compared to taxes ;) Ogone [http://ogone.com/ http://ogone.com/] seems like the only option...does anyone have experience with them?
- captaincrunch 16y ago
  That water drip logo looks very fishy, lol. I see that image/logo on a ton of sites.
  - jules 16y ago
    Yeah, and their website is extremely complicated. I would rather have this: - a list of pictures and short text explaining what your customer can do - a list of pictures and short text explaining what you have to do to set it up - a table of rates For example, I have a hard time finding out what payment methods my customers will be able to use. On the other hand, what are the alternatives outside the US? Nearly every payment method I see is US-only.
- paraschopra 16y ago
  2checkout is an option. We use them for Visual Website Optimizer. Though their transaction costs are high: 5.5%
  - jules 16y ago
    Thanks I will check them out.
gosuri 16y ago
you could check out recurly.com
bugmenot 16y ago
http://www.itransact.com/marketing/referral/S33oOO http://www.itransact.com/marketing/referral/S33oOO
abrudtkuhl 16y ago
Dwolla is a local startup here in Des Moines, IA https://www.dwolla.com/ https://www.dwolla.com/ Here's my interview with the founder -> http://prairiecast.com/guest-ben-milne-of-dwolla-episode-2 http://prairiecast.com/guest-ben-milne-of-dwolla-episode-2

20 points by captaincrunch 16y ago

As the title says I'm looking for alternates to paypal for my subscription based startup. I'm running this from Canada, with services available worldwide.

bryanh 16y ago

Check out Spreedly and their list of gateways: http://spreedly.com/info/payment-gateways/ http://spreedly.com/info/payment-gateways/

quizbiz 16y ago

Google Checkout

chaosmachine 16y ago
Not available in Canada. :\
ErrantX 16y ago
Terrible customer service (Paypals is better, but only by virtue of existing :))
norbu09 16y ago
only works in the US. amazon payments would another one but US only as well. both insist in a US bank account

figured 16y ago

Here are previous threads http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=948036 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=948036 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=526517 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=526517 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=432284 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=432284

lleger 16y ago

Chargify.

dgunnars 16y ago

You might checkout dalpay.com. Global payment site here in Iceland, decent rates.

Vivtek 16y ago

Moneybookers.

jules 16y ago

What would you guys recommend for - non US based company - selling to companies - subscriptions of $100 - $1000 per month I care more about reliability and customer experience than a few % transaction costs (it's nothing compared to taxes ;) Ogone [http://ogone.com/ http://ogone.com/] seems like the only option...does anyone have experience with them?

captaincrunch 16y ago
That water drip logo looks very fishy, lol. I see that image/logo on a ton of sites.
- jules 16y ago
  Yeah, and their website is extremely complicated. I would rather have this: - a list of pictures and short text explaining what your customer can do - a list of pictures and short text explaining what you have to do to set it up - a table of rates For example, I have a hard time finding out what payment methods my customers will be able to use. On the other hand, what are the alternatives outside the US? Nearly every payment method I see is US-only.
paraschopra 16y ago
2checkout is an option. We use them for Visual Website Optimizer. Though their transaction costs are high: 5.5%
- jules 16y ago
  Thanks I will check them out.

gosuri 16y ago

you could check out recurly.com

bugmenot 16y ago

http://www.itransact.com/marketing/referral/S33oOO http://www.itransact.com/marketing/referral/S33oOO

abrudtkuhl 16y ago

Dwolla is a local startup here in Des Moines, IA https://www.dwolla.com/ https://www.dwolla.com/ Here's my interview with the founder -> http://prairiecast.com/guest-ben-milne-of-dwolla-episode-2 http://prairiecast.com/guest-ben-milne-of-dwolla-episode-2