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If Recurly had some issues in their beta/early after beta days, that's understandable. But Paypal has been screwing users for 10+ and counting. I have myself he
by zavulon 15y ago
If Recurly had some issues in their beta/early after beta days, that's understandable. But Paypal has been screwing users for 10+ and counting. I have myself heard at least 20 horror stories about PayPal freezing money for no reason. It happened to one of my businesses just half a year ago. They've decided to freeze all payments, and only after a month they've decided to "verify" whether we're a legitimate business or not by calling our customers and asking whether they've received the product or not. Thankfully, after that they unfroze the money, but for a young business, that was almost a death blow.
It's not about percentages, but about total numbers. Paypal fucked over tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands merchants. If you want some reading material, go to http://paypalsucks.com/ http://paypalsucks.com/
And with all due respect, building in-house billing may not be as easy as you think. I run a software development company, and I recommend my clients to use Recurly.
- dangrossman 15y agoPayPal is no worse than any other merchant account provider in regards to their policies for risk reviews and what happens when an account is frozen. The policies are essentially word for word the same at PayPal and at the major banks underwriting most merchant accounts. Sticking a subscription-management-as-a-service startup on top of your payment processor does not alleviate any of these issues. I know exactly how easy/hard building in-house billing is, thank you very much. I've built many, for my own business which supports over 80,000 users with a myriad of complex one-time/subscription/overage/special-rate/etc. payment plans, and for others. You can look at my profile if you wish some evidence.