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The MVP version would be to use PayPal subscriptions, not any of their APIs. To create a subscription, you just give someone a link, and their account will push
by dangrossman 14y ago
The MVP version would be to use PayPal subscriptions, not any of their APIs. To create a subscription, you just give someone a link, and their account will push money to yours every month. If they want to upgrade or downgrade, either of you can cancel the existing subscription from your PayPal accounts, and your site gives them another link for a new subscription at the new rate. You can integrate PayPal IPN to record the payments in your database to have a billing history. All of this involves nothing more than copying some links and wiring up an IPN script someone else has already written for you -- under an hour.
- stefpretty 14y agoHi thanks for this, I am aware of these facilities but they aren't ideal as they require too much manual work for upgrades and downgrades, also not good for UX - what i'm looking for is a happy medium which handles automation of upgrades and downgrades, creation of subscriptions and failure or cancellation via paypal without the headache but not a solution which requires merchant accounts and or gateways which costs more money. thanks
- dangrossman 14y agoYou say you want that, but you also say you don't want to pay for the services that automate it for you, and you also think the APIs are too hard to do it yourself. You have to choose. This "too much work and bad UX" got me my first 300 paying subscribers and really involved almost no work.
- stefpretty 14y agoFair play, I know what you're trying to say but what I'm trying to work out is if there is a service which simplifies the paypal subscription handling and rather than be free, just charge per transaction like paypal rather than monthly which holds risk