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Ask HN: Receiving Payments Outside of USA for SaaS

7 points by dalehurley1 13y ago

Hi HN Followers I love this site and the contributors. Quick question: When testing a SaaS side project what reoccurring payment systems do you use if you are outside of the USA? For instance in the US/Canada there is https://stripe.com/ Is there anything similar available to international companies, particularly Australia? Dale

t0 13y ago
https://gumroad.com https://gumroad.com should be what you're looking for.
- dalehurley1 13y ago
  It is interesting - though the details of subscriptions seems to be limited. Changing the subscription looks to be a manual process. Fees are high too, 5% +$.025 per a transaction is very high.
taproot 13y ago
Word of advice: australians love and trust paypal. (ecom perception)
- dalehurley1 13y ago
  Really? Could you please expand on why "Australians love and trust PayPal"? I thought that there was issues with early stage apps using PayPal which is why the likes of Stripe popped up. Especially around reoccurring payments. I may be wrong.
  - pathy 13y ago
    I believe he means that the (Australian) customers love PayPal, not the merchants. It might be a disadvantage for the merchant to use PayPal but the customers in Australia on a whole may prefer PayPal to other payment solutions online. The perception that it is safe or what not. If the customers don't perceive your service as a safe option they probably will not buy your product.
sendloop 13y ago
Take a look at FastSpring.com Commission is high compared to alternatives but they handle fraud and invoicing. Their "front-end" pages are highly customisable.
- dictum 13y ago
  They have a dedicated service for SaaS companies, Saasy (https://saasy.com https://saasy.com)
jvvlimme 13y ago
https://www.braintreepayments.com/ https://www.braintreepayments.com/ Haven't used them myself but seen some positive reviews for them.
workhere-io 13y ago
https://www.paymill.com/ https://www.paymill.com/ Edit: Not sure they support Australia, actually.
nreece 13y ago
Have a look at Pin: https://pin.net.au https://pin.net.au

7 points by dalehurley1 13y ago

t0 13y ago

https://gumroad.com https://gumroad.com should be what you're looking for.

dalehurley1 13y ago
It is interesting - though the details of subscriptions seems to be limited. Changing the subscription looks to be a manual process. Fees are high too, 5% +$.025 per a transaction is very high.

taproot 13y ago

Word of advice: australians love and trust paypal. (ecom perception)

dalehurley1 13y ago
Really? Could you please expand on why "Australians love and trust PayPal"? I thought that there was issues with early stage apps using PayPal which is why the likes of Stripe popped up. Especially around reoccurring payments. I may be wrong.
- pathy 13y ago
  I believe he means that the (Australian) customers love PayPal, not the merchants. It might be a disadvantage for the merchant to use PayPal but the customers in Australia on a whole may prefer PayPal to other payment solutions online. The perception that it is safe or what not. If the customers don't perceive your service as a safe option they probably will not buy your product.

sendloop 13y ago

Take a look at FastSpring.com Commission is high compared to alternatives but they handle fraud and invoicing. Their "front-end" pages are highly customisable.

dictum 13y ago
They have a dedicated service for SaaS companies, Saasy (https://saasy.com https://saasy.com)

jvvlimme 13y ago

https://www.braintreepayments.com/ https://www.braintreepayments.com/ Haven't used them myself but seen some positive reviews for them.

workhere-io 13y ago

https://www.paymill.com/ https://www.paymill.com/ Edit: Not sure they support Australia, actually.

nreece 13y ago

Have a look at Pin: https://pin.net.au https://pin.net.au