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But if a 3rd party billing "package" means paying higher fees long-term, doesn't it make sense to write your own billing system?

• mrkurt 17y ago
  It depends, really, but I think it would take a lot for the long term fees to outweigh the opportunity cost of spending time on something that's not really your product.
  • callmeed 17y ago
    You think so? If your users measure in the thousands, it seems even half a percentage point or a large monthly fee would add up.
    • mrkurt 17y ago
      Well, CheddarGetter would be ~$170/mo for 10k customers, while Spreedly would cost us $1000/mo for 10k customers (we paid for the Spreedly kickstarter, so $.10 transaction fees). We use Spreedly, but I like both. If you wanted to be really, really cheap, the best course is probably to take something like Ubersmith or Modernbill and bend them to your will. They're both designed for hosting companies, but can be contorted into other business without too much effort. Both have 1 time license fees that aren't insane. Even the most expensive option (Spreedly) is $12k/year. If you're billing $10k customers even $5/mo, that's really not much money.