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Ok, but I doubt PG still hand-codes every update to the site himself, and such small features don't seem like they would require a high ranking staff member to implement them either, which was kinda my point.


Try otherinbox.com


Thanks a lot kmfrk! Also, Goodsie looks really cool, will have to check them out.


Great idea! The reason we didn't include this is because yearly automatic subscriptions causes chargebacks, due to people forgetting about an annual charge. Something we might implement is a renewal type annual feature, which will remind customers to renew.


Hi, the net 60 is just during the beta period and really there to combat fraud. I assure you it is not to help "bootstrap."

We intend to lower it later to 30 days. Edit: if you email us at feedback@pintpay.com we would consider lowering that number from 60 for approved/verified merchants.


Thanks for the response. Many of the other comments are now putting this into context.

However, realize that if I were to switch to your service I might see a huge disruption in our business' income. Even 30 days could be tough for some considering Paypal makes our money available instantly.

We bring in approximately 80% of our income through Paypal, and have rolled our own subscription management service. We are also actively looking to migrate that to Recurly in the 3Q of this year.

In that context, how would you differentiate yourself from Recurly and the others (Chargify etc) ? If it is regards to having your own payment gateways, that's great! But I'd be seriously worried about fraud since Paypal (and other payment gateways) have extremely mature fraud protection programs that have matured over many many years. I'd love to hear further how your offering matches up against that.

Thanks!


I used your service to listen to the fire fighters last fall during the fires west of Boulder. Great service, thanks!


Hi thanks for the feedback. Here's a quick price comparison:

https://pintpay.com/about/compare

But yeah, we hope to add a lot more value in the future than just handling billing.


Kudos on providing a price comparison page, but it's somewhat misleading that you're including Authorize.Net set up fees in the "Per Month Costs". Isn't that more reflective of first month costs?

Also, why wasn't Spreedly included?


Excellent points. We will definitely consider these features going forward. Thanks!


I suggest markdown as a trivial to implement, useful, and safe template language.


A good idea :) You could also look at Textile, which is similar.


Hi, yep, thanks for pointing out that link. Callback hooks are our top priority right now and will be done soon. We'll keep you posted if you signed up. Thanks!


Yep, that's exactly why we've gone with Net 60 during the beta. We will definitely consider lowering it in the future. Thanks Patrick!


Yep, you're exactly right. We're working on that right now and it'll be up soon.


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