Micro-billing platform?

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So I am developing an application that is subscription based. The fee is relatively small (R10-R50 per month) but the volume high (~3000 users). What is the best way to bill this? EFT impractical for me as well as users.
 
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But Wave payments are powered by Stripe, which is not available in SA...
 
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Spacerat said:
Damn wont work then..



If not available in SA, what do you use it for?


The other option of course is to bill via their cellphone account but the network operator takes 50%
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Do you need to bill and audit automatically I assume? Something like Sageone and instant payment options work. Payfast does most billing types and they have just launched credit card subscription but that you need to build into.
 
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Spacerat said:
So I am developing an application that is subscription based. The fee is relatively small (R10-R50 per month) but the volume high (~3000 users). What is the best way to bill this? EFT impractical for me as well as users.
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I have recently helped setup a billing system for a friend.
He also has to bill roughly 5000 people a month for 5-10 rand. He used zoho before that.

We have used whmcs for the recurring billing part. Yes, whmcs is mainly for hosting providers, can be used for anything though. Setting it up is easy and painless. You will need something like payfast or sagepay if you want to accept credit card payments. They both have whmcs credit card plugins. My mate uses a custom developed plugin that hooks into Wappoint, as they offer better rates.

Downside, you'll need a domain and hosting for this to work.
 
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I have recently helped setup a billing system for a friend.
He also has to bill roughly 5000 people a month for 5-10 rand. He used zoho before that.

We have used whmcs for the recurring billing part. Yes, whmcs is mainly for hosting providers, can be used for anything though. Setting it up is easy and painless. You will need something like payfast or sagepay if you want to accept credit card payments. They both have whmcs credit card plugins. My mate uses a custom developed plugin that hooks into Wappoint, as they offer better rates.

Downside, you'll need a domain and hosting for this to work.
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Interesting.. are you saying each customer has to have a domain?
 
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3lOH55A said:
I have recently helped setup a billing system for a friend.
He also has to bill roughly 5000 people a month for 5-10 rand. He used zoho before that.

We have used whmcs for the recurring billing part. Yes, whmcs is mainly for hosting providers, can be used for anything though. Setting it up is easy and painless. You will need something like payfast or sagepay if you want to accept credit card payments. They both have whmcs credit card plugins. My mate uses a custom developed plugin that hooks into Wappoint, as they offer better rates.

Downside, you'll need a domain and hosting for this to work.
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Whmcs is the bomb! But it's costly, but yea for hosting, there is no alternative
 
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