Subscriptions Questions

I understand I can either go with a combination of: Payment Gateway (ex: Authorize.net) and Subscription management service (Spreedly, Cheddargettar) or go with one solution that provides both...

Payments Subscriptions Micro Startup

asked Mar 29 '12 at 01:27

User3462
345 points

Are there any regulations that I would need to adhere to if I wanted to bake and sell cakes online? I would only be shipping within the United States and offering the product at a premium price...

Ideas Ecommerce Subscriptions Selling Food

asked Jul 7 '14 at 22:25

Pablo Webb
14 points

I'm currently working on a web application that will be used by medical clinics. We're discussing the pricing model we're going to use. We've already decided to go with a monthly subscription...

Pricing Subscriptions Web App

asked Oct 14 '13 at 23:22

Jonathan
126 points

We are currently in design stage for a SaaS product aiming at Indian market. Our initial (fairly local) market survey suggests that there is a demand for this product. The desktop version of this...

India Payments Subscriptions Saas

asked Oct 18 '13 at 20:03

User25018
109 points

We are building a SaaS product where there will be some plans to subscribe to. In addition to subscribing, the user can also buy some add-ons for more functionality. Since these add-ons do not...

Payments Subscriptions Saas

asked Aug 28 '13 at 13:36

F21
142 points

Are there any examples where converting a paid service to a free service caused issues for subscribers? Imagine a startup with a paid service, that is acquired by a large corp who lacks a...

Subscriptions Business Model Acquisition Free

asked Aug 21 '13 at 22:49

New Alexandria
221 points

We charge a monthly fee for customers to use our service. On the sign-up form the calculation for this fee is done and the cost is shown to the customer. They can then complete the billing info and...

Software Subscriptions Consulting Saas

asked May 22 '13 at 23:27

Sjbotha
116 points

In a subscription-model context, a customer can be offered to pay for a year in advance in exchange for a rebate. This might be desirable for the business for cash flow reasons. In accrual...

Subscriptions Accounting Cash Flow

asked Feb 3 '13 at 09:33

Jonallard
106 points

We are building an SaaS service that will be billed on a monthly basis. For example, if the user's service starts on 4th December 2012, then we bill them on 4th December 2012 for the month's fees....

Subscriptions Billing

asked Dec 5 '12 at 14:24

F21
142 points

I'll be handing recurring billing with pro-rated upgrades/downgrades. Although upgrade seems simple, but I'm unsure wether to provide a refund incase the remainder amount exceeds the required total...

Subscriptions Billing

asked Nov 26 '12 at 18:26

Nimbuz
174 points

I remember awhile back watching a video where either David Heinemeier or Kevin Rose started about how crucial it is to start with live data for a new web app. Where's the best place to purchase up...

Subscriptions Data Memberships Bigdata

asked Aug 31 '12 at 20:44

Dikaio
1 point

We are nearing the launch of our website which is a wholesale marketplace and network, which hosts transactions between Buyers and Sellers. We are deciding between two offers for a period of free...

Pricing Subscriptions Website Free

asked Sep 12 '12 at 10:22

Doug C
16 points

I've got a subscription service with a free tier. Initially, the free tier was far too generous. We've since significantly lowered what that free tier provides. However, we had grandfathered in...

Pricing Subscriptions Free

asked Jul 18 '12 at 06:36

Marc Hughes
111 points

I've developting a SaaS product and would like to charge my users a subscription charge, I'm considering a model with a monthly fee and a annual discount - but now my question is this. How do I...

Payments Subscriptions

asked Jun 29 '12 at 20:31

Martin Kristiansen
102 points

We're working hard on a new SaaS idea. We're bootstrapping as much as we can and are not looking for outside investment. Our goal was start charging for the service on a yearly basis, in our minds...

Payments Subscriptions Saas

asked May 2 '12 at 20:05

Littlejim84
141 points

What happens when a user had a greater subscription plan but chooses to convert to a lesser one? Of course, the features should be locked/limited, but what happens for example in this...

Pricing Subscriptions Business Plan Web App

asked Jan 12 '12 at 06:33

Mihalis Bagos
106 points

How to deal with the subscriber email address shift from the subscribed email address to a new one? example : Mr.A subscribed on www.example.com by using [email protected], however, now he tend to...

Strategy Subscriptions Users Email Marketing

asked Dec 7 '11 at 17:54

Web2jeet
96 points

We're looking a a recurring billing and subscription management service. I've narrowed it down to Spreedly and Subscription Bridge. Spreedly is a bit bare bones but pretty easy to use. And they...

Subscriptions

asked Nov 8 '11 at 05:02

Clay Nichols
737 points

Are there any examples of selling iPhone apps - other than weekly magazines and the like - using a subscription model instead of a one-time app store purchase?

Pricing Subscriptions Iphone

asked Sep 8 '11 at 03:14

Kevin Lawrence
277 points

Marketing your startup takes many forms. The classical marketing approach revolves around the 4 P’s: Product, Price, Promotion and Place. For this question and answer, we will tackle the Pricing...

Pricing Marketing Payments Subscriptions Canon

asked Aug 6 '11 at 00:54

Jarie Bolander
11,421 points