Billing

2021-06-08

How to bill an online tool?

Requirements

• Users should be able to evaluate the service before paying anything
• Micro payments are not cheap with all payment providers

Solution

• 0.10€ fee for every 24 hours during which the service is used. Each 24 hour period begins when the service is used and the previous period has ended.
• Billed for every 3€
• Payment method such as PayPal account is required only when there is a bill that must be payed.

Pros

• Users pay only for actual usage.
• Users get 30 days of usage before they need to provide a payment method.
• Payments are combined to alleviate payment provider fees.
• Billing period is not based on local but global time so time zones and day light saving time do not need to be taken into account.

Cons

• If the tool usage time does not directly correlate to the benefit that it gives tot he user it adds pressure to the user to use the tool quicly.
• Billing that is based on the results that the user acchieves with the tool would be better

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