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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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