This is a pretty good article about surcharges and convenience fees. https://www.valuepenguin.com/credit-card-surcharges-convenience-fees
On Fri, Aug 14, 2020 at 10:50 AM Cameron Crum <cc...@murcevilo.com> wrote: > Sorry, it is illegal in some states to charge a surcharge for taking > credit cards. 10 states outlaw it altogether and there are requirements in > other states that you have to meet in order to do it. The 10 states are > Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Kansas, Maine, Massachusetts, New York, > Oklahoma, and Texas. > > > On Fri, Aug 14, 2020 at 10:44 AM Cameron Crum <cc...@murcevilo.com> wrote: > >> Charles has not been involved with IPPay for some time. Sonar is >> $1.25/sub/month up to 5000 then it drops in tiers. Not sure about Emerald. >> UCRM is free but who knows if it will be around in a few years or even >> tomorrow. Ivan (Freeside) has not been around for a few years. Not sure >> what happened to him, but he quit coming to the Wisp trade shows and stuff. >> But, Freeside is "free" if you can get it set up with the ambiguous >> instructions, or you can pay a "support" contract, but his main dev/support >> guy Jeremy went to work for Matt Larson a couple years ago. I really don't >> know if Ivan even still maintains stuff or not. ACH is a little cheaper but >> more difficult to track. YOu will get approvals and then when it goes to >> settle in 24-48 hours the money will not be there and it will decline. I >> think IPPay will now send you an email or something, but I don't believe >> anyone has a way to automate that failure to pay in their billing system so >> it requires effort to make sure you are getting your money. It is illegal >> to charge to take credit cards, but you can give a discount for paying by >> check or cash. >> >> Does that muddy the waters sufficiently? >> >> Cameron >> >> On Fri, Aug 14, 2020 at 10:28 AM <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote: >> >>> So what is the relative costs of the different billing systems. >>> >>> I see platypus is free up to 100 subs then $104/month up to 250. >>> Required ippay. Does Charles Wu still own ippay? >>> >>> What are the costs of the others? >>> Sonar >>> Emerald >>> UCRM >>> >>> The one Ivan sells. Not sure of the name. >>> Others? >>> >>> Is ACH cheaper than credit cards from a fee/royalty point of view? >>> If so can you force a 100% ACH on the customers or will that be >>> problematic. >>> I could always leave it up to them to pay any way they want but charge a >>> surcharge for credit cards. >>> >>> Send me a check, drop by with cash, set up auto bill pay with your >>> bank... >>> -- >>> AF mailing list >>> AF@af.afmug.com >>> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >>> >>
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