On 1/29/2012 8:56 AM, Jeff Johnson wrote: > I am going to offer customers a month to month fee for using an > application. After a time of non-payment I want to disable the > application until they catch up payment or decide not to use it any > more. I would like the application to call a key located on my web site > that would return a status that would let the application continue or > shut down. > > I thought I had read of someone here talking about that. I think it was > Paul McNett. > > I'm looking for suggestions on how to go about this. > > TIA, >
I did this back in 2004 and am so glad I did because of a deadbeat client. Others advised against it, citing what they thought were legal concerns, but I did it anyway and loved it. One of the best things I ever put into place. You must make it so that a temporary inability to connect to your website doesn't ill-effect them. I combined the poll to my web database along with something Steve Russell said long ago about storing stuff in the registry, iirc. For that shitty scumbag customer I had back in 2004, he tried to get out of paying for my services, and just like the power company, I "threw the switch" and he was cut off from downloading more customer orders on every computer except one (where I had left a backdoor open!). His flunky admin tried nearly 100 ways to try and circumvent my logic, like rolling back his dates, etc. I tell you I never laughed so hard when it came to such a matter. I sued him and won. I had the web download records to show this scumbag's usage. I had him by the balls. One of the best things I ever added to my software. It's totally fine for legitimate customers, and very effective for the shitheads who want to screw you over. -- Mike Babcock, MCP MB Software Solutions, LLC President, Chief Software Architect http://mbsoftwaresolutions.com http://fabmate.com http://twitter.com/mbabcock16 _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
