Phi1 and I (ie. Installatron.com) are playing around with designs for a DA "billing manager" plugin. We don't know if we'll make it yet, but we're toying with designs to see what would be involved.
Our aims with these designs are for something that can be a low-cost alternative for server administrators who don't want the expense or superfluous features found in the various high-end billing managers.
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So, the first question I'd like to get some feed back on is:
Q1. Do you all your user accounts come up for renewal on on the 1st of the month, or do they come up for renewal on their own day (eg. the day of the month they signed up?
In other words, if the new user 'Timmy' signed up on the 15th for a $10/month account, do you charge him $5 for the remainder of that first month and then bill him $10 for renewal on the 1st of each month thereafter, or do you charge him the full $10 and each month he is renewed again on the 15th?
In our case, all our users have their own renewal day, which is the day of the month that they signed up. But I was curious to know how other server administrators do it?
I'm keen to hear how everyone does it, not just people who might be interested in the billing manager.
Rowan
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http://www.installatron.com (DA auto-installer plugin)
Our aims with these designs are for something that can be a low-cost alternative for server administrators who don't want the expense or superfluous features found in the various high-end billing managers.
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So, the first question I'd like to get some feed back on is:
Q1. Do you all your user accounts come up for renewal on on the 1st of the month, or do they come up for renewal on their own day (eg. the day of the month they signed up?
In other words, if the new user 'Timmy' signed up on the 15th for a $10/month account, do you charge him $5 for the remainder of that first month and then bill him $10 for renewal on the 1st of each month thereafter, or do you charge him the full $10 and each month he is renewed again on the 15th?
In our case, all our users have their own renewal day, which is the day of the month that they signed up. But I was curious to know how other server administrators do it?
I'm keen to hear how everyone does it, not just people who might be interested in the billing manager.
Rowan
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http://www.installatron.com (DA auto-installer plugin)