Pegging Paradise is making the transition to a read online model of story membership, which comes with its challenges. The payment processing method I use now, while efficient and ubiquitous, is not so friendly to sites of a spicier nature, shall we say. So along with the website changes, we are establishing a new payment processing relationship....hopefully without having to redesign the wheel in order to get it to work with a membership software.
CCBill came highly recommended, but charges exorbitant fees for a small business. Not only the percentage they take (14.5%) but the "Visa registration fee" which is $750 to start and $500 every year after that (falls out of chair laughing).
So...I remember FetLife going through this decision making process recently, and they are now using iBill. The folks at iBill are lovely, their fees are quite reasonable...so now the issue is how to fit the membership software with the payment processing solution.
Any suggestions welcome - all you in the nerd community! My dream would be a multi-level membership WordPress plug-in that meshes seamlessly with iBill.....
I will update you again soon...and have a few normal posts as well...too much work and no play makes Ruby...cranky.
Enjoy the new features (tag cloud, etc.).
Ruby Ryder
