I am looking for some kind of online subscription payment system which is kind of like Spreedly and Recurly but it either has a cheap monthly price or they take a % per transaction.
What other options are there available? I don't really want to manage subscriptions myself and I'm looking to use as many web services as I can :-)
All suggestions and discussion welcome...
Recently I found chargify.com - looks interesting and cheap but it works only for businesses located in couple of countries
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I want to bulk create thousands of web stories (of the AMP/Google variety) using a standardized AMP web stories template populated with text and images from my database.
Anyone have any ideas? I am not a coder, but may be able to follow if you assume I know nothing :) Thanks for your consideration and time.
I have looked in GitHub and at several online services that provide tools to make web stories, but none offer it. VisualStories claims to offer an API that does this, but when I asked for paid access said they were not sharing this with customers anymore because they found that creating stories individually produced better results.
Thanks!
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ServiceStack authors/community: you have done impressive job!
Outside of SO, I was wondering if there is an up to date list of products/apps using ServiceStack?
Or maybe ServiceStack app/architectural patterns for larger apps (with MQ) ? I looked at some of the suggested demo apps in SS github and I might have missed it if there is any, but just looking for something bigger/larger to explore apps with big numbers of domains. Maybe a fake subscription saas online app for some fictional rest API ? ...
I obviously am after reference materials to have SS in the list of contender framework for an upcoming project.
Anyways I hope I didn't miss a reference from SS large amount of documentation!
StackOverflow isn't the right place to ask non-technical questions like this, you can try the Google+ ServiceStack Community if you're not a Customer, or the ServiceStack Customer Forums if you are.
I previously answered a question similar on broadly Who's using ServiceStack in January 2015, since then ServiceStack Customer base has grown considerably where we have several Fortune 500 Customers, unfortunately we're not able to disclose any specific Customer info as we have several NDA's with large companies prohibiting any disclosure which we've extended as a matter of policy to never disclose any of our Customer details for Marketing purposes or otherwise.
So for specifics you'll need to ask the Google Community directly where some of our Customers may volunteer their info themselves.
A good starting point is to study ServiceStack apps in GitHub.
I have a site with a lot of suppliers and end users. I would like the end users to be able to give tips to suppliers while taking a commission in between.
What's the easiest way to set this up? My plan initially was to code a custom stripe integration into my node.js backend. But there might be an easier way? Maybe someone has written a lot of what's needed already.
Thanks.
Stripe Connect is Stripe's API that lets you process payments on behalf of third-parties, and optionally take a cut out of the transaction.
There's a lot of things to consider depending on your exact use case so I recommend you take some time to browse the documentation. This article is also a good resource.
I'm looking for some feedback from entrepreneurs or developers that have used either Chargify or Recurly to handle their recurring billing.
More specifically, I sell a hardware device that works in unison with a companion application and charge a subscription for the functionality of the companion application. I sell both b2b and b2c. Thus, I need a recurring billing platform that can handle a single unit purchase as well as a 10-20k wholesale purchase and be able to track quantities sold. I've noticed Chargify lacks the ability for me to track quantity. Further, we have highly targeted, customized landing pages on HubSpot and would need the two platforms to integrate nicely.
Has anybody had experience with either of these platforms? What do you like and dislike about the functionality and capabilities? Which do you recommend based off what I would need it to accomplish? Alternatively, is there a different platform that you would recommend?
Regarding "I've noticed Chargify lacks the ability for me to track quantity." - Chargify is able to handle this with what they call "components." Your use case is very common and definitely doable via Chargify.
I am an azure customer and i have had very bad experiences with the support so far. The developer support ($25/month) does not help with server outages because they take 8 hours to respond.. and since everyone is in india or some foreign country, that means all i get is an email, so i respond and wait another 8 hours for a response.. theres really know way to get an issue resolved any faster than 2 days it seems.
So my question, what are your personal opinions/experiences of the azure premiere support ($300-$1000/month) vs developer support? Is premiere support American engineers or still from india? Are the engineers more knowledgabe or are they the same as developer support but faster response time? And opinions would be helpful (i have the link to Microsoft's website, i want real info from people who have used it, not sales talk :) )
#kwill stated:
Every time you open a support incident the first communication you
receive from the support engineer will include their normal working
hours along with instructions on how to get support from another
engineer in a time zone that more closely matches yours.
From personal experience I can tell you this:
While this may very well be true, however, the first communication with the support engineer is the tricky part. The last ticket we created, after almost a week we're still waiting on that first communication with a support engineer which had expected response: 4h ; This is with a Gold support account.
I used all service plans (Developer > Premium), not only Azure but also a few Microsoft products (e.g. SharePoint). First of all, I'm not going to criticize Microsoft service supports but most of the paid tickets I raised give me NOT good experience.
Note that Developer support plan aims to help basic troubleshooting. I'm unsure if you are given an experienced engineer (or you are lucky enough) but the first level is support escalation engineer. I have no idea with this role but per my experience, people with this role have no developer background. They have skills in system, network and IT background enough to kind of understand what you encounter, and may answer general questions. In the loop of email also has a few people to monitor the case.
Standard Plan is quite similar to Developer plan. The difference is the support time (24 x 7) because Microsoft engages people from different shifting time zone. The role is still Support Escalation Engineer.
Professional Direct is quite more professional and has experience with the specific Azure service you encounter. This person may come from Premier Field Engineer (PFE) team who understands the service and also have good troubleshooting skills. You are asked as deep as possible so they can drill down to see the root cause.
Premier Support is more to consulting, architecture and code review. If you encounter system or application error when working with Azure, I don't recommend you to pick this plan. Go with Professional Direct plan is enough. Premier Support also has (but rarely) PFE guys engaged. Role engaged mostly is Consultant and Architect (not Cloud Solutions Architect).
My experience (mostly):
I was shared many long articles (from Microsoft Docs for Azure) which even had obsolete information, missing guidance or unclear points without indicating which I should pay attention to. And you know articles from here https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ have so many issues (e.g. wrong API version, wrong configuration, invalid class,invalid directive, poor documented SDK sample....)
Developer and Standard Plan would not give much value. Slow response and no consensus (someone handles case then off business hour. Another one takes over and asks what is encountered again). Such a loop resulted waste of time.
Professional Support gives best practices of DOING, or DESIGN, without actually understanding the scenario. Every design has a reason and decision consideration. It's not just giving a documentation then recommend to follow.
Premier Support: it is good but don't really expect something so high. Sometimes your customer asks you to open Premier Support ticket to JUST get confirmation of valid architecture design or coding pattern from Microsoft.
Again, I really love Microsoft and would like to make it better by giving positive feedback.
Kris, the Azure support team is a 24x7 global team with engineers in every region of the world, including the United States. The US based team is the largest team since that is the time of day when the majority of incidents are submitted. All of the support plan options, severities and response times, and email/phone options are available at http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/support/plans/.
Every time you open a support incident the first communication you receive from the support engineer will include their normal working hours along with instructions on how to get support from another engineer in a time zone that more closely matches yours.
If you ever feel that you are not getting extremely high quality support you can always ask to speak to that engineer's manager, at which time a manager and an escalation engineer will review the incident to make sure you are getting everything you need.