Setting up a new project and looking to add recurring billing for users. What's the fastest/easiest way to set this up?
by brtkdotse on 12/18/23, 11:30 AM
Just a heads up: If you're not using a Merchant of Records like LemonSqueezy or Paddle you're 99,9% certain of committing tax fraud. Even within the US different states require you to collect sales tax, international sales make this even more tricky.
by ezekg on 12/17/23, 4:45 AM
I chose Stripe 8 years ago. And I'd probably still use Stripe now. I'd probably use Stripe Payment Links + webhooks if I were starting an MVP today. After the first few customers ask, I'd add a way for them to manage their subscription via Stripe Billing Portal.
by codegeek on 12/17/23, 2:21 PM
Stripe is still the easiest way especially for developers. Now they even have a Stripe hosted checkout option where you don't code much but just send a request to their hosted platform and setup payments/subscriptions. I would love to hear alternatives but doesn't seem like anyone else still beats Stripe when it comes to getting started the fastest.
by jokethrowaway on 12/17/23, 8:18 PM
Paddle but I'd try lemonsqueezy if I were starting.
Support is not great in paddle and I suspect some users can't pay me because of technical failures.
On the pro side handling of refunds/ chargebacks is painless and I don't have to deal with European VATMOSS or any other sales tax, albeit the rest of the world is not as awful as Europe (sales tax in the states has a sales threshold, at least)
by lmiller1990 on 12/17/23, 4:46 AM
Stripe has support for this, just use that. I have not done recurring with Stripe before but I’ve used it heavily and had a good experience.
by colesantiago on 12/17/23, 6:10 AM
I use Shopify to accept recurring payments for my B2B SaaS, highly recommend and very easy to integrate.
by ngshiheng on 12/17/23, 12:28 PM
im using lemon squeezy. the api is super easy to work with
by codedeep on 12/17/23, 10:52 AM
chargebee is good for easy to set up recurring billing.
Fastspring is a bit expensive, but another good one for recurring billing.
(And as others have mentioned: Stripe)
by sunnysogra on 12/18/23, 8:20 AM
Stripe is a good for this.
by sourcecodeplz on 12/17/23, 2:26 PM
buymeacoffee, gumroad