Hi, I'm looking for a third party payment system that will allow me to submit charges as well as the client. This is ofcourse needed when a customer exceeds their bandwidth limit and the like. Do 2checkout and Revecom do this? Which is the better and cheaper of the 2 (realtime or just about transactions?) thanks in adcance

Originally posted by George
Hi, I'm looking for a third party payment system that will allow me to submit charges as well as the client.

It is illegal for you to submit charges on your customer's behalf using a 3rd part service like the ones you mentioned. You will need a full merchant account, or have to send them a payment link.

so how does one charge for excess bandwidth?

You watch their bandwidth usage and when they get too close you warn them. Then it's up to you how you handle it. If they don't pay, do you shut them off or plead for the money? Just let it sit? Possibly take some other action... Just make sure to notify your customers of your decision. If you do choose to warn ahead of time before they exceed and shut down the account if they exceed unless payment is made, then state it in the warning, TOS, and everywhere else you can think of.

thanks for the advice,

I'd suggest they move up to the next package, and have them sign up for it. Someone once posted that if you email revecom and ask them to up the charged amount for a particular account (customer), they will do it (example add $2 to JimBob's monthly charge of $15). I don't use them, though this seems like it might be another solution, ask them if it is possible, etc.

Propay uses a system where you can either send an email-invoice to a customer with a link in it for them to pay you, or input the credit card information yourself. Using the second means, you could theoretically charge the credit card anything you wanted. (Not that fraudulent charges aren't still fraudulent...)