Hi,

I'm looking for a reliable (non paypal)
payment solution that will enable me
to offer a 15 day fr/ee trial, and then
began billing automatically...

Anybody know a simple way to do this
with authorize.net and/or 2checkout.com?

Thank you

Anyone? :0)

Thanks

Well, I personally don't offer trial for hosting services, I do offer for software but not for hosting services.

Anyway, if you plan on doing it, it's very easy, either with 2checkout or authorize.net

With autorize.net a easy way to do it is to simple authorize the sale but not capture it and when/if the customer signs up for the sale you convert the authorized sale and capture it.

I've signed up in the past for 2checkout account (twice) but wasn't a good experience, nevertheless, if I recall correct when you are creating the products/buttons for the order you have an option there for the trial period or when the credit card will be charged so simple use it.

But will the authorization still be good 15 days later? There is definitely some kind of time limit on it (I've heard anywhere from 48 hours to 2 weeks, depending on the type of merchant account you have). You may need to authorize the card again before you can settle the transaction.

You are right. authorize.net so I can't see it now but I am sure there is a way. Will reply to this thread when authorize.net is up

How about Stormpay?