What I am really looking for is some user management software which will also deal with billing and if possible support. What I am looking to do is offer your normal Control panel hosting but I would also like to be able to add my own services. By this I want the billing software to alert my own application by some API on creation and deletion etc so that I can make my software respond accordingly. I would prefer an open source solution but am not apposed to getting commercial software if there are clear benefits. I would also like the billing software to deal with resellers but this is not essential.
Thanks
Tom

You might want to make your own... I dont know of any open source or even commercial solutions that will alert an API

WHMCS allows you to run your own scripts at Checkout time (when an order is placed and processed). I don't think there's anything for running a script when an account is deleted but it sounds like a really good idea.

AWBS has a devkit so that you can create you own modules.
As long as the API is reachable via curl then you can make it sing and dance with AWBS. :banana:

You also get a top-notch billing package. Lot of grousing from the general public about AWBS template system, but once you get used to it you realize the power behind. You can literaly do anything you want with it once you undersand it how it works.

I suggest custom build that suit your needs. This is better rather than develop from a 3rd party software.

ModernBill & ClientExec are 2 pretty big ones but they don't really do what your looking at. So maybe getting something custom built would be more suitable?

You better develop one for yourself. Probably you can use phpCoin for billing needs and further develop it as a hosting software.

I'm honestly surprised by this I really didn't think I would be asking for anything out of the ordinary. It should be a common feature as you could do so much with it but I guess the billing software people have their own reasons.

I haven’t yet started building my control software so how the billing software communicates shouldn’t be the problem. I will have a look into AWBS as they seem like they could do what I need. I also found an open source billing system which name escapes me at current I’m looking to tinker with. Anyways thanks for all the help so far and keep the suggestions coming!

Why rebuild the wheel? Developing it yourself will take a long time and you re rebuilding the wheel.

ModernBill has an API that you can build off of for your own API.

Essentially you could build a module that functions just like the Panel Modules in modernbill.

This could easily include everything your software API Supports.

Clientexec offers the ability as well with plugins and many users have created plugins for many different applications such as control panels and 3rd party billing. I would advise trying them out before purchasing if you plan to go with a commercial product as you say.

I'm honestly surprised by this I really didn't think I would be asking for anything out of the ordinary. It should be a common feature as you could do so much with it but I guess the billing software people have their own reasons.



I felt like you did years ago. You have to ask yourself, could the time spent coding and maintaining a billing/CP package be better used in building up a customer base and increasing market share?

AWBS costs $169.00 for a owned license. How much is your time worth?

And if it ever comes time to sell your little enterprise don't you think it would be easier to sell with an industry standard billing/cp package rather then something you wrote ( and more than likely never wrote good documentation for).

Unless your in the market to sell billing/cp software, don't waste your time doing it when you could be hustling customers. While your writing your software the rest of us are snapping up the remaining few customers out here...:cool:

Yes I totally agree, writing my own billing software was never on the plate I simply don’t have time as is. At current I have 100 customers and am trying to deal with them in my spare time so things are already hectic with the level of automation I have at current.

It would seem that there are ways of doing it with the existing systems. Now it’s which one suites me best. I am leaning towards AWBS because I contacted them and found their support very quick even though i'm not yet a paying customer. I would be interested to hear what other people have done as I can't be the only person trying to achieve this. Thanks for all your help so far!