Web Hosting Talk : Web Hosting Main Forums : Hosting Software and Control Panels : Automated Billing Solution Geared Toward A Web Host

We currently have a merchant account setup with cybercash and have to manually enter in our customers data(copy and paste) each month. We are looking for an automated solution that will automatically bill our clients and send them an invoice. Does anyone know of a script or program that will do this?

We are aware that Alabanza already has this and VDI will soon but we do not want to use their services and be trapped.

Thank you for your help.

[cbaker17]

I know with authorize.net you can use a batch upload command, so you can keep all your reoccuring transactions in one comma delimited file and upload that every month, Im sure cybercash has something similar.

[Travis]

You would think there would be a reasonable off-the-shelf solution for this, but I never found one. A competent PHP/Perl programmer could create you a bare-bones accounting system with a CC processor interface in a couple of weeks. (I just did, anyway.) That might actually be cheaper than buying someone else's software, and you get something tailored toward your systems.

Our software might hit the market after it matures, but that's a long way off, and inappropriate discussion for here in any case.

Good luck in your search.

[bizness]

Yaknow I am about to start programming one myself to work off MySQL. I bet there are many others in the same boat. We should get together with the CBMS guys, plan something out, and share code for one destined product.

- Josh

[IntraHost]

billadmin.com

[bizness]

Okay - so a lot of web hosts use BillAdmin. That is great, but I do not think it is a valid long term solution. It is a tedious job to do by hand, but once automated it is not problem. I would rather automate/interface the process than have someone else do something my company should be doing, much less paying for someone else to do it. Taxes I understand, but billing is an important part of a company. If customers are billed incorrectly, I would rather be responsible than have to tell them it was not my fault.

The scaling issue is clearly evident since BillAdmin have just recently stopped taking new orders...they are actually too busy!

- Josh