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Entrepreneurs in the Cloud [Infographic]
Wouldn’t it be nice to be able to access your data from anywhere and anytime? Cloud computing makes this possible, and is particularly helpful for start-ups and small businesses seeking on-demand...
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Customer Spotlight: Commendable Kids
As part of our new customer spotlight series, we will be featuring Chargify customers who we think deserve to have the spotlight on them for the day. This series is our way of giving back and saying...
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How To Outsource the Least Valuable Tasks When Building a Business
Outsourcing is one of the least-discussed weapons of successful businesses. Whether it’s literally outsourcing a job to another country or simply delegating it to someone else in America, business...
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Well, this is not what we wanted… database downtime coming tonight
We try really hard to keep our systems running as close to 100% uptime as possible. We’re hosted in a great data center that’s one of the best in the USA for systems that need to be PCI compliant. We...
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How Does Chargify Compare?
At Chargify, we are pretty active on Twitter and see a lot of tweets looking for recommendations on which recurring billing application to go with. Whether it’s about Chargify, or our competitors,...
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Building vs Buying a Billing System
Unless your startup is supported entirely by advertising, you need (or will eventually need) a billing system: a way to securely and efficiently accept payment from your customers. The only question...
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6 Myths About Online Billing
Providing an online method of payment for your customers is only part of an effective billing process. A major online billing myth is the belief that individual payment gateways serve the same purpose...
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Put Down That Credit Card! How To Spot Billing Security Perils
In January 2011, the National Retail Federation, the world’s largest retail trade organization, along with First Data Corporation released results from its latest research study. The information...
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How To Decide: Monthly Vs. Annual Billing Plans For Your Company
For new startups, cash flow is king. And the way a company chooses to bill its customers will directly impact revenue streams needed to adequately maintain cash flow and business operations. For...
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A Quick and Dirty Guide to Product Pricing
Pricing products either online or in a store can be difficult to determine because most items have a set manufacturing overhead cost. Retailers need to find a balance so they don’t have too few...
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6 Ways Freemium Can Kill Your Startup
Many entrepreneurs offer free products to help increase their customer base and encourage consumers to buy a premium product. Called “freemium,” these free products may sound like a good marketing...
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How To Turn Your Service Into a Product (And Charge Upfront)
One of the biggest drawbacks of running a service based business is that you only get paid for billable hours. After spending hours looking for clients and doing preliminary work, you only get paid for...
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How to Protect Your Business From Fraud Before It Happens
Last year, fraud costs businesses $8 billion. If your business accepts credit cards for payment, then you’re vulnerable to chargebacks caused by these fraudulent transactions. Setting up a fraud...
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Billing For Beginners: How to Manage Your Accounts Receivable
Reel.com founder and serial entrepreneur, Stuart Skorman, and longtime business owner John Muller, who had a Hoboken street named after him for his longevity, have at least one thing in common: they...
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How to Choose the Best Smartphone Credit Card Reader for Your Business
If you can pay for a 95¢ pack of gum with your credit card, then you should be able to use your card for that antique mahogany desk at the craft fair! The new smartphone card readers, aside from...
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6 Easy Ways to Save Your Data (and Your Life)
Backing up your data is real easy to do, so you should never need to curse the day when you decided to leave early instead of save your files. But eventually your system probably will crash, and you...
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Customer Spotlight: Consulto
Shifting Tides Reveal Opportunity Having been in the web design industry since 1995, Matt Certo, co-founder of WebSolvers (a 12 person Orlando web design firm), has seen the technology landscape evolve...
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Release v1.7.0: Taxes
Version 1.7.0 brings a brand new feature to Chargify: Taxes! The ability to define taxes in Chargify is something that many of you, especially those in the EU, have been asking for awhile. Check out...
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Chargify Grows, Mark Cuban Invests
We’re happy to announce that there are now over 550 businesses using Chargify to manage their subscriptions & billing. We’re proud to have an amazing customer base and loyal Chargify fans. Some of...
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Great Stuff Coming! And TechStars Cloud wants you!
It’s been a few months since we closed an investment from Mark Cuban, and we’ve been busy expanding our organization, growing our software, and adding merchants! A lot of great things are in the works....
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