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News - CCBill Launches New Recurring Telephone Billing Option! Posted January 13th, 2005 16:09:21, by CCBill

NEWS - CCBill Launches NEW RECURRING Telephone Billing Option!

CCBill adds Recurring Billing to their Telephone Billing Platform, further allowing you to increase your ability to reach new market segments!

CCBill Telephone Billing now offers your domestic online customers a safe and secure payment alternative for both single (formerly known as CCBill900) and recurring subscriptions, while discreetly allowing them to receive their e-ticket charges on their telephone bills...effectively addressing concerns about electronic theft and introducing new methods of shopping online.

When you offer CCBill Telephone Billing, you get the proven reporting and billing support offered by CCBill - and the assistance of our outstanding client, technical and customer support teams!

Advantages of Offering Telephone Billing

* Open up new markets for your E-Venue
* Attract a broader segment of U.S.-based subscribers
* Capitalize on the rapid growth of telephone billing solutions
* Offer both single & recurring subscription options

Features of CCBill Telephone Billing:

* READY-TO-USE TURNKEY SOLUTION - we handle the e-ticketing, access management and consumer support for you.

* SIMPLE, USER-FRIENDLY SIGN UP PROCESS - minimizes the potential for consumer errors.
* EASY IMPLEMENTATION & SEAMLESS INTEGRATION- as simple as setting up a new form, and fully integrated into CCBill platforms, including System5 Reporting, Subscription Management, Digital Rights Management and Administrative Tools.

More Details

How much can I charge?

Telephone Billing provides one-time billing to consumers at the following price points:
$12.95, $14.95, $16.95, $19.95, $20.00, $22.95, $24.95, $25.00, $29.95, $30.00, $34.95.

How much does it cost?
Setup Fees: FREE

Monthly Minimum:

Transaction Fees:

None

The total transaction fee rate for CCBill Telephone Billing Sales are based on the e-ticket price of the subscription, and are as follows:
E-Ticket Price Rates
$12.95 - $16.95 25%
$19.95 - $25.00 22.5%
$29.95 - $34.95 20%


How do I get paid?

Each CCBill Telephone Billing charge which is applied to a consumer's telephone bill is collected from the phone carrier by CCBill. The typical phone billing cycle is one month in duration following the transaction. The carrier pays CCBill a remittance, net of their fees, approximately 60 days after the end of the next billing cycle. You get paid by CCBill once those funds have been received from the telephone carriers, after the typical cycle has completed, approximately 90 - 120 days after the initial transaction takes place.

To learn more about CCBill Telephone Billing, visit the Premium Features Area, and click on the Partners tab where you will find a link to the CCBill Telephone Billing information page.

Please Note: Only the Principal for your Account will have the ability to access the online sign up for CCBill Telephone Billing. Detailed CCBill Telephone Billing Sign up Instructions can be found on the Telephone Billing information page within the Premium Features Area.

If you are already offering Single Telephone Billing (formerly known as CCBill900) to your online customers, click here to add Recurring Telephone Billing to your payment options, or go to the Premium Features area of System5, and click on the Partners tab in order to find Telephone Billing details and access.

As our Industry continues to change, it is our goal at CCBill to continually offer you innovative solutions to support your website's success today, tomorrow and into the future. If you have any questions or problems regarding any of our CCBill services or features, please feel free to contact us at clientsupport@ccbill.com or call us at 800.510.2859.

CCBill Management

[Cleo]

Maybe it should read Fuck You Visa

[Useless]

Originally posted by Cleo
Maybe it should read Fuck You Visa

Don't do that when I'm sipping my late night coffee.

[chilihost]

its awesome news, I think its the first time I have ever seen this feature. I will be adding it to all our sites!

cheers,
Luke

[Bell]

that'll do it...

now's the time for me to switch a project to
CCBill...

this is such good news...



~Bell

[neticule]

awesome stuff!! very happy to see this option finally!

[LindaMight]

I think it is good news too as I have been using CCBill for years now. In every other aspect, I love CCBill. But I must warn everyone......
I have had the 900 one time sign up with CCBill since they offered it a year ago and have been paid only 3 times or so in that entire year. I have spoken to CCBill Reps about this and the reasons are as follows and this I quote from CCBill:
"900 numbers are risky in that it takes anywhere from 120 days to 6 months to be paid and that is also based on IF the customer pays their phone bill on time and IF the customer even pays their phone bill." "There is no set time when payment is sent to clients for the 900 number sign ups, whether it be one time or recurring. CCBill pays out when funds are received, not every month or even every other month. It is purely random."

I had about 65 phone sign ups in an entire year and of that, I have received three or four payments totaling under $600.00 from what I can tell. Just food for thought.
Linda

[[BV]]

Originally posted by LindaMight
I think it is good news too as I have been using CCBill for years now. In every other aspect, I love CCBill. But I must warn everyone......
I have had the 900 one time sign up with CCBill since they offered it a year ago and have been paid only 3 times or so in that entire year. I have spoken to CCBill Reps about this and the reasons are as follows and this I quote from CCBill:
"900 numbers are risky in that it takes anywhere from 120 days to 6 months to be paid and that is also based on IF the customer pays their phone bill on time and IF the customer even pays their phone bill." "There is no set time when payment is sent to clients for the 900 number sign ups, whether it be one time or recurring. CCBill pays out when funds are received, not every month or even every other month. It is purely random."

I had about 65 phone sign ups in an entire year and of that, I have received three or four payments totaling under $600.00 from what I can tell. Just food for thought.
Linda

Thanks for the info, I've been waiting for some info on this issue. I have not implemented the 900 billing as of yet on my sites and was wondering what I was leaving on the table.

I was wondering what % of members would use this option?

Cheers,
BV

[LindaMight]

During the course of 2004, statistics show that of my membership whether current or expired, those who used the 900 one time sign up was less than 4% and I have not received payment for probably half of those sign-ups. It seems to me that the recurring phone sign ups would be worse, both in sign ups and pay outs.

Not trying to trash a new program.....It just doesn't work for me.

Linda

[DangerDave]

Phone billing definitely has its drawbacks... eg; the wait for $$ and "they"can still chargeback or refund a phone payment....

..but it's a step in the right direction...

DD

[[BV]]

4% is quite a bit to leave on the table.

Waiting for payment should not be a big issue. (it's only 4% right :-)

4% more B/W out of the members area is not such a big issue and really won't affect your hosting costs.

So why leave it on the table? Especially with the recurring option now in the equation?

If the recurring is anything like checks then it will be good.

and on that token, check billing has always had problems with 40%+ being bad. Even with that your leaving money on the table if you don't process checks. (plenty of data out there to verify this)

I don't see why phone billing would be any different?

Discuss...............

Cheers,
BV

[tiny]

Waiting aint bad...anybody that has ever done support on a paysite has gotten emails saying
i don't have a cc and why don't you have a pay by phone.
Fuck using check option its takes too long and by then they have what they want from your site for free.
25k in a month in checks to only have 5-10k good
Yes you have to wait for it but hell if your life depends on it that badly your in the wrong biz.
Hell ccbill gets anywheres from 10-15% processing cc's Its a good step in the right direction

[LindaMight]

Uh....hello? Getting a little carried away with the expletives? This is a forum, not a confrontation.

Linda

[tiny]

ooooppppssss
Did I say the word FUCK and HELL I'm sorry

[tickler]

Anything that brings in more money is good!

Just wish they would come out some better ways of processing foreign traffic better than having to use dialers. Some niches can run as high as 75% European or Asian traffic and the CB rules are really making a dent in the bottom line.

[graphicdude]

This is a kick ass option.

True, you have to wait for your money but it is worth it.
Leaving the 900 money on the table would be foolish.

The more payment options the better!