Nookie_at_Curiouser.LifeQ: Hi there!
Thanks for coming to AppSumo! I have a few questions (of course):
1. Any integration for CCBill?
2. I noticed you said that I can transfer Stripe subscriptions. Is the same true for PayPal? What is that process like?
3. When do you expect to have Cname for shopping cart processing?
4. ApplePay and GooglePay for apps—is there a connect for these as well?
Thank you.
Ollie_Billforward
May 14, 2024A: Hi Nookie, thanks for your questions!
1. We don’t currently integrate with CCBill, but I’ve created a feature request for it here: https://billforward.upvoty.com/b/feature-requests/ccbill-integration/. If we see a lot of interest in it, we’d love to implement it!
2. We can’t transfer over entire subscriptions, but we can transfer over your customer accounts from PayPal (this feature is not currently live but will be within a week or two). You would download a CSV file of your customer details from PayPal via Shuttle, and import that file using the Billforward web app.
We would also be able to manually transfer over your payment tokens, provided you have the PayPal Billing Agreement ID for each of those payment methods.
3. The CNAME will likely go along with the customer portal, so it’s due for completion in Q4. There’s a feature request for this too: billforward.upvoty.com/b/feature-requests/custom-domains-for-customer-checkout
4. Once again, we don’t currently support these I’m afraid, but there is already a feature request for it: https://billforward.upvoty.com/b/feature-requests/apple-pay-integration/
I hope that’s helpful :)
Ollie
> 1. We don’t currently integrate with CCBill, but I’ve created a feature request for it here: https://billforward.upvoty.com/b/feature-requests/ccbill-integration/. If we see a lot of interest in it, we’d love to implement it!
Could I implement it if they have an API? Your system is not useful to me without it.
> 3. The CNAME will likely go along with the customer portal, so it’s due for completion in Q4. There’s a feature request for this too: billforward.upvoty.com/b/feature-requests/custom-domains-for-customer-checkout
So, my checkout would be datingkinky.billforward.com?
> 4. Once again, we don’t currently support these I’m afraid, but there is already a feature request for it: https://billforward.upvoty.com/b/feature-requests/apple-pay-integration/
But this is not on your actual schedule, correct?
Because as we release our apps, I can’t imagine trying to sync everything without them. I’d imagine I’d them have to do an API into my site, then to Bill Forward?
Hi Nookie,
1. There would certainly be ways to achieve this, assuming you have development resources to hand. Here’s one way potential solution:
a) Create a webhook to listen for Billforward payment attempts
b) When one is detected, call CCBill’s API to take an actual payment using the customer details from Billforward
c) Call Billforward’s API to create an offline payment, which will mark the payment as complete
3. Most likely it would be datingkinky.flexcheck.io (since Flexcheck is hosted separately to Billforward) but yes, you’d get to choose a subdomain like that.
4. No, as of now this isn’t on our schedule. If it gains enough traction then we’ll definitely put it on our roadmap.
Generally, if you have the resources, there’s a lot you can achieve by creating your own middleman scripts to facilitate communication between Billforward’s API and the APIs of your other tools. Billforward is API-first, so anything the Billforward app can do, the API can also do. As you say, though, this does inevitably shift some of the data storage and processing responsibilities onto your side.
Let me know if you have any more questions :)
Ollie