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A good problem to have: Scaling recurring billing

by Sheheryar Sewani | October 18/2010 | apache, billing, cron job, payment gateways, Recurring Billing

For any application that has been growing exponentially for a few years, you run into some scalability issues. Recently, we took our slow, legacy recurring billing solution, rewrote it to take advantage of concurrent programming techniques, and increased throughput …

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Online payments: Payment gateway popularity

by John Coates | August 31/2010 | online payments, payment gateways, paypal

You may also enjoy: Accepting Online Payments: the Ultimate Guide. Part one covered Why You Want to Accept Online Payment. Part two discussed How Do Payment Gateways Work and How To Choose One And in part three, So Which Payment Gateway Should I Choose? After the series about the different payment …

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Accepting Online Payments Part One: Why You Want to Accept Online Payments

by John Coates | April 27/2010 | cashflow, get paid, online payments, payment gateways

At FreshBooks, we get a lot of people asking about using online payments for their business and wondering if it is worth the setup hassle and fees. We thought it would be great to share some thoughts on online payment, collected from our experiences over the past few years, in a three-part series titled, “Accepting …

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