Software with cost. Help?

Question

Hello, everybody!

Well, my situation is this: I have a program and I want to charge for the use, but I realized that if I left free there would be more customers. So I thought I’d limit the system and charge a monthly fee for whatever the user wants. Only that there are several options of tools that I offer at a cost. For example:

• Initial value: R$ 0,00

• Function 1: +R$ x,00 monthly

• Function 2: +R$ x,00 monthly
• ...

Here’s where the problem is, how can I make such a software? I would like to generate a ticket only at the end of the month and not several for each function that the customer wants... I need help to devise a logic

I would like to give the user the opportunity to add and remove functions... So he could choose the amount he wishes to pay according to his needs...

Does anyone have any idea how to do something like this? Have you ever worked like this? Has a chance to work or are there better options?

Answer 1

If you charge the way you’re thinking of doing it, it’s not going to be cool for the user you’re buying. Imagine if each month comes an invoice of a value?! Wouldn’t it be nice.

Regarding the form of billing, make packages with certain functionality and fixed values for the monthly and annual plans. So you give your customer less "forcing" option to purchase.

Regarding payment methods, you can start with Pasgseguro, which already has a library ready for developers and the public already knows. This option charges a fee though, you gain time and find out if really the tool will work or not.

I work like this because I have a web service too. I followed these steps and, until now, it is working.

I hope I’ve helped.