Innovation in billing for paysites?

[Hooper]

I agree with you there simon.. and the logic is sound that more transactions = more opportunity to charge back... BUT.. and this is a huge but...

When somebody signs up with a paysite right now it is quite likely that they will see 3 or 4 39.95 charges on their cc anyways because of xsells... so while i would definitely say a weekly billing model wouldnt work if you were ALSO doing xsells..... but if you did no xsells i think it's a no brainer.

I mean, whos going to charge back more.. a customer who knowingly gets billed 7.00 a week for a membership they were aware of.. of a customer who gets billed 39.95 3 times for a monthly membership they didnt mean to let convert and 2 other sites (sometimes more) that they didnt necessarily even realize they were getting into.

Dont get me wrong.. i LOVE xsells.. just that the chargeback argument carries no weight when discussing weekly billing. It's all about the transaction fees.