Could not agree more. Even building your own billing system atop something like stripe is super complicated. Rebill dates, proration, upgrade/downgrade, cancel, updating card on file, refunds, charge backs. These are all things you end up patching as you come across them.
There was a really nice and simple to use billing software that was built on stripe. I used it for a handful of products after I decided to never roll my own again. It is gone now. GoDaddy bought them and shut them down.
I think Stripe checkout is a valid solution now if you don't mind sending your customers away from your site, but I haven't played with it since they rolled it out.
There was a really nice and simple to use billing software that was built on stripe. I used it for a handful of products after I decided to never roll my own again. It is gone now. GoDaddy bought them and shut them down.
I think Stripe checkout is a valid solution now if you don't mind sending your customers away from your site, but I haven't played with it since they rolled it out.