When I started writing the first lines of code for Stunning in late 2012, it was because I’d just signed up for Stripe and wanted to switch my billing over to something better (and more developer friendly) than Authorize.net/PayPal. Stripe looked (and has proven to be) amazing. When I signed up, I found that I […]

This morning, I used a nifty new iOS feature that allows me to delete messages from the lock screen, without actually looking at the entire message. Historically, it’s been easy to delete messages without fully reading them in any email client, as you normally just see the subject line and a preview of the email […]

Stripe is awesome. Their product itself, and their great APIs are a breath of fresh air for developers who are dealing with payments on the internet. The kind people over there have been very supportive of the entire ecosystem of apps that have sprung up around them. I’ve been dealing with failed payments in SaaS […]

Over time, due to customer requests, we’ve added more and more useful email types to Stunning, like Pre-Dunning (emails before cards expire), Upcoming Charge (lets a customer know before they’re charged, which is really useful for annual plans), Cancellation Emails, and a lot more useful features, such as billing history pages. A few months back, […]

Late last week, we released a much requested feature: Billing history pages. Now, when a customer asks for an invoice for a past charge, you can point them at their billing history page. These pages allow your customers to see all of their successful subscription charges, and view/print/download PDF receipts of each. You can link directly […]

A few months ago, we released In-App Pre-Dunning, which lets your customers easily be notified within your app that their card is about to expire, so that they can keep their billing information up to date before their card expires. It only takes one snippet of code that you paste into your web app. Today, […]

I just got an email from Drip asking me to update my billing information. One thing that stuck out to me immediately was this subject line… “Uh oh, credit card fail – your emails will stop sending soon…” The subject line clearly told me not only what the issue was, but what would happen if I […]

Most of your customers will only experience Stunning through our payment pages, so they’re really important. We finally found some time to make our payment pages better. They look like this now: We’ve made a lot of improvements to them, both visually and behind the scenes to make your customers’ experience with Stunning a great one, such as […]

Emailing your customers when you have issues billing them is good. Emailing them before their cards expire is even better. Today we’re taking Pre-Dunning to a new level. With one code snippet, you can add a bar to your app that lets your customers update their billing information before their cards expire. It’s even more […]

If you require credit cards for trials of your SaaS app, you can cut down dramatically on chargebacks by sending out an email a few days before the first charge, reminding your customer that they’re going to be charged soon.. Some of your potential customers will stop using your product during the trial, but forget […]