Originally Posted by Webbilling JoeD (Post 13951924)

Webstream is a successful mid-sized S. Florida hosting company that went into billing originally to assist their hosting clients with a quiet, efficient, well-run business model. They have been working at it for years - at least six I know of - and I really can't remember hearing much negative before this. It appears to be a breakdown in compliance inspection that caught them up with Visa/MC which should have everyone increasing their vigilance rather than anything else, as this appears to have been a somewhat glaring oversight...

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Originally Posted by MaDalton (Post 13769382)

the problem that most of you don't understand is:

if you run a contentshop you are massively limited in billing options

you can't use CCBill or Paycom because they do not allow larger transactions than maybe $150 or $200 at once, and for a merchant account you need to do $50,000 per month. and how many contentshops do that??? maybe 2 or 3

so please stop pretending to be smarter than us who have to live with this problem to keep our business up for those of you who need to buy content and want the freedom of paying with your credit card.

thank you

Originally Posted by kristin (Post 13954127)

Try DHDMedia ... I think they can do content sales for higher amounts.

Originally Posted by cherrylula (Post 13765810)

never heard of them, thankfully.

Originally Posted by Trixxxia (Post 13770270)

In that article they also mentioned NetCash - anyone know if they're also facing the same issues?

Originally Posted by Methodcash Rick (Post 14088272)

Not sure if they're facing the same issues, but I can now play basketball with THREE checks Netc(R)ash sent me... Fuckers bounced so high, they still haven't come down.:321GFY

Originally Posted by bashbug (Post 13959307)

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Originally Posted by MaDalton (Post 13769382)

the problem that most of you don't understand is:

if you run a contentshop you are massively limited in billing options

you can't use CCBill or Paycom because they do not allow larger transactions than maybe $150 or $200 at once, and for a merchant account you need to do $50,000 per month. and how many contentshops do that??? maybe 2 or 3

so please stop pretending to be smarter than us who have to live with this problem to keep our business up for those of you who need to buy content and want the freedom of paying with your credit card.

thank you

Originally Posted by Trixxxia (Post 13768946)

Christina - going with a trusted company doesn't necessarily mean you're protected. In the case of Ibill, for example, ..

Originally Posted by Pleasurepays (Post 13951412)

ibill was in trouble for a long time before they fell and it was pretty clear to anyone that had their eyes open.... payments got later and later etc etc etc... then they totally collapsed.

Originally Posted by V_RocKs (Post 13769166)

Another reason to use EPOCH/Paycom!

Originally Posted by FalconStudios Holly (Post 14243829)

I was going to post that same thing! Epoch rocks!:thumbsup

Originally Posted by DirtyWhiteBoy (Post 14244968)

What ever happened with that Z company that skinned the board not too long ago? Zambaio or something like that.

Originally Posted by RegUser (Post 14254730)

so did anyone got paid by webstream or not?

Originally Posted by Webcam Guru (Post 13765850)

Do you know how many will click on that thread title praying that it will not be the processor they work with that is going down. I know I did.

Originally Posted by Paul Markham (Post 13778232)

Don't worry about it Christina, this is GFY and it gets tough here. LOL

Content providers are in a different position to many others, we don't do $30 orders, more like $300. We need processors who can handle this and can bill for a license rather than a membership.

IBILL is a good example of how trusting many of us are.

Webstream were good for years and years, but it seems they were billing for a company they should not of been anywhere near. So the next time a processor says "Don't do that." listen. Because this has cost more than me a lot of money. Our reserve has gone, will we get it? If Webstream get it yes, I trust them.