Hi
I'm thinking to purchase your Advanced API but I have few questions before I do that.
1. I'm going to setup monthly and one yearly fee. What I see in your code I can tell customer only monthly fee.
2. I'm from Poland so I'd like to use payment gateways which would be working in Poland. The best would be platnosci.pl or moneybookers.com. Do you support any of them?
3. On my backup server I don't have apache installed so I assume I'm installing your solution on other server and connect with API to my backup server, right?
4. Your sell encrypted code so I can't customize it? Can I change language or anything else? I don't need for example seperate checkboxes for addons like MySQL, Oracle, ... They are all in the price so I don't want to emphasize them like you do that.
5. Your price for Advanced API is for 1 year upgrades and support on forum?
6. If I can't use payment gateways can I just show my bank account for newly registered users where they should pay money and then set their account manually as paid?

BTW On your demo site there is some exploit which doesn't allow to test everything.

Regards,
Wojtek

1. I'm going to setup monthly and one yearly fee. What I see in your code I can tell customer only monthly fee.

Currently it's a monthly oriented solution. Most use GB plans and options. Since they change so often, yearly if a difficult option. It is a consideration at the moment, but it's not a high priority.

2. I'm from Poland so I'd like to use payment gateways which would be working in Poland. The best would be platnosci.pl or moneybookers.com. Do you support any of them?

Currently the billing is manual. We're working toward a whmcs integration solution. See whmcs.com. It's bascially a billing solution with many gateways. We choose versus creating gateways ourselves so popular gateways like PayPal, PayPal Pro, authorize.net are readily available. MoneyBooker will be supported under this model.

3. On my backup server I don't have apache installed so I assume I'm installing your solution on other server and connect with API to my backup server, right?

Yes, that's not problem. You'd modify an Ahsay web.xml on your server to allow our server IP to make the call.

4. Your sell encrypted code so I can't customize it? Can I change language or anything else? I don't need for example seperate checkboxes for addons like MySQL, Oracle, ... They are all in the price so I don't want to emphasize them like you do that.

I'm splitting the next release since whmcs is running behind. One new option will be to hide/show each of these options. However, you need to check to enable. So, maybe set the price for each to $0.

Customization. Probably 6 months out from having all variables in a config. So, then it would be easy to change. The other consideration is that this is really a module for Xoops.org. You'd also have to research customization of language in that community--I haven't done it before.

5. Your price for Advanced API is for 1 year upgrades and support on forum?

Moving toward the Contact Page. It's whmcs helpdesk. Very good for tracking and not forgetting.

6. If I can't use payment gateways can I just show my bank account
for newly registered users where they should pay money and then set their account manually as paid?

I would just contact them after they create a paid account. After whmcs, a new popup screen will be added to collect their account information into whmcs.

BTW On your demo site there is some exploit which doesn't allow to test everything.

Are you able to post that here: http://www.ahsaypro.com/billing/submitticket.php?step=2&deptid=1

Suspect that I should run a crontab to reload the database hourly. Everyone with acces to the demo has admin access.

Hi
what encryption method of sources do you use? What I should have installed on my server?

Wojtek

I'm not 100% of your first question. You should have an ssl cert for your server and one for your Ahsay server (OBS).

Most cpanel and plesk-type hosting software platforms are ready with no modification natively. For system requirement, I have those on this site here: http://www.peakapi.com/modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=2

Jim

Actually-he's asking a question that I need to ask as well. Are you encoding the source of your scripts with anything like ionCube? (i.e. do you 'block' the code on the PHP scripts in the Purchased API so that it can't be modified by people who purchase it and host themselves?)

I ask because I'd like to add some hooks in the code to integrate with my billing system and possibly make some minor cosmetic changes to the API script after I purchase it. I know most of the cosmetics are controlled by xoops but I'm referring to layout of some of the forms, re-arranging columns on the User screen, etc....

I realize that changing the PHP code would mean I'm 'voiding the warranty' and likely wouldn't be able to ask for support at that point but I'm proficient with PHP and would like to make sure I'll have the ability to make those changes.

The code is encoded. There are many options in the next release for controlling what is presented: user colums (e-mail, regisration date, actual usage); any user add/modify accounts (all options can be change concerning text, and individual advanced options like Exchange, lotus can be hidden or shown).

Overall, it does not make business sense for us to provide the code raw. We used to sell for $1K uncoded, no interest. Then sold $499 uncoded, and the mass of support was not worth the price to make it worth while.

Jim

Hi
you're saying about new version? Can you say something more about it? What it will have and when it will be released?

So with the promotional code I can buy decrypted code for $299. Is that right?

Wojtek

Roadmap / dates:

http://www.peakapi.com/modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=3

What I was trying to say is that we "used" to sell decrypted (source available). The code is encrypted (code not text editable).