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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: easy clean on October 22, 2013, 05:54:47 pm
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Go cardless, as far as I can see its exactly what I've been looking for.
Do any of you guys use it and if so please can you give your opinions on it.
Many thanks
Jon
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Go cardless, as far as I can see its exactly what I've been looking for.
Do any of you guys use it and if so please can you give your opinions on it.
Many thanks
Jon
Its great and I love it. It made paying soo much easy and my customers love it as they don't need worry about having cash about or being in for me to call.
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Try these as well:
If you would like to sign up for Payatrader and want to save £15 registration fee go to: www.payatrader.com/register.php use referral code :106725201
I have a money off go cardless somewhere, give me 10 mins....
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GoCardless will give you £50 credit using this link.
https://gocardless.com/?r=187586MR
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i still dont get it
SO CAN SOMEONE IN PLAIN ENGLISH EXPLAIN IT TO ME...VERY SLOWLY
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GoCardless will give you £50 credit using this link.
https://gocardless.com/?r=187586MR
No mention on my screen about £50 credit? Just looks like a referral link that you would gain from?
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I cant make out how go cardless works?? Can someone explain it in simple terms for me please.
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I cant make out how go cardless works?? Can someone explain it in simple terms for me please.
We must be the same mick ;)
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I cant make out how go cardless works?? Can someone explain it in simple terms for me please.
We must be the same mick ;)
Lol glad its not just me. Cant make head nor tail from the website for it.
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I have been cardless for years, customers hands over cash all done ;D
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Read the 'gocardless' thread, should tell you all you need to know
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Was looking at it but in the end standing order seemed easier to ask them to setup as a good amount already pay by bacs so it wasn't so alien to them
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GoCardless is basicly a DirectDebit management company such as you can do via your bank however need the volume for them to do it.
What is a DirectDebit?
You set up a direct debit by signing a Direct Debit Mandate form, which is then submited to the bank/building socity. A direct debit can be set up to pay on a particular date every month, quarter or year.
Money is then taken from your bank account automatically by the company you are paying, according to your instructions. Generally direct debits are taken on the next working day, however if you sign an agreement that the company can take the payment earlier then it is possible that they are able to do this.
The Difference between a Standing Order (SO)/BACs and a DirectDebit.
The main difference to a standing order is that the company or person you are paying can change the amount of the direct debit or the date they take it – although they must inform you of this first with a certain number of days notice.
Hope all that helps,
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I've spoke to go cardless today and from what I understand, I can set it up so I can take payments whenever I want for whatever amount I want. So ideally every 4 weeks but if I'm a bit late due to weather then maybe 5 weeks, likewise if I do the rear of a particular property one month then I can request for money.
Absolutely perfect for what I want
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I've been using GoCardless for a while now... It's great.
Customers just sign up to it using this link >> www.iconicwindowcleaning.co.uk/directdebit
Andy ;)
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I've been using GoCardless for a while now... It's great.
Customers just sign up to it using this link >> www.iconicwindowcleaning.co.uk/directdebit
Andy ;)
What are the costs like Andy?
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Wow this seems brilliant and alot cheaper than paypal!
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It's 1% on all transactions, that's it
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GoCardless will give you £50 credit using this link.
https://gocardless.com/?r=187586MR
No mention on my screen about £50 credit? Just looks like a referral link that you would gain from?
Found it https://gocardless.com/refer
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Paypal is 3.4% plus 20p per transaction, ive got loads of customers who do this! Would save me a packet
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so when you have done a days work do you have to log in and authorize each direct debit?
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Like the look of this :) absolutely hate collecting lol
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every monthly ? what if your on a 4x weekly schedule so thats 13 times per year cant u do it every 4 weeks instead of monthly
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From what I understand I'm gonna just request payment after each clean then there will be no confusion if I'm late due to weather or holidays.
It takes seconds to request, I honestly think that i will request all the days payments in the time it would normally take for one house to go hunt for some money.
And as we will hopefully do less collecting during the day we will clean more windows, or get home earlier, for me it's a no brainer and I hate technology......but I hate collecting more and it'll also help the cash flow.
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its an excellent payment option - we explain to customers its a Direct Debit BUT not fixed on a certain date (as your window cleaning date can change due to bad weather etc) when we clean we leave our card as normal, we then claim payment that evening or within 3 days, every time you claim a payment (it takes seconds to claim!) the customer is automatically emailled by gocardless, to let them know that payment has been claimed and that it will be debited from their account in X amount of days - so gives them a chance to move any monies in if they need to - when it is due to land in your account - go cardless send a email the day before to say that £XX has been paid out - its in your account within 24 hours from that email. So from when you claim till it lands is about 7-9 days - but once you get going and get more customers on this payment scheme it rolls nicely.
No fees to set up and 1% per transaction.
Hope to help
Mrs Smudger
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Cool, I have setup my account.
use this link
https://gocardless.com/?r=Z05GFWB4
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It would be nice if people was to use my link for go cardless....seeing as I started the topic.
Thanks guys ;)
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https://gocardless.com/?r=1AH90PV4
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I like the idea but for guys like me who run multiple vans I can see it being a headache each night having to go through the days work sheets, see who is on the list and needs to pay this way then logging on to request payment for maybe dozens of jobs.
Or am I misunderstanding how it works?
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I like the idea but for guys like me who run multiple vans I can see it being a headache each night having to go through the days work sheets, see who is on the list and needs to pay this way then logging on to request payment for maybe dozens of jobs.
Or am I misunderstanding how it works?
I have your answer
I have multi Van guys and what I do is at Start we say 'We will take payment on Xth of the month' which means on GoCardless you set customer to take payment on Xth day of the month and it is all automatic. I have most them paying the last working day or first working day of the month and it works fine.
For one-off payments we do DirectDebit but on Job Sheet it has different Cover Sheet just so we know what is what! but for One-Off I try get paid via Chip n Pin Termials or Cash or Cheque.
When I move over to Computer Based system in 2014 It going to be easier as I got API for when a Job Completed and they got a DirectDebit we add it to there account and we request it Now or Request it at set date.
In Short - It saves LOADS in Admin and Paperwork.
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Paypal is 3.4% plus 20p per transaction, ive got loads of customers who do this! Would save me a packet
why dont you just add the fee on top of the window cleaning so customer pays the fee and not you ;D
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I like the idea but for guys like me who run multiple vans I can see it being a headache each night having to go through the days work sheets, see who is on the list and needs to pay this way then logging on to request payment for maybe dozens of jobs.
Or am I misunderstanding how it works?
I have your answer
I have multi Van guys and what I do is at Start we say 'We will take payment on Xth of the month' which means on GoCardless you set customer to take payment on Xth day of the month and it is all automatic. I have most them paying the last working day or first working day of the month and it works fine.
For one-off payments we do DirectDebit but on Job Sheet it has different Cover Sheet just so we know what is what! but for One-Off I try get paid via Chip n Pin Termials or Cash or Cheque.
When I move over to Computer Based system in 2014 It going to be easier as I got API for when a Job Completed and they got a DirectDebit we add it to there account and we request it Now or Request it at set date.
In Short - It saves LOADS in Admin and Paperwork.
:) Thanks
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I run multiple vans and can't wait to start using it, ideally I'd want to get everyone doing it. The beauty of it is that I'm in control of collecting the payment and I'm not waiting for th to pay online. Well worth the 1% fee in my eyes, think how much my cash flow will benefit