Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: lee_dewing on February 28, 2021, 11:34:13 am
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Hello going to send gocardless mandate to 1st customer
Question: customer fills in mandate do they have to verify payment for 1st clean?
Then automatically payment is taken
When I request it after that?
It’s a £20 job so 40p to gocardless?
I’m all registered with go cardless etc
Just saving gocardless for the pain customers
I have to send payment reminders too
Customers I’m going to bin 🗑 if they don’t take up gocardless
Thanks lee
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Anyone 😷
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Dont think they have to verify it but not too sure.
Only time ive had problems with verification is when there is 2 names on their bank account.
As for fees i cant remember what it is, i know its plus VAT now.
So not much help but it's a reply ;)
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ive stopped promoting gocardless now, fees keep creeping up
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No they don’t have to verify they just sign up you for the rest.
So if they are £10 but owe you for twice you can collect the first payment as £20 then the rest as £10.
GoCardless is great the fees are well worth it
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ive stopped promoting gocardless now, fees keep creeping up
I agree, once you are in you are locked in to whatever rises they see fit. For a small business its not worth it, i can totally see why a multi van operation would want it though..
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No they don’t have to verify they just sign up you for the rest.
So if they are £10 but owe you for twice you can collect the first payment as £20 then the rest as £10.
GoCardless is great the fees are well worth it
I agree with this. A £20 Job will take 48 pence in fees (which includes the VAT) I just checked. For ease of payment I think it’s well worth it as it stands but not to say fees won’t go up then I may well have a different outlook.
Any new jobs I pick up now I always quote say what would be a £20 job at £21. So you would still clear £20 and some change. Fantastic for slow payers (a must in my book) but still have a large percentage paying via BACS but I don’t mind that as these ones pay promptly.
I think I’ve got a really healthy customer base now in terms of payments. Very little is owed which suits me to the ground.
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If you're not tied to gocardless through cleaner planner or whatever it might be worth looking at smart debit.
I'm 1/2 the price of gocardless's cheaper tier and have the equivalent of gocardless's more expensive tier.
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Soupy, does smart debit link up with your planner marking off debts like Gocardless?
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Soupy, does smart debit link up with your planner marking off debts like Gocardless?
No.
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If you're not tied to gocardless through cleaner planner or whatever it might be worth looking at smart debit.
I'm 1/2 the price of gocardless's cheaper tier and have the equivalent of gocardless's more expensive tier.
;)
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I love Smartdebit.
Been using them for years now.
Very good support too