Function #48: Manage fixed installment payments using Zoho Books
Hello everyone, and welcome back to our series! Businesses offer installment payment options to their customers, particularly for expensive purchases, to ease the financial burden on them. By breaking down the total cost into smaller, more manageable
Now Indian Businesses can start accepting online payments with Zoho and Razorpay
Hello Everyone, At Zoho, we have always ensured a hassle-free online payment experience for our customers. Today, with our integration with Razorpay, Zoho's customers from India can now offer a seamless checkout experience for one-time and recurring payments, with a host of payment options including card payments, multiple wallet offerings, and net banking with over 50 banks. With Zoho and Razorpay, help your customers pay their way. Whether it's with debit cards, credit cards, wallets, or net banking,
Authorize.Net Update: Disable Transaction IP Velocity Filter to Avoid Payment Failures
Hello users, We’re updating the Authorize.Net integration in Zoho Billing on November 20, 2024. This update may cause payment failures in your recurring transactions if the Transaction IP velocity filter is active. What You Need to Know About the Transaction
Upcoming Domain Change for the Hosted Payment Pages
The hosted payment pages' default domain will be changed from billing.zoho.com/hostedpages to billing.zohosecure.com/hostedpages for API users and billing.zohosecure.com/subscribe for public pages respectively. Starting from 21st October, your customers
Introducing Invoice Consolidation for Offline Subscriptions
Hello Folks, Glad to announce the feature of Invoice Consolidation for Offline Subscriptions. If you are having multiple subscriptions for your customers, now, you can send a single consolidated invoice for all the Offline Subscriptions that are getting renewed on the same date. Advantage? Customers will be receiving single invoice instead of multiple invoices upon renewal. Also reduces your efforts in follow-up with your customers for payment collections. For Example: If Customer has Subscription
Auto-charge may fail for recurring payments from 1 October 2021 (India Edition)
Hello everyone, This announcement applies to the India edition of Zoho Subscriptions and Zoho Checkout. As per RBI's new regulations, which aim to prevent fraudulent transactions, your customers' card details that were stored before 1 October 2021 cannot
New feature: Create back-dated subscriptions
Hello from the Zoho Subscriptions team. :) We’re happy to announce that today marks the launch of a much-awaited feature: creating back-dated subscriptions! From here on out, whenever you create a new subscription with an activation date that is earlier than the present date, you’ll no longer get an error. Instead, you'll be creating a back-dated subscription. This means that the subscription started at that earlier point in time. The next billing date will be calculated automatically based on
IMPORTANT UPDATE: RBI's new rules will affect your customers' recurring card payments (Indian Edition)
Update (31 Mar 2021): RBI has postponed the new regulations to 30 September 2021. This post has been edited to reflect the new deadline. Hello everyone, Due to an RBI regulation that will be in effect from 30 September 2021 (extended deadline), recurring
Current state of SCA compliance in Zoho Subscriptions
Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) is a regulation by the European Banking Authority (EBA), which requires multi-factor authentication for payment gateways. SCA, as detailed in PSD2, was scheduled to go into effect from 14 September 2019, however, your local government may have extended this deadline. Note: SCA is applicable to payment gateways throughout the European Union (EU) and European Economic Area (EEA). Are payment gateways in Zoho Subscriptions SCA complaint? We've worked to ensure that
How to maintain steady cash flow during the COVID-19 crisis using Zoho Subscriptions
Dear customers, I hope this finds you and your loved ones in good health. We're all witnessing the effect that COVID-19 is having on businesses throughout the world. As consumers try to conserve their own resources, businesses can expect to receive more cancellation requests than usual. Here are some useful tips to help you be flexible and keep your customer base: 1. Communicate candidly and clearly with your customers: During this period, transparent communication with customers is a necessity.
Headers and footers for this holiday season
Hello everyone, The holiday season is here and 2020 is just around the corner. To help spread the cheer, we've come up with some holiday-themed headers and footers, which you can apply to the invoices and credit notes that you send to your customers. To apply these themed headers or footers to your templates: Click the Gear icon and select Templates. Hover over a template and click Edit. Click Header or Footer in the left sidebar. Click Choose from Gallery and select your favorite header. If
Introducing multi-currency support for payments through Razorpay integration (for the Indian edition customers)
Dear customers, Zoho Subscriptions now supports foreign currency payments through the Razorpay integration and we are glad to inform that it's ready for early access now. To start using this, kindly reach out to the Razorpay team so that you can request them to enable cross-border payments. Once it's enabled for your merchant account, you can just an email to support@zohosubscriptions.com with your organization ID and we will enable it for you :) A few more details on the update: Supported currencies:
Reminder: Encode square brackets in plan URLs by 20 October 2019
We made some under-the-hood security updates to Zoho Subscriptions recently. As a part of these updates, we will be deprecating the use of un-encoded square brackets in plan URLs. Note: A banner message regarding this was displayed on Zoho Subscriptions' dashboard a while back. With the deadline to implement these changes just 5 days away, this post is a reminder and can be ignored if you've already made the necessary changes. How to Encode Square Brackets If you're using parameters like addon_code[0]
What New this November in Zoho Subscriptions
We are back with a set of new amazing features lined up for you this month. We are continuously looking for ways to provide you the best subscription management experience. So without further ado, let's dive in and take a look at the features and updates we've worked upon the past few months. Secure Export of Data Are you worried about security when it comes to exporting your data? You can now choose whether you want to include any sensitive Personally Identifiable Information (PII) while exporting
5 years of Zoho Subscriptions - Thanks to you!
To our community and team, Five years ago, Zoho Subscriptions started its journey toward easier billing for recurring payments. Today, we'd like to thank you, our lovely customers, for helping us get this far. While we are grateful to all of you, we'd like to extend a special thanks to Larry, Tolu, and Jaspar who have made valuable contributions to our Zoho Subscriptions community. Thanks for taking the time to help your fellow Zoho Subscriptions users and help grow their businesses, too. :) We
Inviting you all for Zoholics Canada, India and Saudi Arabia!
Dear customers, We are delighted to inform that Zoholics, our annual user conference is all set to unfold in Canada (Nov 6th-7th), India (Nov 19th-20th) and Saudi Arabia (Nov 19th)! For registration and other event-specific details, you can visit the following pages: Zoholics 2019: Canada Zoholics 2019: India Zoholics 2019: Saudi Arabia All of these events have sessions for finance to help you streamline your back office operations. You can also book slots for exclusive one-on-one discussion with
Meet our product experts at Zoholics 2019!
Dear customers, We are excited to announce and welcome you all for our annual user conference, Zoholics! Coming to Auckland (Sept. 17), Sydney (Sept. 19-20) and Melbourne (Sept. 23-24). For specific event information for each of these locations, check out the links below: Zoholics 2019: Auckland Zoholics 2019: Sydney Zoholics 2019: Melbourne What you can expect: Product training sessions: From billing to expense management to inventory tracking, we have dedicated sessions for all your favouite finance
What's New in Zoho Subscriptions - June 2018
Hi Folks! Summer is almost over and we here at Zoho Subscriptions have brought forth many functional and user-friendly features for the month of June. Let's take a quick tour through them. Password Protected Reports Do your reports have sensitive information? Not a problem. You can now protect the sensitive data with a password while exporting them in the CSV, XLS or XLSX formats. Workflow Rules Tired of manually performing repetitive tasks on Zoho Subscriptions? We have now introduced Workflow Rules.
Announcement Regarding Notification Emails
Hello Everyone! This announcement is regarding the admin notification emails which you've been receiving from the email address "support@zohosubscriptions.com". From the 1st of October, 06:00 GMT, the emails with the following subjects will be sent from "no-reply@zohosubscriptions.com". Unable to send invoice for the profile - {profile_name} Unable to process auto payments. If you have set up any filters or workflow in your email account, please add "no-reply@zohosubscriptions.com” and “support@zohosubscriptions.com”
The day when Client Portal spoke your language!
A month back, we rolled out Client Portal to enhance your relationship with your customers. Soon enough, feedback and suggestions came pouring in from you all and we realized that we could do more! So, after several brainstormings and discussions, we decided to make Client Portal more expressive and engaging. And, what’s better than language to be expressive. So, we started again. Gulping down dozens of Red Bulls and crunching Pizzas, our developers started from the first line of code and did an
What's New this May 2018 in Zoho Subscriptions?
Hello Everyone, May is here, and we are back with a stack of new features that we've rolled out this month! So saddle up and read on to know more about the updates! Introducing Metered Billing Have you ever added extra charges to a subscription in case of excess usage of a service by your customer? Now, you can invoice your customers based on their usage by adding the additional charges to their existing subscription. Also, you can automate this using APIs or add the charges manually. Learn more.
TLS v1.2 upgrade for Zoho Subscriptions.
In order to maintain your communication with Zoho Subscriptions more secure and to meet the updated PCI standards, we will be retiring the support for TLS versions 1.0 and 1.1 on March 31, 2018. After this date, users will be required to update their processing solutions to TLS v1.2 in order to enjoy secure transfer of data. What is TLS? Transport Layer Security (TLS) is a cryptographic technology protocol used to provide secure transfer of sensitive information over the internet. Why is this
Whats New in Zoho Subscriptions - February 2018
Hi Everyone! Thank you for being a part of Zoho Subscriptions. We always look to improve and enhance our features to your needs. Here are a few features we've rolled out this January. Hosted Pages Now Support Avalara Integration - US & CA Guessing what tax rates are applicable for your subscription? You don't have to do it anymore as your customers can now view the precise tax rates based on their location in the order summary section. The tax rates will be fetched from Avalara and automatically
Zoho Subscriptions roundup for 2017
It's that time of the year when we look back and cherish all the major milestones. It has been an interesting year for everyone here at Zoho Subscriptions, with the introduction of a host of new features that has radically made your subscription management easier. Here is a quick recap of all the major releases and product updates we introduced in 2017:
Zoho Subscriptions plugin for WordPress
Zoho Subscriptions plugin for WordPress allows you to easily embed your plan specific checkout page in an iframe with just a few mouse clicks and without a single line of code. How can WordPress Zoho Subscriptions Plugin boost your productivity? It's now easier to embed Zoho Subscriptions checkout page in your WordPress site. Forget the old method of logging in to Zoho Subscriptions, copying a URL and scripting to make adjustments. All this can be done automatically through this plugin. A great time
New Feature : Limited Time Coupon
Greetings from Zoho Subscriptions team. We are happy to announce that we have released one of the most requested feature: Limited Time Coupon. Earlier, a coupon can have redemption type as either one time or forever. Adding to this list, here we have a new redemption type - Limited number of times Limited Time Coupon is a coupon which will be applied to a subscription only for a predefined number of times and once the specified limit reaches, it will be automatically removed from the subscription. The
Indian GST organisation Migration Guide
With respect to the new GST regime releasing on July 1, 2017in India, Zoho Subscriptions Indian edition is also gearing up to make your business GST Ready. This article focuses on how to get your existing organisation in Zoho Subscriptions to migrate to the new GST regime. Note: Any organisation created on or after July 1, 2017 will already be GST ready. You wouldn't have to migrate your organisation. Migrating your existing organisation to support GST To migrate your existing organisation to
Zoho Subscriptions API changes for India GST
Zoho Subscriptions is now ready for India GST. The information that you pass in our web application wrt India GST can also be passed/retrived through our API. Here are the list of JSON nodes added to various entities. You can easily find these nodes with subtext as Applicable for India GST in our API Documentation. PLAN: NODE DESCRIPTION TYPE REQUIRED EXAMPLE product_type The product type for plan can be either Goods or Service String Optional “goods" hsn_or_sac HSN code or SAC for Goods or Service
Zoho Subscriptions Integrates with GoCardless
Hey everyone, We are more than excited to announce that Zoho Subscriptions is integrated with GoCardless to provide Direct Debit experience to our customers in UK. Direct Debit? Tell me about it. Direct Debit is a way of collecting payments that puts you directly in charge of your cash flow. Whether it's a recurring invoice or a one-off invoice, your customers can authorize you to collect money directly from their bank account whenever the invoice is due, which means you always get paid on time.
What's New in Zoho Subscriptions - February 2017
Last month we released a whole bunch of new updates and we've got a lot to cover! So, let's get started quick so that you can choose the perfect gift your valentine deserves :) 1) iOS Mobile Application Yes, you read it right! Zoho Subscriptions is now available for iOS devices. The Zoho Subscriptions mobile app will give you your key business metrics like sign ups, cancellations, activations. You will also receive real-time notifications for actions related to subscriptions, customers, and payments.
Zoho Subscriptions Rewind 2016 - Major Feature Releases
Let me start by wishing you all a very Happy New Year :) This 2016, Zoho Subscriptions had a lot of major feature releases and improvements over the last year. In this post, I've compiled some of the notable features we've released this year that you should definitely be aware of. A fresh customized User Interface Our major release this year, started with the UI revamp. Those were some impressive changes focused to make Zoho Subscriptions more easy to use than it was before. For example, the left
Announcement: Zero transaction fee on Indian debit cards.
Hello everyone, Good news for Indian customers! In a move to encourage businesses to go cashless, the Indian Government on Wednesday has ordered banks to completely waive the merchant transaction fee on debit card payments until December 31. This is a welcome move in line with the recent demonetization of currency notes, and would make it easy for merchants to urge their customers to transact online. The transaction fee on online debit card payments which earlier used to cost a merchant around
What's New in Zoho Subscriptions - November 2016
The winter is here and even though the sword in Jon Snow’s scabbard may freeze but our updates don't. We’ve added some fantastic features in your recurring billing tool so you get to spend more time on things other than your billing. Checkout the latest features we’ve been holding up our sleeve for you! 1. JUST IN - REPORTS - SALES BY PLAN No more dusting off old records or surfing through emails to find out the sales you’ve made, as Sales Report is here to save your day. With just a few clicks,
What's new in Zoho Subscriptions - October 2016
Carve those pumpkins and dust off those costumes, for October is upon us. Here is the list of the new features that we've been cooking up for you this season. 1. JUST IN - INVITE CLIENTS TO YOUR PORTAL If you're looking for an easier, faster and smarter way to communicate with your customers, then Client Portal is the answer. With Zoho Subscriptions, you can invite your clients to the portal and allow them to view their subscriptions, invoices, make online payments and also update card information.
Zoho CRM Integration
Hello Everyone, Integration with Zoho CRM is now one step closer. You can now enable the integration within Zoho Subscriptions itself. You can experience a seamless integration with Zoho CRM to accounts and contacts module. Just go to Settings -> Integrations -> Zoho Apps and click on Connect against Zoho CRM and customize your options for integration. Accounts/Contacts will be synched automatically every 24Hrs. However, you will have the option to sync instantly with a single click. You can choose
Announcing WePay integration with Zoho Subscriptions!
WePay, an online payment processor, is now integrated with Zoho Subscriptions. By setting up integration with WePay, you can create a merchant account and start accepting online payments from your customers. Some striking features of WePay include: - Creating a merchant account in minutes - A low transaction fee of 2.75% + 30 cents per transaction - No setup or monthly fee - Keep track of all WePay related transactions (Payments, transaction fees, and refunds) in one place. As of now, WePay integration
Enhancements - Custom Plan Descriptions in Subscriptions
Hello Everyone, At Zoho, we aim to simplify your subscription business with new customizable features. Zoho Subscriptions now allows Custom Plan Descriptions for Subscriptions. Experience more flexibility with Custom Plan Descriptions. Now, customize dates relative to the Billing Start/End dates using the placeholders. The Plan Description gets captured in the Invoices generated for the subscriptions. Here's how to do it. The subscription billing start date and end date can be recorded
Announcing the Canadian Edition of Zoho Subscriptions
If you're a merchant from Canada, you'll be glad to know that Zoho Subscriptions now has a Canadian Edition. There are three main things to look out for: 1) Canadian tax You can now add all relevant federal and provincial taxes and tax agencies in Zoho Subscriptions. Click here to check out the help document on how to set it all up. Also, through our integration with Zoho Books, you can generate your GST/HST report in a single click and get it ready for filing. 2) Canadian payment gateway support
Free tool: Forecast and predict revenue for your subscription business
We just launched a free tool that can help you predict future revenue for your subscription business! Check it out: https://www.zoho.com/subscriptions/revenue-forecast/ If you're a subscription business owner who needs to take a peek into the future of your business, you can use this tool to find out how your revenue will look like in the months and years to come. Just plug in your current metrics (monthly recurring revenue, revenue growth and churn rate) and the tool will tell you how fast and how
Introducing Excess Payments to Offline Subscriptions
Excess Noun an amount of something that is more than necessary, permitted, or desirable. Not to be a stereotype, excess is not always that bad.Take Zoho Subscriptions for instance. Zoho Subscriptions now introduces the feature of accepting excess payments from the customer and utilize the same for creating, updating and renewing offline subscriptions . This provides an easy way to follow up with the customers and make the payment collection easier for offline customers. So now, you can Record
Next Page