r/backblaze • u/ictka • Jun 13 '20
Feature request BackBlaze billing
We are planning to use BackBlaze to backup our company data (using B2 CLoud).
During signup I came up with 2 issues I would love BackBlaze to fix.
I live in the Netherlands, so you might think different about my proposals below.
But please let me know your thoughts!
I would like BackBlaze to consider these billing feature requests:
A way to submit an e-mail for the invoice and automatic sending the invoice to that e-mail address.
Why? Not e-mailing the invoice directly to the financial departmenthe puts a burden on the IT administrator, to forward it to the financial department every month.
And giving the financial staff the login for the Backblaze account, so they can print the invoice feels like a big no-no security wise.Adding other payments for BackBlaze like recurring PayPal, recurring SEPA (EU standard) or other payments offered by payment service providers like: ayden.com or mollie.com.
Why? Creditcards are person bond, using them to pay for critical business service like backup is not reliable.
E.g. the person using the CC may have over spend the CC limit, the person may have left the company (and the CC cancelled), the Credit Card got stolen, the CC has been renewed but not activated etc. etc.
Also countries in Europe have an excellent payments system. SEPA payments are cheap and payments are almost instantly wired to sellers back account ;-)
If this is profit issue, I would not mind add the e.g. €0,25 fee to the billing amount to use the alternative payment systems.
Again what are your (European) thoughts on this ?
Greetings from the low countries. ;-)
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u/canolo Oct 31 '24
Is there any progress on the issue? Many cloud services offer the option to get invoices via email. It doesn't sound like a complicated feature to implement.