Recurring Billing with Authorize.Net

Recurring billing allows you to charge your customer's credit card a pre-determined amount at pre-defined intervals. This is useful for businesses such as web hosting, clubs, memberships, or any business that wants to charge the same amount to the same card on a recurring basis.

You enter the charge one time, followed by the frequency - weekly, monthly, bi - monthly, or any custom time - and forget about it. Your customer's card will be charged at the appropriate time and receipts can be automatically emailed direct to the customer. You can also set it up so that when the customer enters the order in at your website, their card is automatically setup to be charged at regular intervals.

There are two options for implementing recurring billing with Authorize.Net. Please check them out the links below to determine which one will work best for your business:

Automated Recurring Billing (ARB) - This is an optional add-on that is built right into the Authorize.Net payment gateway. Additional monthly fee applies. For more information on ARB, please check out the Automated Recurring Billing Guide.

Billing Orchard Service - This is a robust, full featured add-on to the Authorize.Net payment gateway. It operates outside of the gateway but is rich in features. For more detailed information on this service and to sign up for a 15 day free trial, please click here.

Note: These services are available as an add-on to Authorize.Net. You must first fill out the online merchant account application and select Authorize.Net as your processing option.

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