Pro Tip: Accept PayPal Payments

Merchants today can use PayPal as a payment gateway, collecting credit card payments from their customers. But did you know that using Recurly.js or the Recurly Hosted Payment Pages, you can also allow your customers to checkout using PayPal? To process PayPal payments, please...

Continue reading

What’s the difference between void transactions and refunds?

In the dynamic world of subscriptions, managing payments effectively is key to customer satisfaction and financial success. Two terms that often come into play are void transactions and refunds. A void payment is a cancellation of an authorized but not settled payment, typically used for correcting mistakes or for canceling...

Continue reading

The UX of Customer Support

Though my coworkers at Recurly have probably begun to tire of hearing me say it, my mantra of late is “Everything is UX.” It’s a simple phrase, but it encompasses a great deal. Simply put, it’s important to remember that every interaction someone has with your product or brand is...

Continue reading

Merchants We Love: BarkBox

At Recurly we love to check out our customer’s products and services for ourselves. One of the many services we’ve tried and LOVED is Barkbox. I know you are out there- dog lovers who treat your pups like members of the family. They not only have beds, they have dishes and...

Continue reading

Pro Tip: Setting a "From" Email Name

One of the most common topics for support is email templates. In just a minute or two you can easily customize the "from email name" on all emails that Recurly sends on your behalf. If you would prefer that your customer receive messages from...

Continue reading

Payment Pitfalls - Part 1: When Refunds Go Bad

In this series, called Payment Pitfalls, we’re going to cover some of the most common mis-steps made by merchants that can get them into hot water with either their merchant acquiring bank, their customers and even the credit card associations themselves. The purpose of this series is to share some...

Continue reading

Pro Tip: Provide a Partial Refund

Refunding transactions is easy with Recurly, but did you know a transaction can also be partially refunded? This is great for circumstances where a user has partially used up service, but needs a refund for time remaining. To issue a partial refund, a transaction...

Continue reading

Influencing the Recurly Product Roadmap

As you’ve seen from our recent press and newsletters, Recurly is going through a significant growth period, both in terms of customers and internal employees. The product team is 5x this year what it was last year, which has allowed us to dive deep on some of the features we...

Continue reading

A Glimpse into Card Processing

Having had experience in both traditional and alternative payments, I completely understand the sentiments around payment eco-systems being complex. In its basic parts, it comes down to a network of participants who communicate financial information across one another. The problem is that they don't all speak the same language and...

Continue reading

My role as Recurly's Sr. Customer Success Manager is the sexiest yet!

Article contributed by Mary Rosberg, Recurly's new Sr. Customer Success Manager. “The sexiest thing in the entire world is being really smart. And being thoughtful. And being generous. Everything else is crap!” While Ashton Kucher isn't my favorite actor, I do love the above quote, delivered at high intensity to...

Continue reading