Payment Module for B2B

Shuklendu

As mentioned during your visit to our office on friday , we had constructed an elaborate " Payment Module " in our earlier site , RecruitGuru.com

If there is a way , we should try to " revive " this site ( offline , at least ) and take a look at the source code

It is possible that , we may be able to re-use / copy , some of that code for B2B

If that happens , we may be able to dramatically cut short the time for new development

In late 2010 , Abhinandan had travelled from Pune on a saturday , to revive RecruitGuru.com , but he could not complete that work

I will write to him once again , if he could help us with this revival

In the meantime , from my memory , I list below , the salient features of the Payment Module of RecruitGuru :

SUBSCRIBER  CONSOLE  :

> Subscriber can access his own console at any time ( as long as he continues as a " Subscriber " ), by login

> This tabulation dynamically records , each and every payment made by the Subscriber, with amount / date

> The data ( of payments,  and of usage,  and of the balance ) is shown " Cumulatively "

> For his convenience , we could also separate out and show , " Payments Made " and " Usages " and " Balances ", in

   three separate tabulations , as well

> " Usage " column shows " No of Emails Sent " ( and RUPEES charged for this blast )

> Should we consider showing balance column in " Currency " ( $ ) , as well ?

> I presume that Paypal / ICICI and other similar online Payment Systems ( one of which , we will use ) , will permit

    a subscriber to effect payments in Multiple Currencies . After all , B2B will be used by companies from all over the

    World

    Will our Subscriber Console enable " Currency Conversion " on the fly ? Although , the BASE tabulations themselves,

    will automatically convert every payment and the Balance Amount , in RUPEES

> Every time , we change the TARIFF , the tabulations will convert the balances ( in Rupees as well as in No of Emails to

   his Credit ) , with appropriate TARIFF RATE in the TARIFF column

   At any time , a Subscriber should be able to see , at what Tariff ( per email sent ) , is his BALANCE calculated

> We need to automatically send out PAYMENT REMINDER notices ( emails ) when the BALANCE falls to certain values

    There should be a last WARNING NOTICE when the balance falls to a certain pre-fixed amount

    We should be able to RE-SET these triggers at different Balances left to his credit

> There should be some mechanism to SUSPEND his Account , when the balance reaches a certain figure

    At this point , a warning message should flash on each and every page ( assuming that the subscriber is logged in )

   After this , he will NOT be able to carry out any blast ( like a mobile PRE_PAID account )

>  Of course , every time a subscriber makes an online payment , a confirmation email must go out , showing new

   balance and the old balance

>  There will be NO provision for " Refunding " of any unutilized CREDIT BALANCE. This must be made clear in " TERMS

    and CONDITIONS " , which are specific to the ONLINE PAYMENT PAGE

>  I suppose , all online payments will be thru CREDIT and DEBIT cards only. What about payments thru mobile ?

>  The Terms and Conditions must explicitly state that we reserve the right to change the tariff at any time , without

    prior / advance notice. Of Course , every time , we change the tariff , an Email must go out AUTOMATICALLY to all

    the subscribers , telling them the new tariff and asking them to look up their REVISED BALANCE , in their personal

     console

>  The credit amounts ( balance ) are NOT TRANSFERABLE across different accounts , even if held by same subscriber

ADMIN  CONSOLE  :

>  This can be accessed only by authorized persons from RecruitGuru and Sentient Systems

>  Here , one tabulation will consolidate the data ( individual tabulations ) of ALL subscribers , put together

>  ADMIN should have an easy / simple access to the individual SUBSCRIBER CONSOLES , by clicking on names

>  Admin should also be able to see , another tabulation , where there is a running record of all the payments received,

    * for the day

    * for yesterday

    * for current week

    * for current month

    *  for current year ........etc

> There should be provision to compare the payments received for any given period of current year with an identical

   period of the previous year ( growth percentage , included )

> There should be a provision to validate the ONLINE payments made by the subscribers ( thru ICICI ) , with our bank passbook ( reconciliation ). How else will we know that these online payments , actually got credited to our bank account ?

It will be impossible to carry out such " Reconciliation Of Payments Made " . manually

> There will be a separate feature to enable us to fix the REVISED TARIFF directly from this console , with ONE click

> There should be a TARIFF HISTORY table

> There should be a OUTSTANDING LIABILITY table . At any time , we must know ,

   *  how much money is lying balance to the credit of ALL subscribers

   *  how many " emails "  we owe to all subscribers , put together

>  It is entirely possible that , in course of time , we may introduce other " EMAILING SERVICES "

   eg :

    Enabling a subscriber to email ( blast ) his company's promotional VIDEO / PHOTO etc

   Hence , we must have a provision to fix separate / new tariffs for such proposed services, as and when , introduced

> In our very next web site ( B2C ) , we plan to enable subscribers to blast their promo emails to " END CONSUMERS "

   I propose that any Subscriber of B2B , is also able to use the B2C site , with same login-no separate registration

   

   Hence , in both , the SUBSCRIBER CONSOLE as well as in ADMIN CONSOLE , there should be provision for the USAGES

   and CREDIT BALANCES , for both the services

   At a later date , this should be able to accommodate the other planned services , as well

   In same way , any subscriber of B2C , will automatically , get to use B2B web site services

   We have already planned that the Subscriber Database for all the 3 web sites ( B2B / B2C / CustomizeResume ) , will

    be the same

There are a few additional features which I don't remember offhand

But , I think , I have preserved my handwritten notes

If I manage to find these , I will send to you xerox copies next week

hcp

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Kailas :

Please find the source-code of RecruitGuru.com and email to Shuklendu , ASAP