[lee_dewing]

Hello going to send gocardless mandate to 1st customer

Question: customer fills in mandate do they have to verify payment for 1st clean?

Then automatically payment is taken
When I request it after that?

It’s a £20 job so 40p to gocardless?

I’m all registered with go cardless etc
Just saving gocardless for the pain customers
I have to send payment reminders too

Customers I’m going to bin 🗑 if they don’t take up gocardless

Thanks lee

[lee_dewing]

Anyone 😷

[Stoots]

Dont think they have to verify it but not too sure.

Only time ive had problems with verification is when there is 2 names on their bank account.

As for fees i cant remember what it is, i know its plus VAT now.

So not much help but it's a reply 

[johnny bravo]

ive stopped promoting gocardless now,  fees keep creeping up

[reflection]

No they don’t have to verify they just sign up you for the rest.
So if they are £10 but owe you for twice you can collect the first payment as £20 then the rest as £10.

GoCardless is great the fees are well worth it

[Stoots]

ive stopped promoting gocardless now,  fees keep creeping up

I agree, once you are in you are locked in to whatever rises they see fit. For a small business its not worth it, i can totally see why a multi van operation would want it though..

[Suffolkcleaners]

No they don’t have to verify they just sign up you for the rest.
So if they are £10 but owe you for twice you can collect the first payment as £20 then the rest as £10.

GoCardless is great the fees are well worth it

I agree with this. A £20 Job will take 48 pence in fees (which includes the VAT) I just checked. For ease of payment I think it’s well worth it as it stands but not to say fees won’t go up then I may well have a different outlook.

Any new jobs I pick up now I always quote say what would be a £20 job at £21. So you would still clear £20 and some change. Fantastic for slow payers (a must in my book) but still have a large percentage paying via BACS but I don’t mind that as these ones pay promptly.

I think I’ve got a really healthy customer base now in terms of payments. Very little is owed which suits me to the ground.

[Arnold Palmer]

If you're not tied to gocardless through cleaner planner or whatever it might be worth looking at smart debit.

I'm 1/2 the price of gocardless's cheaper tier and have the equivalent of gocardless's more expensive tier.

[STEVE-UK]

Soupy, does smart debit link up with your planner marking off debts like Gocardless?

[Arnold Palmer]

Soupy, does smart debit link up with your planner marking off debts like Gocardless?

No.

[Richard iSparkle]

If you're not tied to gocardless through cleaner planner or whatever it might be worth looking at smart debit.

I'm 1/2 the price of gocardless's cheaper tier and have the equivalent of gocardless's more expensive tier.

 

[Richard iSparkle]

I love Smartdebit.

Been using them for years now.

Very good support too