Checkout is a service from salesforce.com and Recurly that lets your customers pay
for your applications directly on the AppExchange. The service bills your customers' credit cards automatically and
deposits money into your account. If access to your app is sold as
a subscription, the service will bill your customers on a periodic
basis.
Checkout gives you seamless access
to Recurly’s no-touch recurring billing and subscription management,
including initial payment, add-on, reduction, cancellation, and automatic
renewal. It also automatically updates licenses in the License Management
Application (LMA). Checkout makes it easier for customers to pay for
your app while saving you the pain of managing recurring billing and
licenses.
To sign up for Checkout:
- Click the Publishing tab on AppExchange.
- Click Edit Listing for your app.
- Click the Pricing tab on the Listing page.
- Click Sign up for Checkout.
- An overlay appears that explains the service and verifies that
you’re using your AppExchange Publishing Organization (APO) and that you’ve linked
your partner account to your AppExchange provider profile. Click Sign Up to continue.
- An overlay appears with terms and conditions from Recurly and
from salesforce.com. Accept the terms to continue.
- A message appears confirming that you’ve signed up for
Checkout. Finish specifying the pricing information in the Pricing
tab for your app.
This completes the Checkout signup
process. To make Checkout live on your listing, you’ll need
to register with Recurly. You can do this by clicking the
Go to Recurly link that appears in the warning message
informing you of this last step. In Recurly, you’ll need to:
- Specify your payment gateway and merchant bank account information.
- Provide a credit card that will be used to bill you on a monthly
basis. The amount charged is 15% of your revenues billed through AppExchange Checkout.
- Activate the service by going live.
For more information on these tasks,
visit http://appexchange-docs.recurly.com.
Once you’ve activated Checkout,
all customers who buy your app on the AppExchange will be asked to provide their credit card information. If they
proceed to install your app, they will be charged according to the
payment details you’ve specified.