I have been working for a few months on an online class that I will offer. I have all the videos and screenshots and things all done and my next step is preparing the payment method for students. I plan on offering the class to a limited number of students, and the cost will be somewhere between 500-1000 dollars. Does anyone have a recommended way for the students to sign up/pay for the course? Should I just tell them to send me some money with Paypal? How about if a huge amount of people wanted to sign up, could I have something stop the limit at say 20 signups per semester? Any information would be appreciated.
Paypal should not be used if you are expecting anything over $100 per transaction. I would think a 3rd party credit card payment processor such as 2Checkout.com would be more apt in your case. As for the limited number of signups, you probably need to work on an order form on your end to work with the payment page. There may be a few which may get through in which you can offer a refund without any penalty on your end.
What type of class? Is it for educational purpose or internet marketing? And price = $500usd/student? Isn' it too much? Well , as per your payment system try 2checkout , or Western Union Or any 3rd party credit card payment processor.
The difference is that an audio system is a physical product which needs to be physically shipped and thus you would have proof of delivery and you can countercheck if the shipping address is the same as the billing address while a online class is a virtual item where no 3rd party proof of delivery can be offered. Thus with the online class, the 'seller' is not protected.
PayPal is good but they will ask many questions if they doubt your business... Try 2checkout or best is Plimus, which includes paypal payments !
Hi Ziplok, Is the course completely online? If yes I may be able to help out, EC Suite is an online payment processor for digital content. If the course were done through a website we would be able to bill for those price points. As for cutting off sign ups after a certain amount of people have registered, I imagine the simplest way to do that would be to just manually removed the purchase link from your site after you've reached your desired capacity. You might also look into shopping cart systems, I imagine some sort of functionality exists for limiting quantity on tangible products, you could just apply it to class room spots.