What is the best system that allows for recurring billing without the customer having to authorize the transaction everytime? I am looking at setting up a subscription newsletter and I would like to auto-bill my customers every month unless they opt out of that feature.
Authorize.Net offers this functionality through the recurring billing service of their payment gateway.
And man, have they changed in the past 7 years. They even offer the software to set up the membership script and help you install it - without plunking down any money. It all just comes out of your commissions. The salesperson really, really impressed me with his knowledge (and the fact that I could get him on the phone) . CCBill seems to be looking for non-adult clients and doing a lot to please them. He said he could get us up and running (sans fees) in two days. So, we've made our choice in a pinch. Just an FYI, they pay weekly