2012-08-20 - Re: [GRASE-Hotspot] New Voucher System (Was Re: Paypal integration ??)

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From: Erik Andre Aabrekk <er***k@gmail.com>
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Reply To: <CAESLx0+4PBu+tGwnPG63Pha5SnzO6swZA-WyxuEk8WGVGEzfBg@mail.gmail.com>
UTC Datetime: 2012-08-20 14:47:19 UTC
Raw Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2012 23:47:19 +0200

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awesome Timothy. your work is awesome. Been wondering if
you are hanging around in some irc servers at the moment.

Erik Andre
Den 20. aug. 2012 23:12 skrev "Timothy White" <ti***8@gmail.com>
følgende:

> On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 11:35 PM, Hans van de Voorde
> <ha***s@van-de-voorde.com> wrote:
> > Hi Tim,
> > Great that you are back in bussiness with the new development system.
> > I hope that it is also getting better on the hours of sleep per night.
> > I see that things are moving again and asked my self where you are at
> with
> > the Paypal project.
> > I know that you had a test verion working a couple of months ago. Is
> there
> > any chance that it will be ported into an official release?
>
> Glad you asked!
>
> Due to a discussion with an interested 3rd party who wants to pay for
> a specific payment gateway, I've started the paypal stuff from
> scratch, and it's for the better.
> Here's a good opportunity to explain to everyone how the new system
> will work, and why.
>
> First, some history. The original system only had users, no concept of
> tickets, and the pricing system for the place it was written for, was
> linear. $X for 1Mb or $Y for 1minute. It also didn't matter from an
> accounting point of view if there was records of the $ amount sold,
> the $ amount was just a guide as all payments happened manually in
> cash.
>
> This doesn't scale so well to other organisations, for example most
> ISP's give you a discount if you purchase more quota. Hotels/Motels
> love you buying the bigger internet pack, because chances are you
> won't use it all, so even though it was cheaper per Mb, the hotel
> actually wins out in the majority of use cases. It also doesn't allow
> a $ value to be placed on other aspects of the account, for example
> high quota, but short usage time vs high quota and long usage time. Or
> bandwidth limits, etc.
>
> So the first thing I'm in the process of doing (90% done) is
> disconnecting data/time limits from $ values, and making them
> customisable however the admin wants, no more linear options, you
> choose the options!
>
> When then have groups, (which we already have implemented) that define
> a "ticket" type with it's default settings and limits. You'll still be
> able to create users manually in a group, and inherit the group
> settings are define your own settings at creation time (within a group
> still).
>
> Then we'll have "vouchers" (naming still to be worked out) that define
> a $ value, and some limits for the $ value. All vouchers will still
> fall under a group, and will be able to be purchased as ether an
> initial voucher, or a topup. i.e. you charge them $10 for the first
> 100Mb, but topups of 100Mb are only $5. Each group will define a
> voucher group, which helps define which vouchers can topup which
> vouchers. Basically, topups have to be within the same group, this
> ensures that settings like bandwidth limits are maintained, and they
> don't purchase a cheap topup in a group with less restrictive
> bandwidth, but still have all their time quota.
>
> The purchasing system will consist of selecting a voucher type,
> (group), then the initial purchase or the topup purchase. It'll then
> use a plugin system to allow different payment gateways to be used
> (including a manual Admin gateway that allows the manual issuing of
> vouchers, i.e. a cash register) and finally the creation of the
> voucher. There will probably be a way to even create vouchers that are
> tied to something, like the computer MAC address, or a phone number
> and uses SMS to authenticate the user.
>
> I hope that gives everyone a clear image of the direction I'm going.
> It should clear up the UI a bit as well, as some of the legacy stuff
> cluttered up the screen. Paypal will probably be the second public
> gateway written, with Manual being the first!
>
> Tim
>
>
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