Since it’s launch to the South African public in March 2010 SnapBill, Lusion Technologies online billing and service provisioning system, has gone from strength to strength. Like SnapBill many online billing systems claim to be easy to use, affordable and fully brandable, but as we all know the proof is in the pudding. So we asked Quintin van Rooyen, author of the SaGeek blog, to test drive the SnapBill system and let us know what he thought.

You will be pleased to know that SnapBill passed the test with flying colours.

“SnapBill is what e-commerce in South Africa has been waiting for. I give SnapBill a Q rating of Four out of Five… In fact, I am so impressed with SnapBill that it will be the first product that I will list on my ‘Sageek Recommended Products‘ page.”

Check out the full SaGeek SnapBill review here.

If you don’t put your two cents in, how can you get change?

Are you tech savvy? Do you write your own blog? Then we want you! The SnapBill system is constantly being updated and improved. We would therefore like to invite you to test drive the SnapBill system and let us know what you think. If you would like to review the system or give us feedback feel free to drop us an email.

Before setting up your website you need to ask yourself whether the site will be making use of international or local hosting.  International hosting has usually won the argument in the past with cheaper packages offering more bandwidth, but you may be pleasantly surprised with recent developments in the local hosting industry. Maybe even enough to bring out your ‘proud South African’ streak and motivate you to move your website’s hosting to a local server. Join me as I have a look into what the South African web hosting market can offer you and why it may be a good time to start hosting at home.

It is essential to identify your businesses’ needs before making a choice between hosting locally or internationally. Identifying your needs will ensure that you choose a hosting solution that not only provides your website with a home on the internet, but will encourage your business to grow and flourish. I have broken down a few key points for you to consider when pondering the benefits of hosting locally.

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First National Bank (FNB) recently released PayPal for South Africa after closing an exclusive deal with the international payment gateway. Consequently you may have heard the buzz emanating from SnapBill’s seamless integration of PayPal and be wondering how you, as a South African PayPal account holder, can enable and use this payment method. Read on to find out what the PayPal payment option in SnapBill entails, what you need to use the service and how to go about enabling it.

What PayPal integration means for the SnapBill user

If you are a FNB account holder you can now get a PayPal account which will not only allow you to send money, but also receive funds from millions of potential international customers. SnapBill has recognised the potential this holds for it’s users and integrated PayPal to offer all SnapBill users and their clients another safe and easy way to get their SnapBill invoices paid.

SnapBill currently supports payments for SnapBill generated invoices in ZAR and USD via credit card and Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT). With the new PayPal integration SnapBill users can also accept payments in USD via PayPal from any of the over 200 million PayPal users in 190 countries and regions. Only PayPal payments in USD are supported since PayPal payments are only done in USD (there is currently no support for South African Rand).

What you need to enable PayPal in SnapBill

You will need to have the following to use this service:

	A PayPal account
	Qualifying FNB personal or business current account (Visit the FNB website to view their conditions)
	A Free or Premium SnapBill account

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Getting your SnapBill generated invoices paid has never been so easy!

SnapBill, Lusion Technologies’ free online, white label, billing and service provisioning system will be among the first South African online billing systems to seamlessly integrate PayPal, offering all SnapBill users another safe, easy way to pay and get paid online.

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So you have heard the buzz,  checked out the SnapBill website and signed up for the ultimate online billing system. But what do you do now? As you may know by now SnapBill is packed with a comprehensive list of features to ensure your billing and client management worries are over. But for first time online billing system users learning how to use the SnapBill system can seem a bit daunting.

The team at SnapBill are here to help. They have compiled an informative QuickStart Guide to take all worries out of your SnapBill startup.

This guide has been designed to lead the first time SnapBill user through the systems features. It will assist you in getting to know the system, it’s navigation menu, it’s client management and billing capabilities. Allowing you to immediately get more out of your SnapBill experience! So read on to learn how to breeze through your SnapBill startup or view and download the guide from the SnapBill QuickStart Guide link on Lusion’s Reseller Hosting page. Read the rest of this entry »

Welcome to SnapBill!

We have compiled a QuickTour of all of SnapBill’s features to help you get better acquainted with what our online billing system can do for you. Take the tour below or visit the SnapBill website to learn more about this powerful system. Read the rest of this entry »