Paypal and vBulletin

[Lacrosse Boy]

Every year I do a revamp of the website of the dance studio where I work (which is one of my jobs, among studio maintenance, office work, etc.) It's been interesting seeing how far the site has come just by taking a peek in the Internet Archive. Now it's cleaner, easier to navigate, has more features and much more professional looking. This year we've gotten tons of complements... (Well, I spent a month working on it to get it all perfect!?)

Anyhow, last year I brought up to my boss the idea of people being able to pay their bills online. With the software we use, we are able to send bills out online. We would purchase a vBulletin license and upgrade from Ikonboard 3.1.2a for that site if I got a low-down on how this works.

There are a few things we'd like to know:

1. Is there the ability for a user to pay a certain fixed amount every month (IE monthly tuition)? (i.e. $55 will be subtracted automatically every month)
2. Is there the ability for them to pay as much as they'd like at a time? (ie... Tuition + Costume Charges + Photographs + Miscellaneous Charges = $165.64 -> so put this amount in online)
3. How much does PayPal or NoChex take out per payment? Is it a flat amount per month, a percentage taken out for every payment, etc?

The site is heavily integrated with Ikonboard, so that it would be easier to post new information quickly as it arises, allows us to have an integrated photo gallery, and a discussion board.

However, if this thing with Paypal works out, in the summer we'll purchase a license and I'll begin doing my redesign.

Honestly, it's fun redesigning every year, and I learn so much!

Anyhow, enough rambling. If you could answer my questions, that would be awesome!