bryanjohnson
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founder of Blueprint, Kernel, OS Fund & Braintree Venmo
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Comment · 2 years ago
Bryan Johnson Blueprint | U.S. | Hybrid | Full-time | CTO/VPE
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Comment · 5 years ago
thank you for posting
Comment · 15 years ago
If that’s the case, they’re losing money on your account because that pricing is below the wholesale bank costs (which is the same for everyone). You probably want to check the fine print or your monthly statement.
Our (Braintree) pricing is actually very competitive. It may look higher because we disclose all our fees. Nearly every provider we know obscures fees both during the sales process and in the monthly reporting statements so merchants never really understand what they're paying. Here's an example of pricing trickery http://www.braintreepaymentsolutions.com/blog/Costco-your-ma...
Comment · 15 years ago
No, I didn't.
Comment · 15 years ago
This is Bryan from Braintree. I was working for a different company at the time I visited my former customers. I honored the one year non-compete I had with my former employer.
Comment · 15 years ago
We (Braintree) don't require fax usage. It's an option but not a requirement.
Comment · 16 years ago
This advice is hard earned. Great write up.
We're on the opposite side of the spectrum as a company in that we're not well known, we're not well connected, we don't have outside capital, and we're not creating the next generation of search. We do, however, have similar goals of finding and retaining the best people, building an enduring and rewarding culture, and continuously exploring better ways to do things. We actually blogged today about what we've learned as a startup in trying to find the best people who are also the right cultural fit.
http://www.braintreepaymentsolutions.com/inside-braintree/re...
Comment · 16 years ago
Good for them. They've worked very hard and been extremely thoughtful about how they've built their business.
Comment · 16 years ago
The DataPortability Project has been at the forefront of addressing challenging data portability issues that affect all of us. We (Braintree) are really excited to see our Credit Card Data Portability initiative be adopted by them. This is their first initiative for B2B data portability. We were unsure what to expect from our efforts but are really excited to see that it's starting to get traction.
Original Credit Card Data Portability announcement: http://www.braintreepaymentsolutions.com/blog/data-portabili...
Open Letter to the CEO's of Authorize.net and Paypal: Help End the Credit Card Data Hostage Situation http://www.braintreepaymentsolutions.com/blog/open-letter-to...
Comment · 16 years ago
Not directly related, but we (Braintree) recently blogged about credit card expiration dates. Here is a snippet: "If you run a transaction in our gateway and enter a date in the past for the credit card expiration date, you may be surprised to discover that we don't validate it. We run the transaction knowing that the card is expired. Why do we do this? The short answer is that financial institutions will still approve transactions with expired expiration dates."
http://www.braintreepaymentsolutions.com/blog/credit-cards-a...
Comment · 16 years ago
We (Braintree) have no contracts and no termination fees. Merchants can leave whenever they want and for whatever reason without penalty. Some of our sponsoring banks unfortunately have cancellation fee language (that we don't control and are trying to get removed) but we provide an addendum to every customer that states they will never be responsible for any cancellation fees.