Three Ways to Buy
StrikeIron offers a wide variety of ways to try or purchase a Web service, including two levels of free trials and three convenient pricing options to fit all your development needs. Our
pay-as-you-go model allows for greater flexibility, better cost efficiencies and easy access to real-time data.
To view pricing for any Marketplace Web Service, simply click on the "Pricing"
tab on any Product Info page. StrikeIron offers the following ways to trial and
purchase Web services:
Trials:
There are two types of trials:
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Unregistered Trial (Quick Trial):
Quick Trials simply require a valid email address and are limited to 5
invocations or hits. Once you have authenticated your email address you will
have up to 5 free hits of each service.
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A Registered User Trial: Simply register to establish a UserID and
Password. After you have registered, your UserID and Password will work with
all of the Marketplace Web Services. Most services give up to 25 free hits to
registered users.
Click here to learn how easy it is to trial a
Web service.
One-Time Purchase
If you are looking to use a Web service for a short period of time,
want to do a batch process or do not want to create a situation where overages
apply, then One-Time Purchases are the option to choose. One-Time Purchase Hits expire
after 90 days and do not go into overage. You may re-purchase one-time
purchase new keys, however, upgrades are not available. If a batch process is run using
a Web service and the number of hits used exceeds the number of hits purchased,
you will be charged a one-time fee for the number of hits exceeded times the
price per purchased hit. This fee is computed by the number of hits over the
allotted amount times the price per purchased hit. One-time purchases can be
made with either PayPal or a credit card and refunds are not offered.
Monthly Subscription:
If you use about the same number of hits per month and want to spread your payments over the course of a year, then a Monthly Subscription is the esiest way to subscribe. Payments are spread out on a monthly basis and you can
cancel with a 30-day notice.
Purchases can be prorated at the time of purchase. If you choose to prorate payments for the remainder of
the current month, your credit card will be charged a prorated amount for the
current month, plus one month in advance. Thereafter, your credit card will be
charged on the first day of every month for the full month’s rate. For example,
if you make a purchase on March 15, 2008, you will be billed for the second
half of March, plus a one-month subscription for April. You will then be billed
on the first of every month, starting on May 1.
If you choose not to prorate, you will be charged the full amount at the time
of purchase for the current month, and you will have until the end of the
current month to use all of your hits. Starting with the next month, you will
be billed on the first of every month.
Annual Subscription:
If you are looking for a way to spread your hits over an entire year, then an Annual subscription is the most convenient way to subscribe. Payment is made
in advance for a year, and hits expire at the end of 12 months instead of
expiring at the end of each month.
Your credit card will be charged at the one-year rate, with an anniversary date
set to the first day of the first month following the purchase date. For
example, if you make a purchase on March 15, 2008, you will be billed at the
start of April for a one-year subscription, and your first renewal date will be
on April 1, 2009.
Do you have any questions about trials or pricing? Contact
sales@strikeiron.com or call +1.919.467.4545 opt.2