Spreedly’s initial product focus was on recurring billing – that’s how our customers know us and use us right now. Today we are announcing that on Nov. 15th our existing customers will also be getting access to Spreedly Core – all as part of their current monthly fee with Spreedly.

So what is Spreedly Core? Core was driven by 3 major needs. First, our customers asked us to do any kind of transaction, not just recurring or subscription transactions. Core handles that. Second, Core provides gateway independence, allowing you to use one or many, and switch between them whenever you’d like. Finally, with Core you get total UI/UX control. Your customer stays on your site, and Core takes care of the hard stuff behind the scenes. Therefore, you have end to end control of the user experience.

Core’s been in beta up till now (and will technically remain so through the end of this year). We gathered some feedback from our beta users. First up, Tim Ridgely at OpenDining.net:

“We’d spent months setting up a PCI compliant infrastructure and when I found out about Core, we just ditched the whole thing. Even though it was done and ready to roll (PCI SAQ complete, over 120,000 daily log events managed within Splunk, etc.).

“For us, it’s very simple: our core competency absolutely does not revolve around securely managing card data. Core lets us offload that, while fitting seamlessly into our business process and technical infrastructure.”

Nik Bauman from tonx.org – “We source, we roast, we ship, you brew” coffee – had similar sentiments:

“SpreedlyCore instantly appealed to me because it took risk from my business. It makes my business stronger by preventing lock-in and letting me command better prices from payment processors. If you are running a business storing credit cards using Spreedly Core is the smart way to do it.”

Ready to start looking at Core? Until November 15th, just head over to www.spreedlycore.com and ask us for an invite – we’ll get you one. After November 15th, you’ll be able to create a Core environment right from within your Spreedly account, so it’ll be even easier.

Through the end of the year, Core will remain a beta product. We’re continuing to improve the docs, helper libraries, and tightly integrate it with our subscriptions product (for those who want that). You’ll definitely want to be a confident developer to tackle Core and be ready to bug us when you can’t figure something out.

That’s it for now! Send us feedback anytime on what you think of Core – it’s always appreciated.