The system unveils possibility for subscribing to paid (premium) features of Japanese video hosting service, allowing users to pay using credit cards.

Premium member sign-up page

Core Features

— Integration with Japanese payment provider.

— Ability to perform periodical(recurrent) billing without requiring users to enter their credit card data every time.

— Administration UI for user account management and transaction tracking.

— Tracks history of every billing-related administrative action.

— Provides set of financial reports for tracking revenues on daily/monthly basis.

The release of paid subscription service was accompanied by numerous new features targeted to premium users:

— Priviledged video traffic served from dedicated servers

— Ability to download full-size movies (DivX)

— Access to iPhone, iPad and mobile video content (DoCoMo, AU, Softbank)

Hereafter it is planned to use the system as a platform for accepting micropayments.

Technologies

— PHP

— Python

— Linux

— PostgreSQL