You can invite your boss or finance team to pay for the tool.
In this article we will explain:
What is a billing owner?
Why invite a billing owner?
How does a billing owner user work?
What is a billing owner?
When you invite someone to pay for Indexing Insight, they will enter billing information to pay for the tool. This will include an email address.
The email address used is the billing owner. And this email address can be used to access subscription information and Indexing Insight.
Account owner vs billing owner: What is the difference?
The difference between an account owner and billing owner can be seen below.
User | Description | Access |
Account owner | The email that was used to sign up to Indexing Insight.
The primary user of the tool. | ❌ Access Paddle Portal ❌ Billing alerts & notifications ❌ Cancel or upgrade plan ✅ Access Indexing Insight ✅ Indexing email alerts |
Billing Owner | The user who was invited to become the billing owner in step 3 of the checkout.
The primary user of the Paddle Portal. | ✅ Access Paddle Portal ✅ Billing alerts & notifications ✅ Cancel or upgrade plan ✅ Access Indexing Insight ❌ Indexing email alerts |
The big difference between the two users is that the Account Owner can use Indexing Insight as normal. However, they can't access the Paddle Portal.
An account owner you will see the following message on the billing page:
The billing owner will view the following on the billing page:
The billing owner can access the Paddle Portal. And it is there they can:
Download invoices
View active subscriptions
Upgrade or cancel the subscription.
How does inviting a billing owner work?
The invite a billing owner is simple.
Step 1: Enter the email address of the person or team who will pay for the tool.
Step 2: Invite the team member and they will receive an email asking them to join.
Step 3: The invited billing owner enters the billing information to pay for the tool.
That's it! Now the account and the billing owner can access Indexing Insight.
The account owner can start to actively monitor Google indexing at scale and the billing owner can get subscription alerts via Paddle.