"Do Not Pay" an IOS App cancels Subscriptions launches in UK

Josh Browder

A Service which automatically cancels memberships toward the end of the free trail period was launched in the UK.

It was created by Josh Browder, who as a young person built up a algorithm called Do Not Pay, which effectively  works against parking fines.

His new application, Free Trial Surfing, isn't connected to a client's bank or credit card, yet Mr Browder says it is in co-operation with a major bank.

In any case, he declined to state which bank was supporting the endeavor.

"The thought for this app came when I understood I was being charged for a $21.99 (£18) gym membership center participation from over a year back that I was never utilizing," he said.

"Truth be told, I had totally overlooked that I had pursued a free trail in any case. Continually attempting to monitor when a 'free trail' period finishes is irritating and tedious."

He said 10,000 individuals had joined to attempt Free Trial Surfing since its dispatch a month and a half back in the US, where Mr Browder, who is from the UK, presently lives.

The two most basic memberships the administration has been utilized for are pornography platforms pursued by Netflix, he said.

How can it work? 

It is right now just accessible on Apple's application store, with a web form being developed.

Every client gets a virtual charge card number and developed name, which they can use to pursue a sign up for free trail service.

The card is really enlisted to Mr Browder's firm, Do Not Pay.

The application can likewise forwards messages between the service provider and the virtual card with the goal that the client's very own email address is secure.

Mr Browder says the card won't work whenever used to pay for some other type of purchase.

He said a few platforms were attempting to block the service by making sense of which cards have a place with Do Not Pay.

"Our bank is so enormous they would need to screw a great deal of clients to stop the product. They would need to part of the free trail program," he said.

Maybe incidentally, he says that one day he may charge a membership to utilize the membership, which is presently free.

"It took around a six months to develop the app," he said.

"At present we're testing it - possibly one day it will be a modest membership, as $2 every month.

"It took such a long time because that we needed to make sure it would be declined in the event that it is utilized with a genuine buy. We won't consider individuals responsible - it will be us who endures the shot."

'Membership trap' 

Felicity Hannah a personal finance journalist gave the venture a mindful welcome.

"It seems like a good thought since purchasers are continually gotten out by these membership traps," she said. "I believe myself to be reasonably adroit however I've been gotten out twice in last year.

"Be that as it may, I do have a few concerns and, as a buyer, I'd need to see it being utilized securely by other individuals before I joined."

Ms Hannah included that the service may possibly be fleeting on the off chance that it truly shaken retailers and service providers.

"Purchasers shouldn't stress a lot over the morals yet it is breaking the idea of a free trail. You would need to join again in the event that you wanted to proceed with an service so the assumption that is plainly that you don't expect to," she said.

"On the off chance that this took off, at that point I expect it wouldn't be excessively well before organizations attempted to discover a route around it. [It's] certainly an intriguing thought however. 'Fintech' like this can truly engage shoppers."