I have a project ready to go (with the exception of billing). It is almost impossible for an Australian business to easily accept credit card payments in USD.
I have looked at Saasy.com but the lack of data portability makes it an unattractive option.
PayPal really is the only solution unless you can get the one bank in Australia to let you open a USD account, you'll also need a modem to check your balance with them online.
This is a good thread http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia/brows... about the complexities in setting it up in Australia and unfortunately I suspect Stripe will consider the risks outweigh the benefits of providing this sort of functionality in oz.
In Canada we're using CheddarGetter and paypal to accept USD, however as an Australian (Living in Canada....) i know exactly what you mean and have been through it before.
I seriously suggest you look at Paypal, if you want to make switching easy however, abstract the implementation as much as you can. We're using CheddarGetter to do the abstraction for us, its $79 / month for CheddarGetter...but any half decent programmer who i trust with our billing doesnt cost far from that per hour anyway. Its a cheap means of getting around some smelly situations!
I second this. Recurring credit card payments are virtually impossible in the EU at the moment, and the existing options (e.g. PayPal) suck or are too expensive.
