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Welcome to GOINBOX Billing

The simplest, most affordable way to bill your small ISP or community network. No complicated servers. No expensive hardware. Just real-time usage tracking, M-PESA invoicing, and a beautiful customer portal.

Built for East African networks

MikroTik, PPPoE, Hotspots, RADIUS โ€” all supported out of the box.

2 Quick Start โ€” Get live in under 10 minutes

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1. Sign up for free

Go to app.goinboxbilling.com and create your account with your email or Google. No credit card required.

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2. Connect your router

Choose your setup type: MikroTik, PPPoE server, or WiFi Hotspot. Follow the 3-step wizard.

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3. Create your first billing plan

Set prices, data limits, and validity periods. Your subscribers will see them instantly in their portal.

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4. Add your first subscriber

Manually or import via CSV. They will receive a welcome email + WhatsApp with login details.

Start Quick Setup Wizard

Account & Team Setup

After signing up, complete these steps in your dashboard:

  • 1 Verify your email and phone (for M-PESA notifications)
  • 2 Add your business name and logo (appears on all invoices)
  • 3 Invite team members (Admin, Billing, Support roles)
  • 4 Connect your M-PESA Till / Paybill number

MikroTik RouterOS Integration

Step-by-step (takes 4 minutes):

  1. 1. In your MikroTik Winbox โ†’ Go to IP โ†’ Hotspot or PPP
  2. 2. Enable API and set a strong password
  3. 3. In GOINBOX โ†’ Settings โ†’ Integrations โ†’ Add MikroTik
  4. Router IP: 192.168.88.1
    Username: admin
    Password: โ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ข
    โœ“ Connected successfully
  5. 4. Test connection โ€” GOINBOX will pull live user list instantly.

PPPoE Server Setup

GOINBOX works seamlessly with any PPPoE server.

# In your PPPoE server (MikroTik example)
/ppp secret add name=john password=pass123 profile=unlimited
/ppp profile add name=unlimited rate-limit=10M/10M

Just enter your RADIUS secret in GOINBOX and weโ€™ll start tracking usage in real-time.

WiFi Hotspot Setup

Perfect for community WiFi, schools, and cafes.

  • Enable Hotspot on your MikroTik
  • Copy the Hotspot login page URL into GOINBOX
  • Subscribers get redirected to your custom branded login page

Create Billing Plans

Go to Plans โ†’ New Plan and set:

  • Data limit (e.g. 50 GB)
  • Validity (30 days)
  • Price (KSh 1,500)
  • Speed limit (10 Mbps)

M-PESA & Airtel Money Setup

1. Go to Settings โ†’ Payments
2. Enter your Paybill / Till number
3. GOINBOX auto-reconciles every payment instantly.

Customer Self-Service Portal

Your customers get a beautiful portal at yourname.goinbox.app where they can:

  • โœ… View real-time usage
  • โœ… Pay with M-PESA
  • โœ… Upgrade / renew plans
  • โœ… Download invoices
  • โœ… Open support tickets

Ready to go live?

Your network is now one click away from automated billing.

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