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At PeopleHub, we are driven to provide businesses with payment solutions that are easy to use and help you grow your business. It is such a critical part of your business that you need experts who understand the payment industry as well as developing easy debit systems that make sense. With this in mind Matt McGown and Dan Sketcher founded PeopleHub in 2005 with the aim of becoming one of Australia’s leading direct debit payments and billing providers.
Being a small business ourselves and struggling with those growing pains that most small businesses have in the early years gave us an excellent grounding in what our customer base would expect from us. We have developed a business your can rely on. Read some of our testimonials to get a better feel for what our customer think of us.
PeopleHub has grown its customer base to service more than 700 business users nationally. A recent survey of our client base indicated the reason these business selected and continue to use PeopleHub as their direct debit service provider were as follows:
We give you flexibility and control - our customers are always surprised at what they can do within our system. Whether it is sending custom SMS, maintaining customer notes or setting up varied payment schedules we put the power in your hands to manage your business.
Matt is a co-founder of PeopleHub and also one of the people you are most likely to speak to in the sign-up process for your PeopleHub account. Matt has worked in Australia, the USA and UK in various project management and strategy type roles before turning his attention to PeopleHub full-time. As well as being a core part of the PeopleHub team, Matt also provides consulting services relating to Balance Scorecard Development and Performance Management.
The thing that gives Matt the most satisfaction in his role at PeopleHub is…
“… the fact that businesses all around Australia use our system to collect their payments and manage their business. It still amazes me that something we developed is used by so many people in a really critical part of their business. The trust and support that our customers have given us right from the start of our enterprise is what makes me always want to do better”
Dan is a co-founder of PeopleHub and is the main decision-maker on the IT systems and products that PeopleHub provide. Dan has worked for companies in Australia and the UK specialising in billing systems and core business-critical software. He knows first-hand the issues that can arise if computer systems and people do not interlink well.
Dan's role at PeopleHub is focused on improving the PeopleHub system day-on-day and we hope you see that in your time with PeopleHub.
The thing that gives Dan the most satisfaction in his role at PeopleHub is…
"... knowing that his hard work in building the PeopleHub systems has not only made PeopleHub successful, but it has helped other businesses be successful too"
"Using PeopleHub is easy, and it provides great flexibility for both our customers and our business. Our customers can pay their accounts through PeopleHub, and it ensures our cash flow is continuous and up to date.... "
Joanne - Manager (Childcare)
"The PeopleHub system is the most user friendly and cost efficient method to obtain funds from your customer. From navigating the system, to its reporting mechanisms, to the cost of using the service, I am yet to see anything that can beat PeopleHub in efficiency...."
Christian - CEO (Debt Negotiations)
"From day one of my initial enquiry, you have made PeopleHub a dream to work with. Your ongoing (quick response) support has resulted in zero customer complaints with the PeopleHub service. This is quite an achievement based on my experience with other companies.... "
Peter - CEO (Educational Products)
"12 months down the track I have been nothing but impressed with every aspect of the service, not only the best value but the high level of both customer care and technical know-how has been nothing but impressive also. .."
Katherine - Director (Dance Studio)