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This portal is to open public enhancement requests against IBM Cloud and its products. To view all of your ideas submitted to IBM, create and manage groups of Ideas, or create an idea explicitly set to be either visible by all (public) or visible only to you and IBM (private), use the IBM Unified Ideas Portal (https://ideas.ibm.com).


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Welcome to the IBM Ideas Portal (https://www.ibm.com/ideas) - Use this site to find out additional information and details about the IBM Ideas process and statuses.

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IBM Cloud Support Center (https://cloud.ibm.com/unifiedsupport/cases/form) – Use this site for any IBM Cloud defect or support need.

Stack Overflow (https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/ibm-cloud) – Use this site for IBM Cloud technical Q&A using the tag "ibm-cloud".

ideasibm@us.ibm.com - Use this email to suggest enhancements to the Ideas process or request help from IBM for submitting your Ideas.

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My ideas: Billing

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accept PO box billing addresses in standard format

When inputing the billing address for my IBM Cloud payment method, if my billing address is a PO box, then the IBM Cloud website should accept that address. Currently, the IBM Cloud website explicitly states that it does not accept PO boxes. This ...
over 1 year ago in Billing 0 Delivered

Granular usage details including vApp name

We deploy many vApps with unique names from templates causing all the VMs to have the same names regardless of which vApp they are in. For billing, we are unable to compare our usage data from in-house to IBM usage data because the data provided b...
over 1 year ago in Billing 0 Delivered

What is your credit card number - is solving the WRONG PROBLEM

With the myriad of shortcomings and issues with ibm cloud billing, requiring a credit number for a new ibm cloud account is forcing serious questions about IBM's tactics and intentions within customer organizations. A customer purchased a $100K su...
almost 3 years ago in Billing 1 Delivered

Allow students to get credits without credit card details

Students are increasingly using cloud services for educational purpose. However, many a times credit card becomes a hurdle since students usually don't own a one. Therefore, if IBM cloud could consider allowing students to subscribe for $200 credi...
over 4 years ago in Billing 2 Delivered

Usage Dashboard on Bluemix

Today when we access the Usage Dashobard on Bluemix, the presentation is services used by "Group", group being the organisation. Is there a way for the developer team to provide the other dimension that would be “Group by Services” and detailed ...
about 7 years ago in Billing 3 Delivered

A link for the delete of bluemix account

its hard to modify the billing information for a credit card, how i can delete or change an credit card, no way, its so dificult, and how I can delete an bluemix account, there's no option trought the GUI of bluemix, please fix it or made more easy
about 7 years ago in Billing 1 Delivered