Paul Jordan wrote: > suppressed wrote: > >> Kevin Walsh wrote: >> >>> Frank Reitzenstein <suppressed> wrote: >>> >>>> I have been collecting customers credit card details from my >>>> shopping cart the last 6 months. >>>> >>>> I have then gone to paypal and completed the order. This has been >>>> great as my sales have increased steadily. I am turning over more >>>> than USD120 a week and increasing. >>>> > [snip] > >>> If you were in North America, you could probably use the PayPal "Pro" >>> gateway to process card payments. You're in Australia, I see, so >>> that option might be closed to you at this time. >>> >>> You will find a list of payment modules, along with setup and usage >>> instructions, on the following page: >>> >>> http://www.interchange.rtfm.info/downloads/payments.html >>> >>> Modules to support other synchronous payment gateways can be written, >>> and you might even find that someone has written a gateway that works >>> with your chosen service already. >>> >>> You could also look at bureau services, and anyone who will provide >>> you with a web-based payment submission form for manual processing. >>> The comments about card detail security still apply, of course. >>> >>> >> Hello, >> >> Thanks for your input. I found a snippet by Scott Kennedy a >> couple of years ago. It basically placed a paypal button on >> the receipt page. I never liked the fact that it was one step >> too far. However I just set up a working model which uses our >> "Place Order" button on the checkout page >> - of course there may be details I haven't thought of, I >> guess the cart gets abandoned locally. >> > > > Frank, you are not finishing the order in interchange? Typically, people > submit the order into interchange and on the receipt page have a "now pay > securely at paypal" button that takes them to Paypal to finish up the > transaction. I suppose this is not necessary if you are only using Paypal, > as you don't need a central place to view real time, paypal and offline > orders. > > A gateway will run about $30/month and then say 3% of transactions. It might > be worth it to just break even for a while, avoid having to manually make > accounts at Paypal for people (which does not seem copasetic to me, by the > way), and invest that now extra time into advertising, etc. > > In the end, you might end up being barred from Paypal, and that won't do you > any good. > > Paul Jordan > > _______________________________________________ > interchange-users mailing list > suppressed > http://www.icdevgroup.org/mailman/listinfo/interchange-users > > Thanks Paul, I'll try this paypal checkout for a few days (the more experience the better), and as you say continue promoting the site, and look around for payment gateways, Regards, Frank. -- http://www.goldissue.com Ecommerce Consulting _______________________________________________ interchange-users mailing list suppressed http://www.icdevgroup.org/mailman/listinfo/interchange-users
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