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Where do I go, to start a website that accepts credit card payments.? |
I want to build a website that will provide certain information, targeted at a specific group of consumers. This information will come at a price. How and where do I go about setting up a site that has links to paypal, and/or accepts credit card/debit card/check payments online? paypal is an easy way to do that. If you want to deliver the information yourself (compile and email it to them) you don't need anything special, just invoice them with paypal. (set up a couple accounts, invoice yourself, refund the payment to get a feel for it) it's easy. If you want to do it in an automated manner (your client gets instant access to the information) you'll need to work with paypal IPN. You can write the code yourself if you wish, but it's rather tedious. Here is a freebie support class I wrote to help people do that: http://www.geniegate.com/other/paypal/... If the information is something that they'd simply download, you can use a download tool. In this case, the customer makes a payment and can immediately download the file. I wrote this tool (PayVeX) for selling these digital files "on demand": http://www.geniegate.com/listings/payvex... Customer makes payment and is immediately given access to a file. If the information is in a database and is NOT something they can simply download, GenieGate: http://www.geniegate.com/listings/dolphi... does memberships. (client must "sign up" and submit payment with paypal before being given access to certain areas of your site. You could, for example, provide a database interface for members only. I believe amember: http://www.amember.com/ will do the same thing. Full disclosure, I wrote the stuff on geniegate.com, but I did NOT write amember, this is someone elses product. Source(s): I work in this field. http://www.paypal.com is the only site that I know of that would take those form of payments. http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;... Grace, I just started building a website about 6 months ago with a company that provides just about everything. I love them. Unfortunately, I don't yet personally sell items, so I am not using the features you mentioned, but I feel pretty sure they offer that, too. If you click on my avatar and then on the link to SBI you can take a tour and ask questions. I don't know a lot about what else is out there. Once I found this place I had no need or desire for anything else. All the best. sign up for merchant facilities at paypal I think you have two issues: 1. How to set up the website 2. How to process payments For a quick way to build a website I recommend www.citymax.com You can start with a free trial and be up and running in just a couple hours. As for taking payments I agree that paypal is the easiest way. You open a free acount with them and provide you buttons that your customers will click on to buy from you. Then they go to a Paypal page to make payment. It's really pretty easy and all the details will be on the citymax and paypal sites. You can also get your own merchant account that will allow you to take credit card payments directly. It's really not that hard. Accept-by-Phone ( http://www.accept-by-phone.com ) has a 99% acceptance rate and only costs $5 a month plus the usual fee for each transaction. As the name indicates, Accept-by-Phone lets you process credit cards over the phone, even cell phones, so it's really flexible. |
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