Online Payments for web site membership

[smagdy]

Hi, am reading about "Accepting Online Payments" and "Merchant Accounts" but all what am reading is almost talking about adding shopping cart..

so Please somebody help me with what I want which is..

To know how to Accept Credit payments just for web site membership and NOT shopping cart.

what sites allow that? ex.(Auth.net or payPal)

thanks in advance

[Corey Bryant]

Well it depends on what country you are located in, what is your website about, etc.

The two companies that you mentioned for example - well Paypal will not do Adult merchants. And authorizenet.com is only an electronic payment gateway and they will not support adult websites either.

-Corey

[smagdy]

no no its normal web site to help ppl keep track of their budget n stuff ... and when i publish that site i will b located in sweden but i can recieve payments from worldwide so... what should i do to accept online payments just for web site subscriptions/memberships... thanks

[Corey Bryant]

Well you might want to offer Paypal & you can check out some other companies as well like 2CO & WorldPay. But depending on your volume, Paypal might be a good start.

-Corey

[George]

Why not Use a shopping cart, the product is only one however, membership? Many of the functions you would not use, but the key ones will be the same.

I would be interested to know which one you use for the "future pay" scenario however, as i am currently looking at that.

Worldpay have futurepay, which means that you can automatically bill someone a year later (6 months whatever). Great for memberships, but I am struggling to find an SEO cart that has this feature. Mirva (is that right?) does this apparently, but I do not see them as SEO friendly. Might be missing something.

[smagdy]

well am reading right now in paypal they have like several offers and there is one special for memberships so why use shopping cart and pay for it as if its a product when there could be something better but i didnt reach yet reading the financial part but for sure its gonna be better than shopping cart .. will c though

[George]

Because as I think someone else said here, Paypal looks unprofessional in some circles...