International payment gateway needed!

need to accept all kinds of payment methods and support multiple languages

[akostiner]

Hi,

I'm currently using PayPal on my websites.

It worked very well, until I started selling to other countries (such as Germany, Japan, Latin America).

All the companies I talked to, that offer Direct Debit (for the German customers) required that I will have a bank account in Germany and \ or have my company registered in Germany.

PayPal, for example, never asked for my company to be registered in a specific place (or even registered at all).

Does anyone know of a company that will give me maximum payment methods worldwide, and will not ask for too many requirements from me as a merchant?

I will really appreciate if someone could help me with that.

Thanks, Kevin

[Leosghost]

worldpay will allow you to take credit card payments from virtualy anywhere ..

direct debits are another matter ..

you might want to talk to HSBC if you are in the UK ( from your use of the phrase direct debits I presume you are? )..you can register yourself as an "ltd" in the UK online ..go search companies house

[edited by: Leosghost at 1:08 pm (utc) on Dec. 20, 2006]

[Corey Bryant]

It would help to know where you are located, etc. For example, if you are in the United States or have a United States bank account, United States address, and United States phone number - you might be able to get a merchant account with a virtual terminal / API.

-Corey

[akostiner]

Hi guys,

Thanks for your answers.

I live in Israel (I guess it doesn't help much for this matter...)

If needed, I can open a bank account in the UK or Germany or whereever it is needed.

From what I understand, what my german customers are looking for is direct-debit (instead of credit-card payment).
I have spoken with a company that provides it, but demanded that my company will be registered in Europe, which was a bit of a problem...

I will try to see what world-pay will offer me.

If you have any other idea, please let me know.

Thanks a lot, Kevin

[Leosghost]

register your company in the UK ..search for companies house and then company registration agents ..cost you less than $500.oo with the name the filing and the secretarial services and official company address all in ..most if not all registration agents have intro deals with UK banks ..

first agent I used had the intro to HSBC ( hence my earlier remark )..they will let your customers do the direct tranfer of funds ..and Uk is in Europe :)

HTH

To open a UK ltd company you need a director ( doesnt have to be British ..or live there ) and a secretary ( again doesnt have to be British ..or live there ..but needs to have very good english language skills ..most company formation agents will provide secretary ..the people I use do so for £50.OO per year ..and another £50.00 per year for the company registered office ) ..set up is under a $100.oo ..add the bank intro and you are running ..:)

edited typos and clarity

[edited by: Leosghost at 11:59 am (utc) on Dec. 22, 2006]

[akostiner]

Can you please explain a bit more about "register your company in the UK"?

- If I use a registration agent, and register my company in the UK, doesn't it mean that I now have to also pay taxes in the UK, and work according to the UK accountancy rules?

- Can you recommend any such agent that I can use?

Thanks again for your help,

Kevin

[Leosghost]

Uk accountancy rules are not that hard to do ..Uk company taxes are low ..

I cant recommend anyone publically in open fora due to WebmasterWorld TOS ..but one can communicate privately on WebmasterWorld :)..third button down on the left of each post ..

[edited by: Leosghost at 1:07 pm (utc) on Dec. 22, 2006]