Gateway Options

[MKinCA]

Right now, we have an Internet Merchant Account with Wells Fargo and do payment processing using Verisign's Payflow Link. We've had this setup since 1997.

Now, the fact that Verisign forces the end user to view the receipt on their server, brings us to a fork in the road.

1) Find a new payment gateway
or
2) Upgrade to Payflow Pro (to eliminate the Verisign-hosted pages).

I called Authorize.net. They offered to reduce the normal $299 setup to $99 and a monthly fee of $20. I called Verisign. They told me the upgrade fee to Pro is $250 plus another $40/mo (bringing the total monthly fee to $69). I asked if he could do anything to come within the range of AuthNet's pricing. His response: "Nope, we have a brand name and that's what you're paying for."

So, what payment gateway do you use? How do you like it? Can you POST and get a reply all in one shot (ie: using PHP/CURL) without making the customer go off to another site?

[andy_boyd]

You could give WorldPay a go.

I use 2CO, PaySystems and PayPal but none of them have very customizable order forms etc.

[Reflection]

I asked if he could do anything to come within the range of AuthNet's pricing. His response: "Nope, we have a brand name and that's what you're paying for."

What good does their 'brand name' do when you want the transaction to be transparent to the user anyway? :)

Can you POST and get a reply all in one shot (ie: using PHP/CURL) without making the customer go off to another site?

This can be accomplished with authorize.net