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other than PayPal?

How to receieve payments other than easy as PayPal?

         

xixixix

8:21 am on May 1, 2006 (gmt 0)

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I'm now using PayPal to receive payments for my website but a few users asked for another payment method. (Isn't PayPal international?) So i'm searching for a service like PayPal but for accepting credit card payments? But i want it to be just like PayPal. I will put their script on my website and it will link to their site and the payment will be done there.
And it would be great if i can direct these payments to my PayPal account. I'm not in US but i'm paying server (in US) rents etc. over PayPal so i can do all without using a banck account.

xixixix

8:24 am on May 1, 2006 (gmt 0)

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My payments are 10$ monthly subscriptions and it would be nice if the service has no monthly or start-up fees and low rates like PayPal.

pp_rb

5:08 pm on May 1, 2006 (gmt 0)

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PayPal offers Website Payments Pro for $20/mo., and with that your customers can make credit card payments on your website without being transferred to any PayPal-hosted page. However, that's not as simple as the HTML form you're probably currently using.

If you decide to go for a merchant account, some gateways will offer a relatively simple HTML integration and customizable hosted checkout pages. You would need both a gateway and an internet merchant account in that case, and both of those will likely have some startup and/or monthly fees.

Does your site currently tell customers that they can pay with a credit card in your PayPal checkout? If all they see is "PayPal payments" they might assume they are required to open a PayPal account. If you're just processing individual payments (not subscriptions) you should be able to offer them Account Optional* checkout where they can pay by credit card without creating a PayPal account. Letting them know about the Account Optional checkout while they are still on your website should help reduce confusion once they get to the PayPal site.

*Account Optional checkout is currently not available for merchants in Germany.

EDIT: My apologies - didn't notice that the second reply was also from you. PayPal doesn't offer an "Account Optional" version of its subscriptions, and Website Payments Pro will probably not quit your needs either, since you would not be permitted to store the customer's card verification number (and therefore would not be able to bill the customer regularly without them re-entering that info).

If you are researching online payment gateways, most will have some "Recurring Billing" feature.

Essex_boy

8:32 am on May 7, 2006 (gmt 0)

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Have you tried 2checkout.com?

surfweb

6:18 pm on May 7, 2006 (gmt 0)

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Try Authorizenet, the scripts are simple plug and play and also supported by OSCommerce. The only agent I know with good rates must have a US business. unitedbankservice.com 2.1% and $7 auth account, cheaper then Paypal Payment Pro. Maybe other agents may support non-us.