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Good stuff! So you use Paypal/Ejunkie... That's obviously easier than getting a merchant account and jumping in with something like BrainTree. Can you run th
by webwright 17y ago
Good stuff! So you use Paypal/Ejunkie... That's obviously easier than getting a merchant account and jumping in with something like BrainTree. Can you run thru why you made that choice and why you're sticking with it? Any plans to change?
- patio11 17y agoWhen I started my business, my level of web programming expertise was "I can create a page in HTML in Notepad." Dealing with Paypal callbacks causing key generation, accounting, etc was way the heck out of my capabilities. Enter e-junkie. As I gradually improved in my web programming abilities, it always made more sense to extend e-junkie than it did to rip out and replace, particularly since they wrap both Checkout and Paypal in a consistent interface. It works, costs $5 a month, is reliable like you wouldn't believe, and their lead developer literally sends me Christmas cards. Why would I ever change? It is likely that my next product will not use e-junkie, though -- subscriptions, blech.
- webwright 17y agoInteresting-- So assumption no subscriptions, you'd use ejunkie for a new product? I always assumed that it would ultimately carve out a bit more of your revenue than a standard merchant account. By the by-- good post on subscription commerce options here: http://www.untitledstartup.com/2010/02/accepting-payments-on-the-real-time-web/ http://www.untitledstartup.com/2010/02/accepting-payments-on...
- jeff18 17y agoI noticed you support Google Checkout. Have you thought about adding Amazon FPS? From my experience, about 20% of people choose Amazon versus 10% for Google. It seems like a really small change to capture a few more percent on conversion.