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http://www.braintreepaymentsolutions.com http://www.braintreepaymentsolutions.com

by karzeem 16y ago

tgriesser 16y ago
I agree with this, braintree is by far the best payment solution I've seen out there, apparently used by many of the big web companes (github, 37signals) and it shoulders the majority of the pci compliance work - which can be a big concern as credit card companies are becoming stricter about these requirements and many hosting and ecommerce setups are not even close to pci compliant
RiderOfGiraffes 16y ago
How does this compare with https://www.wepay.com/ https://www.wepay.com/ ?
- edash 16y ago
  WePay is a consumer product that bridges the gap between Paypal and something like BillMonk (https://www.billmonk.com/ https://www.billmonk.com/) or Expensure (http://expensure.com/ http://expensure.com/). With WePay, you can both keep track of and calculate group expenses as well as actually exchange money among a group and make use of it. You would never want to use WePay to process or receive payments for your product or service. Braintree serves as a combination of both a merchant account and a payment gateway. For examples of traditional merchant accounts, you could peruse Fee Fighters (http://feefighters.com/ http://feefighters.com/ - formerly transfs.com). The most common and most widely known payment gateway is Authorize.net.
steveklabnik 16y ago
I am also a satisfied BrainTree customer. They care about developers[1], they get back on support requests really quickly, and are just all around good to work with. 1: http://www.braintreepaymentsolutions.com/devblog http://www.braintreepaymentsolutions.com/devblog 1: http://www.braintreepaymentsolutions.com/gateway http://www.braintreepaymentsolutions.com/gateway
- Osiris 16y ago
  Having not done a merchant account before, I'm willing to pay a (reasonably) little extra for ease of setup and use. BrainTree looks great in that it has the merchant account and gateway all in one solution. How do their rates compare in your experience? Their website just claims they are "competitive", though they are explicit about all their pricing, which is nice.
  - steveklabnik 16y ago
    Honestly, I don't have that much experience with comparing rates. Generally, they're negotiable based on volume anyway. A friend's startup was re-negotiating with their provider every month due to growth... Besides, with something as important as this, I'd rather pay a small premium for everything to be smooth sailing.
RiderOfGiraffes 16y ago
BrainTree looks and sounds fantastic. I've just spent 5 minutes on their web site and understand more in that 5 minutes than in 3 months of poking around and reading about on-line payment systems. But I'm in the UK. Bother.
pbz 16y ago
How is it better than Authorize.Net? Thanks.
timf 16y ago
Everything looks great except for the $110/month minimum bill (even if you have zero sales), wish the $35 monthly fee was all there were when starting out. Or go even lower with an email-only, non-timely support option.

http://www.braintreepaymentsolutions.com http://www.braintreepaymentsolutions.com

by karzeem 16y ago

http://www.braintreepaymentsolutions.com http://www.braintreepaymentsolutions.com

I agree with this, braintree is by far the best payment solution I've seen out there, apparently used by many of the big web companes (github, 37signals) and it shoulders the majority of the pci compliance work - which can be a big concern as credit card companies are becoming stricter about these requirements and many hosting and ecommerce setups are not even close to pci compliant

RiderOfGiraffes 16y ago

How does this compare with https://www.wepay.com/ https://www.wepay.com/ ?

edash 16y ago
WePay is a consumer product that bridges the gap between Paypal and something like BillMonk (https://www.billmonk.com/ https://www.billmonk.com/) or Expensure (http://expensure.com/ http://expensure.com/). With WePay, you can both keep track of and calculate group expenses as well as actually exchange money among a group and make use of it. You would never want to use WePay to process or receive payments for your product or service. Braintree serves as a combination of both a merchant account and a payment gateway. For examples of traditional merchant accounts, you could peruse Fee Fighters (http://feefighters.com/ http://feefighters.com/ - formerly transfs.com). The most common and most widely known payment gateway is Authorize.net.

steveklabnik 16y ago

I am also a satisfied BrainTree customer. They care about developers[1], they get back on support requests really quickly, and are just all around good to work with. 1: http://www.braintreepaymentsolutions.com/devblog http://www.braintreepaymentsolutions.com/devblog 1: http://www.braintreepaymentsolutions.com/gateway http://www.braintreepaymentsolutions.com/gateway

Osiris 16y ago
Having not done a merchant account before, I'm willing to pay a (reasonably) little extra for ease of setup and use. BrainTree looks great in that it has the merchant account and gateway all in one solution. How do their rates compare in your experience? Their website just claims they are "competitive", though they are explicit about all their pricing, which is nice.
- steveklabnik 16y ago
  Honestly, I don't have that much experience with comparing rates. Generally, they're negotiable based on volume anyway. A friend's startup was re-negotiating with their provider every month due to growth... Besides, with something as important as this, I'd rather pay a small premium for everything to be smooth sailing.

RiderOfGiraffes 16y ago

BrainTree looks and sounds fantastic. I've just spent 5 minutes on their web site and understand more in that 5 minutes than in 3 months of poking around and reading about on-line payment systems. But I'm in the UK. Bother.

pbz 16y ago

How is it better than Authorize.Net? Thanks.

timf 16y ago

Everything looks great except for the $110/month minimum bill (even if you have zero sales), wish the $35 monthly fee was all there were when starting out. Or go even lower with an email-only, non-timely support option.