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OP wanted something reliable. Google Checkout is absolutely not. While it may be reliable technically, Google's tendency to phase out services should make you
by alanh 16y ago
OP wanted something reliable. Google Checkout is absolutely not.
While it may be reliable technically, Google's tendency to phase out services should make you a little uncomfortable, but the biggest thing is they can and do terminate merchants without good reason and without ANY recourse. Twice, completely legitimate users (one a licensed church car raffle, one a simple donate-for-this-free-service) I was involved with were shut down without warning. They did not even specify a reason, and the downtime definitely hurt sales of raffle tickets.
Go with Authorize.net or a reseller. They are in this game for serious, not for fun.
- gexla 16y agoI assume if he wanted to go the authorize.net route he would have already done so. If the sandbox is your only problem with Paypal then stick with them. There aren't a lot of good alternatives out there. If time is critical, why not just test on a real account? The payments are small and it sounds like you should be able to accomplish what you are looking for without a ton of testing. You will lose money in fees, but that might be a small price to pay compared to going with a much more expensive or generally a crappy alternative.