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> PayPal doesn’t want their cut of tens of millions of dollars of revenue we project in the next two years. Any idea of who does? Get a real merchant account
by zavulon 16y ago
> PayPal doesn’t want their cut of tens of millions of dollars of revenue we project in the next two years. Any idea of who does?
Get a real merchant account and a payment gateway. I recommend Authorize.NET. Get it from one of the re-sellers, it's cheaper than getting it directly from them. There are no shortcuts: you have to compare different vendors, do your research on what all the fees mean and who offers the best value. You CAN negotiate.
- jarin 16y agoBraintree is also great, and way more developer-friendly than Authorize.NET.
- pitdesi 16y agohelpful plug- Check out http://FeeFighters.com http://FeeFighters.com. We compare the different processors for you and cut the BS fees and there are NO contracts/cancellation fees (we started out as a blog to help merchants understand how to not get ripped off). Like zavulon says, auth.net is a highly recommended gateway (and works with nearly all processors)
- bdclimber14 16y agoI've used and liked FeeFighters. Although, the top recommended merchant was PayPal.
- cookiecaper 16y agoThis is still not really a good option. Have you looked at the contracts and requirements on payment processors? The options suck. Credit cards are a bad, bad system for merchants because the banks totally have everyone by the balls and in typical bank fashion they are not afraid to put the squeeze on. I hope one day someone comes up with a real electronic payment method. Bitcoins are currently our best hope, but they're not a very good hope.
- thinkcomp 16y agoWe're working on it (see comment below). http://www.facecash.com http://www.facecash.com
- djg38 16y agoThe provision forbidding accepting payments on behalf of others is going to appear in the merchant agreement everywhere you look. It's standard. It's not a PayPal thing.