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Am I understanding correctly that if you authorize and then don't charge for 7 days, the auth expires? So that would eliminate a kick starter, 30 day model?
by aarondf 13y ago
Am I understanding correctly that if you authorize and then don't charge for 7 days, the auth expires? So that would eliminate a kick starter, 30 day model?
- rpicard 13y agoThat was might first thought too. I think that's correct.
- pc 13y agoMany cards don't support authorizations that last for 30 days. Kickstarter doesn't actually authorize cards for exactly this reason.
- ewang1 13y agoDo you know how PayPal does it? They have a 30 day auth validity, and in some cases there's an option to extend the auth past the 30 days. We use PayPal a lot for our e-commerce store, and have verified the 30 day auth with near 100% success.
- dangrossman 13y agoPayPal stores card numbers. If an authorization expires they can just re-authorize. Those details are hidden from you.
- dangrossman 13y ago> So that would eliminate a kick starter, 30 day model? You'd have to store the credit card number so that you can auth & capture when needed, rather than only store a temporary authorization token, which is exactly how those sites work now. Kickstarter gets your permission to charge your Amazon account, and Amazon charges one of your cards on file when the project is funded -- there's no long-standing authorization tying up funds for a month.