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Ask 37signals: How do you process credit cards?

61 points by dawie 19y ago

llimllib 19y ago
At my work, we were pissed off at effortlessE, whose POS we were using. In about a week and a half, during the Christmas season, two and a half developers wrote us a new one. It's been running for three weeks now with barely a hitch, and it's much better than the old one. I was surprised at how easy it was.
- whacked_new 19y ago
  pun intended? :)
- henning 19y ago
  I've never written an ecommerce system, but I bet many of us can relate to putting up with shitty components and finally scratching our own itch and replacing the thing in a very reasonable period of time with something that's vastly better.
- effortlesseuser 19y ago
  Do not buy this Point of Sale system. Do not be fooled they do not provide anything in terms of support or an actual working product. It is beta .asp programming at best! I have been putting up with there crap for over 4 years and can not wait until someone steps up to produce a working product that can provide real time inventory on a web site as well.. Support is NON existent at best!! This is the biggest "web based POS scam ever" they suck. I am just to lay and do not have the time to write something better right now. EffortlessE is GARBAGE!!!
- effortlesseuser 19y ago
  You will love this to! Looks like the are begging now? "A company with three years of profitable operations needs funding for Nationwide Launch. Posted By: Ray Hayes Company: effortlessE Category: Funding Needed Location: San Diego, CA (United States) Post Date: 8/9/2007 12:32:01 AM effortlessE is a web based retail solution provider, including Point of Sale, ecommerce, credit card processing and custom solutions. effortlessE LLC (effortlessE) is a Business-to-Business (B2B) application service provider (ASP) supplying turn-key retail and eCommerce solutions based upon the latest technology and utilizing web-based applications. With state-of-the-art software and hardware in our 24x7 computing facility, effortlessE also offers web hosting, web development, live chat, and custom web-based platform development. We provide a subscription based retail solution to small and medium retailers. We offer a low cost option to more expensive hardware based solutions. We offer an even more amazing savings to multi location and franchising retailers. We also provide a one of a kind real time integration of web and retail operations and sales. This model provides for guaranteed long term recurring revenue for effortlessE while our competitors have to rely on new sales for 100% of their revenue."
simianstyle 19y ago
activemerchant ftw!
josefresco 19y ago
this is old, boring and obvious news/content. I get clients online monthly with payment processors and live payment gateways and explain it to them a lot clearer and more concise than this article (and they arent web geeks that read 37signals blog). Good rule; If it isn't Auth.net or Verisign it probably sucks.
- dawie 19y ago
  So get off your ass and write something better!
bayareaguy 19y ago
You could consider invoicing via Amazon FPS or YC's own TextPayMe ( https://textpayme.amazon.com/sdui/sdui/index.htm https://textpayme.amazon.com/sdui/sdui/index.htm )
ochiba 19y ago
The biggest challenge is when you are from outside of the US, and on top of that, from a developing country that is frowned upon. My country isn't even supported by PayPal. Now that sucks. Let alone almost every merchant account provider in the US. And we were rejected by an "international merchant account provider" with a "100% acceptance guarantee". Oh well, all these things will never make sense to someone from the US, where you can actually take things for granted.

61 points by dawie 19y ago

At my work, we were pissed off at effortlessE, whose POS we were using. In about a week and a half, during the Christmas season, two and a half developers wrote us a new one. It's been running for three weeks now with barely a hitch, and it's much better than the old one. I was surprised at how easy it was.

whacked_new 19y ago
pun intended? :)
henning 19y ago
I've never written an ecommerce system, but I bet many of us can relate to putting up with shitty components and finally scratching our own itch and replacing the thing in a very reasonable period of time with something that's vastly better.
effortlesseuser 19y ago
Do not buy this Point of Sale system. Do not be fooled they do not provide anything in terms of support or an actual working product. It is beta .asp programming at best! I have been putting up with there crap for over 4 years and can not wait until someone steps up to produce a working product that can provide real time inventory on a web site as well.. Support is NON existent at best!! This is the biggest "web based POS scam ever" they suck. I am just to lay and do not have the time to write something better right now. EffortlessE is GARBAGE!!!
effortlesseuser 19y ago
You will love this to! Looks like the are begging now? "A company with three years of profitable operations needs funding for Nationwide Launch. Posted By: Ray Hayes Company: effortlessE Category: Funding Needed Location: San Diego, CA (United States) Post Date: 8/9/2007 12:32:01 AM effortlessE is a web based retail solution provider, including Point of Sale, ecommerce, credit card processing and custom solutions. effortlessE LLC (effortlessE) is a Business-to-Business (B2B) application service provider (ASP) supplying turn-key retail and eCommerce solutions based upon the latest technology and utilizing web-based applications. With state-of-the-art software and hardware in our 24x7 computing facility, effortlessE also offers web hosting, web development, live chat, and custom web-based platform development. We provide a subscription based retail solution to small and medium retailers. We offer a low cost option to more expensive hardware based solutions. We offer an even more amazing savings to multi location and franchising retailers. We also provide a one of a kind real time integration of web and retail operations and sales. This model provides for guaranteed long term recurring revenue for effortlessE while our competitors have to rely on new sales for 100% of their revenue."

simianstyle 19y ago

activemerchant ftw!

josefresco 19y ago

this is old, boring and obvious news/content. I get clients online monthly with payment processors and live payment gateways and explain it to them a lot clearer and more concise than this article (and they arent web geeks that read 37signals blog). Good rule; If it isn't Auth.net or Verisign it probably sucks.

dawie 19y ago
So get off your ass and write something better!

bayareaguy 19y ago

You could consider invoicing via Amazon FPS or YC's own TextPayMe ( https://textpayme.amazon.com/sdui/sdui/index.htm https://textpayme.amazon.com/sdui/sdui/index.htm )

ochiba 19y ago

The biggest challenge is when you are from outside of the US, and on top of that, from a developing country that is frowned upon. My country isn't even supported by PayPal. Now that sucks. Let alone almost every merchant account provider in the US. And we were rejected by an "international merchant account provider" with a "100% acceptance guarantee". Oh well, all these things will never make sense to someone from the US, where you can actually take things for granted.