Posted by flamer die.spam@hotmail.com on 01/23/08 23:20

On Jan 24, 7:49 am, Dave <dave_m_mo...@post2me.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
> Hi,
> I'm after some advice. Basically, I maintain a website that uses a lot
> of php with a MySQL database. I'd like to add the ability of visitors
> to pay for a service online using a credit card. What is the best way
> of doing this?.
>
> I've looked at Paypal mechanisms but unless I am mistaken, it's
> difficult to integrate this in a way that looks like it's part of my
> website. Obviously, I don't want to write code that's dealing with
> credit card numbers directly - what I need is some form of 3rd party
> service that I can use to handle the 'money bit' which is neatly
> integrated into moy site.
>
> Can someone give me any pointers?. Any ideas?.
>
> Ta,
> Dave

I personally would never pay directly on a website that doesn't use a
well known third party merchant, (unless its a large well known site).
Have you seen the cost of SSL certificates? As Rik said the cost of
doing this in house is expensive.

I would recommend spending a bit of money on getting a developer to
integrate a third party merchant with your website (just find someone
who has done it before, they all work in the same way).

And another bonus is merchants generally accept all fraud damages so
if someone scams you they lose the money not you.

Flamer.

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