Re: [WebDNA] PayPal Integration
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texte = 1532 And you think the credit card fees are fair? I=E2=80=99m not talking the sta= ndard 3%, but the additional fees like gateway fees, commercial card fees, c= ompliance fees, monthly fees, and your own requirement of having an ssl doma= in and the ssl fees that go along with that. PayPal has none of that, and li= ke square, they also give you a way to swipe cards on your phone. I=E2=80=99= m just about ready to cancel my long standing merchant account. Just one mor= e site taking cards that I have to deal with. And speaking of running your own server, I started out in the 90s running m= y own server on a t-1 out of a spare bedroom, and saved a magnitude of month= ly cost when I went to a hosted solution. The internet is constantly changin= g and we have to adapt, generally for the better. Nowadays, I=E2=80=99m sell= ing MY OWN stuff on Etsy and retiring my lovingly crafted sites complete wit= h shopping cart and clever admin features. Furthermore, I=E2=80=99m using Wo= rdpress sometimes. And I=E2=80=99m steering clients that way too. There=E2=80= =99s money to be made setting up Wordpress sites. Except for some messing ar= ound in the beginning, I only created custom sites (I=E2=80=99m not taking n= ew work now; trying to retire) where there was no other solution. In other w= ords, I don=E2=80=99t believe in reinventing the wheel. It=E2=80=99s not fai= r to the client. There=E2=80=99s plenty of custom work to be had. Not sure h= ow I got on that tangent... Terry W Sent from my iPad > On Dec 21, 2017, at 6:10 AM, Brian Harrington
wro= te: >=20 > It's that kind thinking Ken that makes the rich richer and why we live > in the dominance of paypal, ebay, google, amazon, and apple! don't > give the small guys your credit card but give it to the big guys so > they can manipulate everything we do! Maybe give it to Trans Union so > they can charge us for credit protection after they give all our data > away! >=20 >> On 12/21/17, Kenneth Grome wrote: >> PayPal may be a PITA in terms of integration, but sales will >> increase when PayPal is added as a payment option ... or at least >> this is what I read somewhere online. I believe it, too: >>=20 >> I would much rather make my online purchases via PayPal than to >> have to enter my credit card values into an online form. Not only >> do PayPal transactions proceed faster, but the websites that offer >> PayPal never have a chance to see or store my credit card data. >>=20 >> Regards, >> Kenneth Grome >> WebDNA Solutions >> http://www.webdnasolutions.com >> Web Database Systems and Linux Server Administration >>=20 >>=20 >>=20 >>> On 12/21/2017 01:36 AM, Brian Harrington wrote: >>> Take the credit cards yourself! I hate them too! >>>=20 >>>> On 12/20/17, Stuart Tremain wrote: >>>> Just cracked another part of this - getting closer. >>>>=20 >>>> I HATE PayPal - have done for longer than I remember. >>>>=20 >>>>=20 >>>>=20 >>>> Kind regards >>>>=20 >>>> Stuart Tremain >>>> Pharoah Lane Software >>>> AUSTRALIA >>>> webdna@idfk.com.au >>>>=20 >>>>=20 >>>>=20 >>>>=20 >>>>=20 >>>>=20 >>>>> On 21 Dec 2017, at 14:58, Kenneth Grome >>>>> wrote: >>>>>=20 >>>>>> I have built a few that are getting old now. I wanted to build >>>>>> one on the newest platform. Am having a few issues with part of >>>>>> it. >>>>>=20 >>>>> Hi Stuart, >>>>>=20 >>>>> Let me know if/when you get this resolved. One of my clients is >>>>> (supposedly) going to be ready to add PayPal to his online store >>>>> next year, and if I proceed I want to use the newest platform too. >>>>>=20 >>>>> Regards, >>>>> Kenneth Grome >>>>> WebDNA Solutions >>>>> http://www.webdnasolutions.com >>>>> Web Database Systems and Linux Server Administration >>>>> --------------------------------------------------------- >>>>> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to >>>>> the mailing list talk@webdna.us >>>>> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: talk-leave@webdna.us >>>>> archives: http://www.webdna.us/page.dna?numero=3D55 >>>>> Bug Reporting: support@webdna.us >>>>=20 >>>>=20 >>>> --------------------------------------------------------- >>>> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to >>>> the mailing list talk@webdna.us >>>> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: talk-leave@webdna.us >>>> archives: http://www.webdna.us/page.dna?numero=3D55 >>>> Bug Reporting: support@webdna.us >>> --------------------------------------------------------- >>> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to >>> the mailing list talk@webdna.us >>> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: talk-leave@webdna.us >>> archives: http://www.webdna.us/page.dna?numero=3D55 >>> Bug Reporting: support@webdna.us >>>=20 >> --------------------------------------------------------- >> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to >> the mailing list talk@webdna.us >> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: talk-leave@webdna.us >> archives: http://www.webdna.us/page.dna?numero=3D55 >> Bug Reporting: support@webdna.us >>=20 > --------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list talk@webdna.us > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: talk-leave@webdna.us > archives: http://www.webdna.us/page.dna?numero=3D55 > Bug Reporting: support@webdna.us --------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list talk@webdna.us To unsubscribe, E-mail to: talk-leave@webdna.us archives: http://www.webdna.us/page.dna?numero=3D55 Bug Reporting: support@webdna.us .
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1532 And you think the credit card fees are fair? I=E2=80=99m not talking the sta= ndard 3%, but the additional fees like gateway fees, commercial card fees, c= ompliance fees, monthly fees, and your own requirement of having an ssl doma= in and the ssl fees that go along with that. PayPal has none of that, and li= ke square, they also give you a way to swipe cards on your phone. I=E2=80=99= m just about ready to cancel my long standing merchant account. Just one mor= e site taking cards that I have to deal with. And speaking of running your own server, I started out in the 90s running m= y own server on a t-1 out of a spare bedroom, and saved a magnitude of month= ly cost when I went to a hosted solution. The internet is constantly changin= g and we have to adapt, generally for the better. Nowadays, I=E2=80=99m sell= ing MY OWN stuff on Etsy and retiring my lovingly crafted sites complete wit= h shopping cart and clever admin features. Furthermore, I=E2=80=99m using Wo= rdpress sometimes. And I=E2=80=99m steering clients that way too. There=E2=80= =99s money to be made setting up Wordpress sites. Except for some messing ar= ound in the beginning, I only created custom sites (I=E2=80=99m not taking n= ew work now; trying to retire) where there was no other solution. In other w= ords, I don=E2=80=99t believe in reinventing the wheel. It=E2=80=99s not fai= r to the client. There=E2=80=99s plenty of custom work to be had. Not sure h= ow I got on that tangent... Terry W Sent from my iPad > On Dec 21, 2017, at 6:10 AM, Brian Harrington wro= te: >=20 > It's that kind thinking Ken that makes the rich richer and why we live > in the dominance of paypal, ebay, google, amazon, and apple! don't > give the small guys your credit card but give it to the big guys so > they can manipulate everything we do! Maybe give it to Trans Union so > they can charge us for credit protection after they give all our data > away! >=20 >> On 12/21/17, Kenneth Grome wrote: >> PayPal may be a PITA in terms of integration, but sales will >> increase when PayPal is added as a payment option ... or at least >> this is what I read somewhere online. I believe it, too: >>=20 >> I would much rather make my online purchases via PayPal than to >> have to enter my credit card values into an online form. Not only >> do PayPal transactions proceed faster, but the websites that offer >> PayPal never have a chance to see or store my credit card data. >>=20 >> Regards, >> Kenneth Grome >> WebDNA Solutions >> http://www.webdnasolutions.com >> Web Database Systems and Linux Server Administration >>=20 >>=20 >>=20 >>> On 12/21/2017 01:36 AM, Brian Harrington wrote: >>> Take the credit cards yourself! I hate them too! >>>=20 >>>> On 12/20/17, Stuart Tremain wrote: >>>> Just cracked another part of this - getting closer. >>>>=20 >>>> I HATE PayPal - have done for longer than I remember. >>>>=20 >>>>=20 >>>>=20 >>>> Kind regards >>>>=20 >>>> Stuart Tremain >>>> Pharoah Lane Software >>>> AUSTRALIA >>>> webdna@idfk.com.au >>>>=20 >>>>=20 >>>>=20 >>>>=20 >>>>=20 >>>>=20 >>>>> On 21 Dec 2017, at 14:58, Kenneth Grome >>>>> wrote: >>>>>=20 >>>>>> I have built a few that are getting old now. I wanted to build >>>>>> one on the newest platform. Am having a few issues with part of >>>>>> it. >>>>>=20 >>>>> Hi Stuart, >>>>>=20 >>>>> Let me know if/when you get this resolved. One of my clients is >>>>> (supposedly) going to be ready to add PayPal to his online store >>>>> next year, and if I proceed I want to use the newest platform too. >>>>>=20 >>>>> Regards, >>>>> Kenneth Grome >>>>> WebDNA Solutions >>>>> http://www.webdnasolutions.com >>>>> Web Database Systems and Linux Server Administration >>>>> --------------------------------------------------------- >>>>> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to >>>>> the mailing list talk@webdna.us >>>>> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: talk-leave@webdna.us >>>>> archives: http://www.webdna.us/page.dna?numero=3D55 >>>>> Bug Reporting: support@webdna.us >>>>=20 >>>>=20 >>>> --------------------------------------------------------- >>>> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to >>>> the mailing list talk@webdna.us >>>> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: talk-leave@webdna.us >>>> archives: http://www.webdna.us/page.dna?numero=3D55 >>>> Bug Reporting: support@webdna.us >>> --------------------------------------------------------- >>> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to >>> the mailing list talk@webdna.us >>> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: talk-leave@webdna.us >>> archives: http://www.webdna.us/page.dna?numero=3D55 >>> Bug Reporting: support@webdna.us >>>=20 >> --------------------------------------------------------- >> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to >> the mailing list talk@webdna.us >> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: talk-leave@webdna.us >> archives: http://www.webdna.us/page.dna?numero=3D55 >> Bug Reporting: support@webdna.us >>=20 > --------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list talk@webdna.us > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: talk-leave@webdna.us > archives: http://www.webdna.us/page.dna?numero=3D55 > Bug Reporting: support@webdna.us --------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list talk@webdna.us To unsubscribe, E-mail to: talk-leave@webdna.us archives: http://www.webdna.us/page.dna?numero=3D55 Bug Reporting: support@webdna.us .
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