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Is it okay to use 2 different payment accepting services (systems) on the website that sells SaaS software?

One service will be used for region A because it offers paypal, the second one will be used for region B (it does not have paypal option) but offers automatical generation and sending invoice for ...
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A website that recieves and issues payments

I'm planning to launch a website which involves collecting/issuing payments from/to customers. My website offers a service for customers in exchange of a small fee which customers pay using credit ...
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Online payment processing options in Australia [closed]

Are there payment processors for Australian businesses that processes payment without a merchant account? Stripe is an example of payment processor without a merchant account but it only available in ...
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309 views

Multi-vendor marketplace-Dealing with transactions & Payments

I'm a few weeks into developing a multi-vendor, business to business website. Here is my issue: We could potentially have a single user purchasing from multiple sellers at one time. We are ...
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2answers
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How can I take refundable deposits online?

I am looking to provide rental items online, however it is important that I can take a deposit that will be returned after the usage of the item. I am aware of capture delay although my understanding ...
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1answer
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eCommerce Bootcamp ( focused on eBay and PayPal )

Have a client that's asked me if I'd be able to clear tens of thousands of dollars of existing inventory via eBay. While it seems like a stretch, figured I'd look into it for them just to give them ...
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Looking for a UK online payment solution that only takes a percentage or a flat fee [closed]

I'm currently looking for an online payment solution for a business website I'm working on and it turns out it's a bit more complex than I'd first though. I'd like to run at a very small download fee ...
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1answer
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What do you do about known payment fraud?

As someone that's sold services and webapp subscriptions online for about 8 years now, I've seen a lot of payment fraud, mostly in the form of signing up with stolen credit card numbers. I've managed ...
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435 views

Cross-platform Payment System in South Korea

I am planning to have an online business targeting South Korea. It seems that most Korean payment gateways only support Internet Explorer and Windows. It is severely limited for other browser and ...
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296 views

Bookkeeping practices for a website using electronic payments (e.g. Paypal)

I am in the process of setting up an accounting "system" (well set of procedures etc). For most businesses, the books of original entry include: Sales Day Book Sales Return Day Book As I ...
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363 views

Automated recurring billing systems Paypal vs others

We have today paypal integration, which was very simple, one time purchase. Now we want to into recurring payment model and charge users on monthly or yearly basis. We would also allow users to buy ...
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E-commerce and electronic payment laws. Where can I read them?

As the title says I need to read e-commerce and e-payment related laws of the following countries: Canada, USA, European Union, Philipinnes, South Korea, UK, China. Links are appreciated? My google ...
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Merchant account for receiving and sending money

I am setting up an application where an user has the capability to send and receive money (somewhat similar to paypal). I have been researching online for the last few weeks and have only come across ...
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What is the smoothest solution you've seen for small payments?

We have a site where visitors can pay 99 cents for a service. It would be cool if the user experience were similar to iTunes: the user clicks one button, doesn't have to type in credit card info, ...
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What are some services that allow credit card payments on behalf of another company (i.e. Groupon, LivingSocial, etc)?

My startup operates in a similar fashion to that of the typical daily deal sites - we accept payment from our users, take a cut off the top, and pay out the person\company providing the goods or ...
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2answers
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Is it a bad idea to have a direct credit card buying option on my website?

I'm preparing a digital product that I'm going to sell in the days to come. I am a programmer, so I don't have any problems in preparing my website and even setting Paypal to handle my payment system. ...
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1answer
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Question about how much informaiton I should collect for my digital downloads store. Paypal is the only payment gateway!

Paypal is the only payment gateway! so, my current system only collects seller's PayPal email addressed and create buttons based on that email address. since its all digital downloads, there will be ...
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First time credit card processor?

Does anyone have any experience when it comes to jumping directly into your own credit card processor and merchant account with an online startup? I know some merchant accounts require you are already ...
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B2B ecommerce portal - transactions information [closed]

Updated Question: Let's suppose: Business A - Registers on the Portal and make some products/services available; Business B - Registers on the Portal and make some products/services available; ...
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4answers
250 views

Best way to pay users

Lets say I make the next google ads service (hypothetically speaking), how can I pay my users in more or less real time? with minimal or no additional cost to the company.
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How should I charge web customers for small transaction amounts?

EDIT 1: So in short, is there a free way for me to get $1 from a customer and send that $1 to my bank account. If free is not an option, what is the cheapest way for me to get that $1 to my bank ...
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4answers
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What is the most affordable combination for taking credit card payments online from around the world?

I have looked at the similar questions posted and believe mine is different - please read the specifics of my question below: Assuming we do not want to use PayPal (or Google Checkout etc.), it seems ...
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Suggestion for my eCommerce business. [Selling developed software]

I have developed few software products for micro to small businesses and a security product. I want to market these products but I can't spend much on paid online marketing. I am noticing that social ...
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Using Paypal for accepting online payments

Reading posts on this site I came accross the strong advice for any serious business to stay away from Paypal as an instrument for accepting online payments. On the other hand lots and lots of online ...
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Best offshore merchant account

What is a good options for an offshore merchant account? I'm not located in the US where it is easy to get a good merchant account, do you know of any good options in offshore locations? The country ...
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What is a good resource to find entrepreneurs in the early planning stages of their business?

My company Merchants Choice Payment Solutions provides credit card processing for businesses. Our main focus is to first and formost educate the merchant on how the industry works and how to set up in ...
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What is the best merchant processing solution? [closed]

If you want to take credit card orders (or pre-orders), what is the best merchant processing solution? I've heard the PayPal and Google Checkout will freeze your funds if even a single person ...