[consulting] Credit card donation/payment gateways

[Gordon Heydon]

Hi,

I know that Google/Paypal are not the best, but 1 thing they have over 
using someone like Authorize.net or another merchant facility is that 
they you really need to install software on your site to handle the 
donations.

With Paypal you can just add a HTML to the site and Paypal will handle 
everything. No overhead of software on you site to handle the donations. 
(I am not sure about Google Checkout as I have not used it)

Generally for someone that doesn't have any E-Commerce/donation type 
system I would recommend going with Paypal first and then later if they 
feel this is not the best fit, or require more from the system then take 
the next step to a E-Commerce system/Donation system.

Gordon.

Lyal Avery wrote:
> Hey All,
> 
> Google Checkout has a very restrictive AUP/merchant account policy.  If 
> they're looking for an actual online merchant account, it's better to go 
> full service rather than Paypal/GoogleCheckout in my experience.
> 
> Some choices:
> Card Service International, Authorize.net <http://Authorize.net>, Bank 
> of America
> 
> Lyal,
> 
> On 4/16/07, *Evan Leibovitch * <evan at telly.org <mailto:evan at telly.org>> 
> wrote:
> 
> 
>     I'm surprised that so little mention (here, on ecommerce and elsewhere)
>     has been made of Google Checkout.
>     Does anyone have any experiences using it? One might think that with all
>     the good Google integration going on elsewhere in Drupal (maps, ads,
>     etc) that this would be a natural fit.
> 
>     - Evan
> 
>     PS: Today Google Chekout announced support for British merchants as well
>     as US ones:
>     http://vip.itworldcanada.com/t?ctl=1386D:1811F&sub=220148
>     <http://vip.itworldcanada.com/t?ctl=1386D:1811F&sub=220148>
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