[consulting] Credit card donation/payment gateways

[Bill Fitzgerald]

Hello, all,

Thanks for the great feedback --

Cheers,

Bill

Andrew Cohill wrote:
> Take a look at Click and Pledge.....good guys, very easy to set up,  
> no big up front fees.
>
> www.clickandpledge.com
>
> Andrew
>
> On Apr 16, 2007, at 11:47 AM, Bill Fitzgerald wrote:
>
>   
>> Hello, all,
>>
>> Over the next couple weeks I'll be setting up a payment gateway for a
>> client. They currently do not have the capability to accept  
>> payments via
>> credit card (ie, no pre-existing merchant account) but when their site
>> goes live in early May they would like people to be able to donate
>> online via a credit card.
>>
>> My initial inclination is to set up a gateway via PayPal, and then
>> switch to a more permanent solution after the site launch.
>>
>> So, my questions are:
>> 1. Any recommendations for payment gateways? Anybody have a good
>> experience with a particular vendor they would like to share?
>> 2. Any advice that I can pass on to our client as they set up the
>> merchant account/payment gateway? They will be doing this themselves,
>> and from what I can gather do not have a lot of experience setting  
>> this
>> up. I've set up gateways in the past, but it's been a while (maybe 12
>> months?) and I'd like some feedback from anyone who has done it more
>> recently/on a more regular basis.
>>
>> This is for a client based in the US.
>>
>> As always, thanks for your time/insight.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Bill
>>
>> -- 
>> Bill Fitzgerald
>> http://www.funnymonkey.com
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Bill Fitzgerald
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