elgoog Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 I am hoping to get some advice and direction if anyone can help. Or possibly point to any php scripts / tutorials Problem If there were three items for sale on a website. Each of these items are sold by three different people. If item 1 is bought, the money should go into the person's paypal account that sold the item - Minus a fee which i will take. This should go into my paypal account Is this possible, or am i approaching this the wrong way? Should all the money go to me and then i pay on an interval basis (Will this put people off from selling them?). Are there other ways of approaching this type of scenario? Thanks in Advance Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/155353-is-this-possible-with-paypal/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonsjava Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 I'd recommend that you do it like this: 1: person places an item on your site. They specify the value of the item, and agree to allow you to raise the price by x amount for your share. Lets say it's a fixed amount. They place an item up for sale for $10.00 and your fee is $2.50. the total is $12.50 2: You place the item up for sale (with your fee attached), giving it a unique ID number for PayPal sake. 3: When someone buys items from you, you track all items purchased by their ID number. Link all item IDs to the vendors who are supplying them. In your database, you should keep the paypal e-mail addresses of all vendors, so you can pay them as soon as the payment has cleared. I'm giving a vague set of instructions, but I hope that you find them (somewhat) helpful. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/155353-is-this-possible-with-paypal/#findComment-817323 Share on other sites More sharing options...
elgoog Posted April 23, 2009 Author Share Posted April 23, 2009 Thanks for the reply... I defiantly understand where you are coming up with that process. But will it then be subject to two fees? One on taking payment, and then one on the transfer to the vendor? Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/155353-is-this-possible-with-paypal/#findComment-817477 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonsjava Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 yup, but I don't see how you would avoid the 2 fee thing. Either they pay each vendor, and get charged the fees, or they pay you, and you pay the vendor. Either way, there will be fees involved. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/155353-is-this-possible-with-paypal/#findComment-817502 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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