lucy Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 Its a straightforward question, how can i take online payments via credit or debit card? Im trying to write the shop part of my website but id like to work out how im going to take payment first. Thanks Lucy Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/170232-how-to-take-online-payments/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonnoTheDev Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 You first job is to find a payment provider i.e PayPal, Worldpay, etc Each provider offers different types of services. You may want to take credit card details on your own site and send the data to a payment service (requires a merchant bank account and can be a long process getting approval) or simply have a button that directs a user to a payment gateway where they enter their payment details. Once you have a provider then look at their documentation on how to integrate their services into your website. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/170232-how-to-take-online-payments/#findComment-898019 Share on other sites More sharing options...
infiniteacuity Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 Also, you'll need a secure cert if you go the route of taking the credit card information on your site and passing it to the payment gateway. This is usually the most professional way of doing it as the visitor never has to leave your site to submit payment information. I recommend using Authorize.net or LinkPoint as the gateway depending on what your merchant account supports. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/170232-how-to-take-online-payments/#findComment-898065 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucy Posted August 14, 2009 Author Share Posted August 14, 2009 How would i go about getting or designing my page for a secure certificate? I was just going to use PayPal's buy it now buttons and then the user gets redirected to paypal to pay with. Thakns, Lucy Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/170232-how-to-take-online-payments/#findComment-898260 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonnoTheDev Posted August 15, 2009 Share Posted August 15, 2009 Paypal buy now buttons are fine. However if you require any action on your system when a payment is made. i.e. update database records, etc then you want to look at paypal IPN Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/170232-how-to-take-online-payments/#findComment-898788 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucy Posted August 16, 2009 Author Share Posted August 16, 2009 thanks. il look into that. what my plan was, was to get customers to buy the service they want, and then get directged to registration to give all personal details, and give the receipt number as confirmation of payment. Thanks Lucy Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/170232-how-to-take-online-payments/#findComment-899511 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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