birdo Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 I need to create a website that allows the users to buy and sell from each other without leaving the website, such as the standard paypal method. How would I do this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haku Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 You create a form that lets a user select another user and an amount of money, then you create a backend process to handle the transaction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdo Posted March 21, 2013 Author Share Posted March 21, 2013 Sorry, I am only an intermediate programmer. Could you be more specific about the backend process... or give me a source that would explain how to facilitate payments this way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haku Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 If you are an intermediate programmer, and are not even sure of the logic, this is likely way beyond your skillset. You will need to find a payment gateway that allows for user to user payments, then integrate the back-end of your system with their API. The specifics will be dependent upon the payment gateway you need. As each payment gateway API will be different, we really cannot give you any help here, since you haven't even got a payment gateway to work with yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdo Posted March 21, 2013 Author Share Posted March 21, 2013 The only way I'm going to get better is to attempt things I'm unfamiliar with. Ideally I'd like to work with the paypal api unless there are better suggestions. I was looking a little bit at their Adaptive Payments system and was wondering if this would be a good choice for this type of user to user payment system. I may opt for a virtual currency in the end, which would make things a little easier, but I would prefer to leave that as a last resort. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rifts Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 use this stripe.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haku Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 Of course attempting new things is important. But it's like a weekend hiker deciding to climb Everest. There are probably better targets to go after first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdo Posted March 21, 2013 Author Share Posted March 21, 2013 Stripe.com looks helpful, but I see nothing more about user to user payments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdo Posted March 21, 2013 Author Share Posted March 21, 2013 Adaptive Payments through paypal seems the way to go. Any help or resources on how to facilitate user to user payments using this service are appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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