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Re: B2B with intermidiary commision - IS THIS POSSIBLE?

Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2009 2:57 am
by onion2k
simonmlewis wrote:I find it quite amazing that there isn't a tool so that the system can work in exactly the same way that Ebay does now - A - C transfer, with a B in the middle taking a commission with full knowledge of both parties.
eBay own Paypal. They bought it precisely because of the sort of thing you're talking about - they had to pay two sets of transaction fees for every sale.

Re: B2B with intermidiary commision - IS THIS POSSIBLE?

Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2009 3:15 am
by simonmlewis
Agreed. Though I'm unsure what their reasons for it were, it proves it can be done. That said, Ebay still don't take their commission in the payment transfer (oddly), they do it via a monthly bill.

PayPal just take their commission like all payment companies do.

So really, they are not doing what I am intending to do.

Re: B2B with intermidiary commision - IS THIS POSSIBLE?

Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2009 8:14 am
by Eric!
simonmlewis wrote:Ahhh, I don't want to send any money "automatically".

I was the user to know where the money are going for transparency purposes.

It's highly improper to pay money and not know it's intended recipients, and I have never requested this.
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This isn't a system to be sneaky or slip payments under a radar.
What? You do want to send money automatically to the seller. I don't think you quite get what I'm saying. The sending money part is done by simulating you going into paypal and sending the money minus your cut to the seller. There is nothing sneaky there.

Otherwise you need to go with a full payment gateway which on top of transaction fees has a monthly fixed fee. If you're not interested in trying this via php and curl then take your questions to an epayment forum.

I'm sure ebay did something similar until they became the same company. However due to their volume they probably had a special setup and fixed fees.

Re: B2B with intermidiary commision - IS THIS POSSIBLE?

Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2009 8:59 am
by simonmlewis
Apologies - yes. It needs to pay to the seller automatically, after we take our cut...again, automatically.