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Paid subscription....

Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2005 9:03 pm
by Todd_Z
So I'm going to incorporate a system in which a user can somehow pay me in exchange for days of subscription to the site I am creating. The question I have for you all is how the hell do I do this. I'm certainly not going to process credit cards myself (I'm scared) so I need a third party app to do the work for me and I need to be able to incorporate it into my site very easily and painlessly. Thanks all.

Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2005 9:16 pm
by hawleyjr
Paypal?

Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2005 9:22 pm
by Burrito
search posts for credit card authorization system.

or you can search some of my posts for authorize.net...

if you dont' find what you need, let me know and I'll give you the scoop.

Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2005 9:49 pm
by Todd_Z
Well heres what I'm thinking - I want to keep it all on my site, so I'd need to use the paypal SDK, but the problem is that I would want to be able to accept credit cards even if they dont have a paypal account, or checks, etc. So I really am at a standstill on what to do. I've searched, i either see "stay away" or "paypal" I need it to be instantaneous too, just a plug in the cc info, and bam, the days are added to the subscription instantly. How have people completed this?

Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2005 10:15 pm
by Todd_Z
I see with the payment pro paypal thing, I have to pay $20/month (hell no unless this site takes off) but with the other way, am I able to automatically update the subscription when someone pays for more days, or will I have to do it manually whenever I check my paypal account?

Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2005 10:25 pm
by John Cartwright
I'd need to use the paypal SDK, but the problem is that I would want to be able to accept credit cards even if they dont have a paypal account
A user does not require a paypal account to send a payment to your paypal account.



As far as your subscription goes, paypal's tools does offer seemingly automatic intergration for what you need. I personally have not actually tested it before but have read enough doc's on its features to know what its about. All you would need to do is have a script inteprete whatever paypals sends your way once a user subscribes. I'll try and dig up some docs for you, but its been awhile since I've seen them.

On the otherhand, I personally will never use paypal again in my life.
They locked my account and stole my money. Thats another story.