2008/8/4 M.-A. Lemburg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On 2008-08-04 11:28, John Pinner wrote: >> >> Hello Marc André >> >> 2008/8/3 M.-A. Lemburg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >>> >>> Perhaps slightly off-topic, but I thought I'd mention it anyway: >>> >>> You can simplify your whole registration and payment a lot if you go >>> for a payment processing service like ShareIT (owned by Digital >>> River). They take care of all the payment processing for, you can >>> customize the interface, integrate it into your system, etc. >>> >>> Integration is easy as well: the system does an HTTP POST call to >>> your system, this has to return some text and that is sent on to the >>> customer. They take care of all the invoicing, billing, etc. >>> >>> ShareIT accepts all sorts of credit cards, money transfers, checks, >>> PayPal, etc. >>> >>> It may be a bit more expensive, but believe me, it sure makes life >>> easier. >>> >>> And no, I'm not affiliated with them in any way :-) >> >> You told me about this at EuroPython. I looked at it, but really it >> doesn't do any more for us than the shopping cart we're using for EP >> and PyCon UK (Romancart). > > They do provide 24/7 phone support for the customers and > take care of all the paper work, billing and invoicing. > > One detail I'm not sure about is how they handle VAT for a non-profit. > That would be something to look into, since they normally operate as > reseller, thus the purchase of the customer is between the customer and > ShareIT, not between customer and the entity using ShareIT for > payment processing. > >> One issue is that regardless of which >> Payment Services Provider you use, you still have to go through your >> bank, and there are problems with cost here. Using PayPal this is a >> lot easier and cheaper (we only pay per transaction), whereas with >> most other options you have to pay a monthly charge as well. paying 12 >> month standing charges for 2/3 month use gets expensive. > > FWIW: ShareIT doesn't have a monthly charge.
No, but it is aimed at selling software, with a downloadable license key. In this case they charge 6.9% plus 1 Euro, if not selling a license key they charge 8.9%, with a minimum of 1 Euro. This is over twice what we pay now. Also, they are US-centric and can only pay into your account via wire transfer, which may incur another charge. They can only transfer direct into a US bank account. John -- > Anyway, just thought I'd mention it. > > -- > Marc-Andre Lemburg > eGenix.com > > Professional Python Services directly from the Source (#1, Aug 04 2008) >>>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ... http://www.egenix.com/ >>>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ... http://zope.egenix.com/ >>>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ... http://python.egenix.com/ > ________________________________________________________________________ > > :::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,MacOSX for free ! :::: > > > eGenix.com Software, Skills and Services GmbH Pastor-Loeh-Str.48 > D-40764 Langenfeld, Germany. CEO Dipl.-Math. Marc-Andre Lemburg > Registered at Amtsgericht Duesseldorf: HRB 46611 > _______________________________________________ Europython-improve mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/europython-improve
