Both allowed us to setup demo accounts for 30 days. These are fully functional accounts that let you test out your code with their ActiveX control, or HTTP posts (depending on how you want to do it). In my opinion, Verisign's ActiveX control was MUCH more mature, much more stable, and they gave better support.
Additionally, Authorize.net keeps cutting features and changing procedures "in the pursuit of security". Right after we signed up with them they announced that all credits had to reference the transaction ID of the original charge, and the credit had to be less then the original charge. Well, 1) my code wasn't written that way so we had very short notice to change it. And 2) since we had just switched banks 99.99% of our customers weren't charged through Authorize.net. To this day we can not credit cards if a customer was charged before we switched to Authorize.net. We have to mail them a check! Then, they announced they were going to start deleting all transaction history after 6 months in order to reduce costs. I keep my own transaction history of course, but I get the feeling that Authorize.net isn't pulling in a profit and they are making last ditch efforts to cut costs. Okay... Rant mode off. :) To give them some support, Authorize.net is cheaper per transaction then Verisign, IIRC. ~Brad -----Original Message----- From: Falls, Travis D (CASD, IT) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, August 02, 2002 10:13 AM To: ActiveServerPages Subject: RE: Shopping cart recommendations Brad, I am about to start a services based site that will do credit card validation and submission, I was interested in your comments about Verisign. So it is your experience that this was an easier solution? How would you suggest someone go about evaluating these. This is going to be my first credit card type site. Travis -----Original Message----- From: Wade Armstrong [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, August 02, 2002 1:10 PM To: ActiveServerPages Subject: Re: Shopping cart recommendations Thanks for the suggestion! That sounds like an easy + cheap way to do it. on 8/1/02 8:05 PM, T. Bradley Dean at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> Anybody have any recommendations? > > Yes, use a simple db. Our shopping cart is simply two tables in our > SQL db, one for the actual cart - one for the cart items. > > And btw, if you can, go with Verisign. We switched to Authorize.net > and have regretted it. Verisign was a much easier gateway to work > with. > > ~Brad > > -----Original Message----- > From: Wade Armstrong [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2002 7:51 PM > To: ActiveServerPages > Subject: Shopping cart recommendations > > > I've got a client who would like to add some e-commerce to their > existing Web site. They have a catalog, and the host offers a number > of payment gateways, including Verisign and Authorize.net. What I need > is a good ASP shopping cart. Since this is a shared server I'd rather > not deal with a .dll, but there is a budget so I can buy a product. I > don't need anything fancy, but it does need to be secure and reliable. > Anybody have any recommendations? > > Wade > > -- > Wade Armstrong > Runstrong Design > http://www.runstrong.com > 310.737.0915 phone > 310.737.0925 fax > 310.259.5777 cell > > --- You are currently subscribed to activeserverpages as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% This communication, including attachments, is for the exclusive use of addressee and may contain proprietary, confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, any use, copying, disclosure, dissemination or distribution is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately by return email and delete this communication and destroy all copies. --- You are currently subscribed to activeserverpages as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% --- You are currently subscribed to activeserverpages as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
