You may wish to search the archives of this list for information on working with Paypal. While my own experience with them has not been too rocky, a number of other developers have noted serious issues working with the company.
Back in 1999, I worked on a similar project for a group of physicians selling medical supplies and academic materials online. One office was a supplier of the medical supplies, and one office distributed the academic materials. The two sets of products went together logically, but the two businesses were completely separate. What ended up happening is the two physicians, with the help of their lawyer, set up an LLC to handle the finances and divided the revenue generated from the site between the two offices based on the actual costs involved. The point of this story: the solution may not be technological in nature. While I could see someone setting up a new Paypal account to handle the transactions, I find it hard to believe there is a way to 'split' the results of a Paypal transaction into two or more separate accounts. Considering the fact each transaction must be authorized explicitly by the purchaser, the user interface for such a thing would probably be a ghastly thing to see. You may want to suggest a traditional merchant account with Verisign as an alternative. M -----Original Message----- From: Watson, Marci [NH] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2002 12:55 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Help Hello Everyone, I have a colleague who wants me to design a site for him. The concept is one already being used, he has a list of people who want him to provide a virtual storefront for them. The site would provide a place for vendors to input their information and products. He wants to use PayPal for the processing and payment of products. However if a user purchases a product from multiple vendors, I am unsure how that would be worked out. I am in the very initial stages of this project and would kindly take any advice from anyone who could offer some. Is there a Coldfusion extension out there that can assist me? Marci Watson "We are not free, separate, and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way." ~Thomas Mann ______________________________________________________________________ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
