Hello Ali, Mike has given a good analysis of the financials and your database implementation will depend on which option you choose.
I know that's not the most helpful answer in the world but that will help in making good suggestions regarding the problem. If you ask me, stick to one currency and look for a processor that will allow customers pay for your product by converting the customers' local currency into yours. On 8 Aug 2016 03:43, "Mike Dewhirst" <mi...@dewhirst.com.au> wrote: > On 8/08/2016 12:23 PM, Ali khan wrote: > >> Thank you Babutunde, >> So you are saying that the price = models.DecimalField(max_digits=20, >> decimal_fields=2) will automatically sense it that what currency it is >> or if someone wants to pay me in different currency how would a payment >> processor will change currency value? >> >> Also I need my currency to be localized upon the location of access. For >> example if my client is in US he should get USD based prices and if >> someone in Japan he should see Yen. How would I do it? >> > > There are two sides to this coin ;) > > Your probable ideal solution is to use an account with a bank which will > do all your currency conversions automatically for the bottom twenty > percent of your transactions and keep certain other accounts denominated in > the currencies of the major proportion of your transactions. But ideal may > not be practical. All foreign exchange transactions attract bank fees. > > You will need a price setting mechanism as well. If you set a selling > price in one currency, how will you decide on the exchange rate to use to > calculate the other selling prices? > > How frequently will you update your selling prices? > > These are both hard questions. > > Most larger firms force their customers to buy in a one of a few stable > currencies which normally don't move very quickly against each other. That > lets them take out forward exchange contracts to hedge or lock-in a given > conversion rate at some point in future for a given amount. > > A smaller firm would most likely choose just one stable currency and force > all buyers to pay in that currency. > > Probably not answering your question but I hope that helps > > Mike > > > Regards, >> Ali >> >> On Sun, Aug 7, 2016 at 3:01 PM, Babatunde Akinyanmi >> <tundeba...@gmail.com <mailto:tundeba...@gmail.com>> wrote: >> >> Hello Khan, >> Your payment processor will specify in its API how it determines >> currency. This is not a django problem. I'm sure the answer to your >> question lies in the documentation of Stripe and Braintree >> >> >> On 7 Aug 2016 18:46, "A.Khan" <alipathan123...@gmail.com >> <mailto:alipathan123...@gmail.com>> wrote: >> >> Hi I am new to Django and I need to implement multiple currency >> options based on user's preference. What I don't understand that >> let's say I am in Pakistan and I've used in my template simply >> >> <h3>PKR {{ object.price }} </h3>. >> >> Now I need to understand how would a payment processor will >> determine what currency I am using for example if I am using >> above tag and someone needs to pay me with localized currency >> equaling to my currency amount using Credit Cart or whatever. >> >> Secondly I need to implement multiple currencies that user can >> select currency option for payment. Can you please tell me the >> simplest way possible to achieve it. >> >> This is not a necessity at this point but just in case I need to >> implement a use case that Django provides localized currency >> automatically if website accessed from a particular location >> what do I need to do. >> >> I need to implement Braintree and Stripe with Paypal and Credit >> cards both for testing on two different projects. 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