Paypal allows you to accept credit cards on your site without the need to handle the credit card #s directly.
On Jun 4, 2009, at 6:01 PM, gadgster <[email protected]> wrote: > > I agree that using Paypal/Google checkout would be easier for us and > probably better for the customer. Unfortunately for me, management > feeling is that not accepting credit cards directly on the site is > perceived by customers as "unprofessional" and it is considered a > requirement of the site. > > This is a main blocker in getting permission to implement our site on > App Engine. > > On Jun 4, 5:51 pm, Kilohoku150 <[email protected]> wrote: >> Sorry - to be more clear, why would you want to reinvent this rather >> than use the existing services that are designed to deal with such >> topics. >> >> I personally would not want the responsibility of holding people's >> personal details, following up on credit card orders, etc. >> >> On Jun 4, 11:49 am, Kilohoku150 <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Why not just use Google Checkout? >> >>> http://checkout.google.com/ >> >>> On Jun 3, 8:03 pm, gadgster <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>>> Hello, >> >>>> I'm looking at implementing an app on App Engine that would include >>>> web selling with credit card transactions. I'm concerned about the >>>> security implications of this. >> >>>> Is the App Engine datastore an appropriate place to store sensitive >>>> data such as customers personal details, order history and >>>> posssibly >>>> encryped credit card information? >> >>>> Are there any current App engine applications that do this? >> >>>> The https support seems to be a problem as it only works on the >>>> appspot domain and not on AppSpot domain attached to the site. >> >>>> Does anyone have any pointers to the best way to implement credit >>>> card >>>> authentication in the App Engine environment? Ideally, we would >>>> want >>>> to authorize credit cards directly on the site and not just accept >>>> Paypal/Google Checkout. >> >>>> Regards >>>> Tom Bailey > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
