The problem with DPS is that you need a merchant account. Take DPS's $50 per month, add an extra $20 or so per month from the bank, and 4-6% for each transaction, and you have a payment system that simply isn't feasible for sites doing less than about $1 - 2k per month.
Paymex with their 3% fee (or thereabouts) with no minimum monthly charge was perfect for low-turnover sites, and they accepted Amex too. But the big carrot for me was not having to deal with all the beaurocracy and dicking around in getting a merchant account working with the bank (largely because this part of the process requires client input, but also because banks are old-school and want to so everything by fax / post and during business hours). I run a number of niche sites that process a small amount of $ each month, and have been using PayPal for tthe small ones and SecurePayTech for the bigger ones. Losing Paymex is definitely going to cost me sales, as I convert these sites back to PayPal-only. I guess I'm glad this news came now rather than in a couple of months time, at this stage I only have a few Paymex sites but was looking to install many more. RIP Paymex, and by the way thanks for the 0 day notice period :( Don't suppose I'll be seeing my $49 back from the new site I setup last week either :( Harvey. yeosteve wrote: > Thanks, > > I'll check this out > > > > On Sep 18, 12:08 pm, Philip Arndt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> but my current client really >>> wants to have the entire transaction done inside their own website, ie >>> they think their clients won't trust a 3rd party processing company. >>> DPS and Paymate don't seem to offer this as an option, and Paymex >>> made it inexpensive and easy, which is probably why they closed. >>> >> This is simply not true. >> I've got a site running currently that has DPS integrated right into >> the GUI! >> All that it requires is that you place their logo on the page that >> does it. >> Have a look at their "PXPost" option! >> >> Or is this not what you meant? >> > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ NZ PHP Users Group: http://groups.google.com/group/nzphpug To post, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
