On Fri, 15 Jul 2005 09:25:14 +1000 Phil Manuel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> This is true if the shop is physical, with virtual shops you are > trading your physical presence for the ability to trade 24 hours a > day worldwide. If you restrict your ability to accept payment > methods convenient to your audience you restrict your sales, all in > all it is trade off between the hassle of taking online orders or > potentially losing sales. And Beware, beware, beware: merchants bear the risk of credit card fraud. Everyone should know this, but I see tragic examples all too frequently of those who do not. "Authorisation" as required by the credit card companies does NOT guarantee payment. Cheers, Alan > > Phil. > > > > On Fri, 15 Jul 2005 08:06 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On Wed, Jul 13, 2005 at 12:12:02PM +1000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > wrote: > > > My wife has asked me set up an online shop for her small craft > > > supplies store. > > > > I'm a bit confused about why people are so hung up on internet > > payment options. We already have a vast number of payment options > > which are well understood and fully functional. Every shop must > > already be able to process a reasonable number of these in order for > > the shop to work at all so why should the internet be considered > > magical? > > > > * Come into the shop and pay cash > > * Write a cheque (either post or over the counter) > > * Postal money order > > * Come into the shop and pay by credit card > > * Give credit card details over the phone > > * Direct bank deposit at any branch of your bank > > * Direct bank transfer (at branch / phone bank / internet bank) > > * Run an account with the shop and make monthly payments as per > > above > > > > If you accept some or all of the above already then just make a list > > of the ways that people can pay and put the list on your website, > > also put contact details so people can discuss options with you. > > Thus solveth the internet payment gateway problem. > > > > What remains are three things: > > > > * Using a web page as advertising for your shop > > * Using a web page as a public catalog of your products with prices > > * Put an ORDER ENTRY system to onto a web page so the customers can > > type in their own orders (and check for correctness). > > > > None of these have anything to do with payments. > > > > > > - Tel > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > -- Alan L Tyree http://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan Tel: +61 2 4782 2670 Mobile: +61 428 148 071 Fax: +61 2 4782 7092 FWD: 615662 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
