[ic] Status of Paypal Intergration

Wed May 1 00:25:01 2002

Does anyone know if this is true?

My client just shipped me all the info on PayPal this week, I was just about to
sit down and convert the iTransact module to work with PayPal, but if that is
the case, then that make PayPal efforts a waste of time???

John Beima
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Quoting Ed LaFrance <edl@newmediaems.com>:

> At 10:30 PM 4/30/2002 -0500, you wrote:
> >Beating on a dead horse... (about Paypal.com integration).
> >
> >I'm finally ready to start implementing!   Thank you Dan Browning for 
> >pointing out that you can't install to two servers simultaneously.  At 
> >least this is part of what I derived from our conversation and you were a 
> >life saver.  Without this tip, I could have been pulling my hair out for 
> >ANOTHER two months...  Please correct me if I'm wrong but I found 
> >bin/makecat to work MUCH better when you're not trying to force the 
> >catalog to install to a separate secure server.
> >
> >Anyhow, now that I'm starting setup, I discover that there are six payment
> 
> >options standard in the system.  Unfortunately, my favorite option, 
> >PAYPAL.COM is not one of those.  Exercising due diligence, I have searched
> 
> >the archives for approximately one hour but have not come across a 
> >solution.  Found a lot of folks asking the question in the fall of 2001, 
> >and a couple of promises, but did not find a message that implied a 
> >solution has been found.
> >
> >So... what is the status on the Paypal Intergration?   I have 
> >traditionally accepted lots of credit card payment types, as long as they 
> >come through paypal.com.   Perhaps I should be looking at other options 
> >that don't require membership or is a Paypal.com option available and I 
> >just haven't seen it.
> >
> >TIA,
> >
> >
> >Andrew Lietzow
> >Member of the GNU generation
> >The ACL Group, Inc.
> 
> My understanding is that, as of tomorrow, PayPal will no longer be able to 
> process Mastercard transactions, along with thousands of other third-party 
> processors (known collectively as 'aggregators'). That is a big blow to 
> Paypal's viability as payment processing solution. Unless you know 
> something I don't, I suggest you bite the bullet and get a 'conventional' 
> gateway/merchant account setup. That is what I have done.
> 
> - Ed L.
> 
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