E-Commerce Merchants (part 2)

Collapse
This topic is closed.
X
X
Collapse
 
  • Page of 1
  • Time
  • Show
Clear All
new posts
Previous template Next
  • Ray Paseur
    #1

    E-Commerce Merchants (part 2)

    One consideration in designing a web interface to a payment system is the
    ability to switch e-commerce providers seamlessly. Has anyone looked into
    "isolating" the ecommerce part of a web site so that you could change banks
    or merchant accounts without disrupting your users? What comes to mind for
    me is a period of overlap, so fulfillment and chargeback is given time to
    expire on the old merchant. Also, the need to "skin" the store so site
    users see a consistent look and feel through as much of the process as
    possible. Any other thoughts? Know of any good tutorials?

    Thanks to all for sharing your ideas,
    ~Ray


    Tags: None
    • Michael Vilain
      #2
      Re: E-Commerce Merchants (part 2)

      In article <2I1Od.55993$jn .44580@lakeread 06>,
      "Ray Paseur" <ray@earplugsno n-aol.com> wrote:
      [color=blue]
      > One consideration in designing a web interface to a payment system is the
      > ability to switch e-commerce providers seamlessly. Has anyone looked into
      > "isolating" the ecommerce part of a web site so that you could change banks
      > or merchant accounts without disrupting your users? What comes to mind for
      > me is a period of overlap, so fulfillment and chargeback is given time to
      > expire on the old merchant. Also, the need to "skin" the store so site
      > users see a consistent look and feel through as much of the process as
      > possible. Any other thoughts? Know of any good tutorials?
      >
      > Thanks to all for sharing your ideas,
      > ~Ray[/color]

      I wrote a custom interface to an existing web site that charges via
      Authorize.net. I didn't select the provider. The bank said "We work
      with this provider. Use them.", so that's what we did. So far, they've
      been very helpful and provide a full set of specs for me to code my
      pages.

      If you're using Quickbooks and want to charge through the program, you
      might look into their service. Find out if they have a web-interface
      you can hook into. That way you'll have a manual program you can use
      and a web-interface for on-line transactions.

      --
      DeeDee, don't press that button! DeeDee! NO! Dee...



        Comment

        Previous template Next
        Working...