Website Payments Pro Payflow Edition

As you know we have been setting up the payment and shopping cart for the last few days and I wanted to pass on some information that we learned along the process for anyone else who is thinking about setting up a Paypal account on their website. After seeing the Amazon Flexible Payment solution yesterday at the conference and how some other sites were using it to pay users, I'm going to do some more research on that plan as well. I'll let you know what I find out about Moneybookers.

The Pro Payflow edition is a new variation on an old service to Paypal according the customer service rep we spoke to, Nicole. I couldn't find the description and fees for the service on their website but you can find info on the integration and features of the service here at this paypal development forum.

If you are looking for a payment gateway, which connects your online store to your existing Internet merchant account or cuts out that step and acts as a merchant account for you, this is a good option for you, as its not that expensive. It's still not cheap. With this service Cutcaster will be able to:

1. Accept credit cards and debit cards. Plus accept PayPal too (U.S.only which is a bummer because we think we need to set up the Moneybookers account as well so we can pay international contributors. Unless someone has another idea???).

2. We can optimize everyones experience by letting shoppers complete the checkout process without leaving the Cutcaster website. It cuts down on a lot of unnecessary steps.

3. We have one of the highest security and risk management systems.

4. And so far its been sort of easy to integrate into our platform. Payflow Pro is pre-integrated into many shopping carts but we are building our own to meet our new business model.

The hardest part of the whole process is just waiting for the reference transaction to hit your bank account and the amount of time you have to wait to get it set up. I guess that is the ADD in everyone. I suggest setting up that transaction early because that takes a few days as well as fax in your personal identification as early as possible because that takes 3-5 days to clear. The personal ID will not, however, hold up your account going live. Setting up the account is generally easy and can be done in a 3-5 days if you have all your information ready.