hooking up credit cards...

[jennyfeet]

So I've used OSC to build three sites so far (http://www.sturialedesigns.com and http://ww.secolo20.com being two of them) but I've never hooked it up with credit card processing. I now have a third site to build and they need to take order payments using cards-- in your opinions, is it fairly easy to configure OSC to do this? What is the process exactly?

 

I'm thinking that the client would have to have an account with a credit card processor, which is hooked up somehow to OSC...but, your feedback on this would be great-- I would love to know what the whole process is before I talk to my client.

 

Also-- would there be any advantage in using something like Yahoo Stores-- as far as I can tell, OSC performs the same functions, and also with YS the merchant has to create an account with a credit card processor (this function is not provided by YS, correct?)

 

Thanks for your input!

[jennyfeet]

I would truly appreciate any advice people have on using credit cards with OSC...if you're ever done it, can you please tell me how it works?

Any advice on the Payment modules would be much appreciated...

 

Thanks again.

[Guest]

You have basically 3 choices:

1) paypal (and credit cards via paypal)

2) stock credit card module where you run the card number yourself

3) You can use a specific credit card module for a 3rd party payment processor

 

2 and 3 require that you sign up for an merchant account with a credit card processing company. There are many to choose from. Choosing one is an entirely different discussion.

 

2 would require you to capture the credit card number, and then run the transaction manually, probably on your credit card processor's "Virtual Terminal" on their website.

 

3 would require installation and proper configuration of the appropriate payment module. The modules are specific to the payment processor, whether that be SECPay, 2Chex, Authorize.net, etc.

 

HTH

 

-jared