avail1now Posted October 21, 2005 Posted October 21, 2005 I am hearing that osCommerce users have enabled capability to pay using paypal accounts without ever leaving store and without the need for SSL certificate. Is this possible? and if so how can it be done? cheers, Bridgette & Deano my contributions: tableless CSS template login form for STSresources: effective searching knowledge base how to: sandbox with Paypal IPN
♥Vger Posted October 21, 2005 Posted October 21, 2005 Look for posts about Pay Pal WPP. However, I'm sure you'd need SSL. Vger
avail1now Posted October 22, 2005 Author Posted October 22, 2005 Look for posts about Pay Pal WPP. However, I'm sure you'd need SSL. Vger Are there any example sites I can look at that integrate paypal in osCommerce without leaving online store? Do I need to buy SSL Certificate to do this? cheers, Bridgette & Deano my contributions: tableless CSS template login form for STSresources: effective searching knowledge base how to: sandbox with Paypal IPN
♥Vger Posted October 22, 2005 Posted October 22, 2005 Do I need to buy SSL Certificate to do this? How would you expect to handle card details securely without an ssl cert? Vger
avail1now Posted October 28, 2005 Author Posted October 28, 2005 How would you expect to handle card details securely without an ssl cert? Vger Dear Vger, I would say that if ur buyer already has a paypal account, then there would be no need to have an SSL certificate to pay for an item without ever leaving your osCommerce store. I understand that some of the osCommerce shops have this capability. Now certaintly if u need to accept credit cards then you will need an SSL certificate, apayment gateway, a payment processor. Let me also commend you on impressive styling and ease of use of your http://www.mondberg.co.uk/ store. I have asked in another thread how can a store styling be customized like you have done here. It seems that you have already done a nice job with it. Plz consider sharing what version of STS and what bug fix patches if any you have used to accomplish this clean styling in the referenced thread. Thanks, deano cheers, Bridgette & Deano my contributions: tableless CSS template login form for STSresources: effective searching knowledge base how to: sandbox with Paypal IPN
trogette Posted October 29, 2005 Posted October 29, 2005 Dear Vger, I would say that if ur buyer already has a paypal account, then there would be no need to have an SSL certificate to pay for an item without ever leaving your osCommerce store. I understand that some of the osCommerce shops have this capability. Now certaintly if u need to accept credit cards then you will need an SSL certificate, apayment gateway, a payment processor. As a paypal user I would want a SSL certificate before I gave my paypal username and password, never mind my credit card details...
GraphicsGuy Posted October 29, 2005 Posted October 29, 2005 As a paypal user I would want a SSL certificate before I gave my paypal username and password, never mind my credit card details... My thoughts exactly. As a customer, Irregardless of whether it is credit card information directly or other information that would enable someone to gain the ability to spend in my name, it has to be secure or I'm out of there. Rule #1: Without exception, backup your database and files before making any changes to your files or database. Rule #2: Make sure there are no exceptions to Rule #1.
Guest Posted October 29, 2005 Posted October 29, 2005 As a paypal user I would want a SSL certificate before I gave my paypal username and password, never mind my credit card details... Why would you want to give that information to the web site for? I wouldn't enter my paypal un & pw if I wasn't on the https://www.paypal.com What would keep the store owner from being able to capture your paypal un & pw? No offense intended for avail1now. Just how I look at it.
trogette Posted October 29, 2005 Posted October 29, 2005 Why would you want to give that information to the web site for? I wouldn't enter my paypal un & pw if I wasn't on the https://www.paypal.com What would keep the store owner from being able to capture your paypal un & pw? No offense intended for avail1now. Just how I look at it. Good point. Any users of the system in question found they're losing custom because of it?
Guest Posted October 30, 2005 Posted October 30, 2005 Good point. Any users of the system in question found they're losing custom because of it? I don't quite understand the argument here. All payments made within PayPal.com are secure payments conducted with SSL. The seller or website owner needs to do nothing other than install the PayPal module and input their payment address. And you can set things up within your PayPal profile where once payment is completed...the customer is redirected back to your website. The only instance where one would need a certificate is if he/she is accepting credit card payments via some 'other' gateway. What am I missing here? Andrea
GraphicsGuy Posted October 30, 2005 Posted October 30, 2005 I don't quite understand the argument here. All payments made within PayPal.com are secure payments conducted with SSL. The seller or website owner needs to do nothing other than install the PayPal module and input their payment address. And you can set things up within your PayPal profile where once payment is completed...the customer is redirected back to your website. The only instance where one would need a certificate is if he/she is accepting credit card payments via some 'other' gateway. What am I missing here? Andrea When the customer is on the PayPal site it is secured by PayPal. The issue here is that the original poster is asking about being able to accept PayPal without leaving their own site. That means that whether it is card information, or PayPal payment information, something confidential would be passing through the connection between the website and the end user. If that data stream is not SSL encrypted, it is at risk. Even if the module uses some sort of inline frame, the customer won't see a padlock in their browser's status bar. Most online shoppers have finally learned that if they don't see that padlock it probably isn't secure and they won't enter confidential information. With all due respect to prospective online store owners, if you can't afford at least some form of SSL certificate (or at least use a host that provides shared SSL), then you really should reconsider if you are financially ready to open a store. No offense intended to anyone, but it is just a part of doing business online. (grumble, grumble, I guess it's time to make some coffee <_< ) Rule #1: Without exception, backup your database and files before making any changes to your files or database. Rule #2: Make sure there are no exceptions to Rule #1.
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