Any plans on a Yahoo PayDirect payment module?

[Guest]

Just wondering if anyone has plans to create a module for yahoo paydirect?

[Guest]

I did look at this, but it is impossible to do.

Yahoo PayDirect requires that you log onto their site "TWICE" and create a link for each individual product you want to accept payment for.

The result is html code that has an cryptic sequence of letters and numbers for a simple dollar amount.

In summary, they want to be hard to work with.

Now, I hate turning a customer away for anything, but I can promise you that I will not go log in twice every time, and btw...it is two different passwords.

And, I'm not going to create a special link for every product.

They are impossible to work with for anyone that sells a large variety of products.

My recommendation to anyone is "Do not accept Yahoo PayDirect"

 

In addition, I emailed them about sending payment info with IPN and got a generic answer. I replied back and told them that the answer they gave me did not answer my question. They did at least take the time to look into my inquiry.

 

I am posting the convo that occured:

 

First Inquiry:

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Hello,

 

Thank you for writing to Yahoo! PayDirect.

 

For a banner that lets people know you accept Yahoo! PayDirect payments,

or to create a custom PayDirect link for items you sell on your personal

website or auctions sites, please follow the instructions below:

 

Just visit:

 

http://paydirect.yahoo.com

 

and click on "Sign in here." Enter your Yahoo! ID, Password and Security

Key when prompted.

 

*To get the Yahoo! PayDirect banner:

 

On the PayDirect homepage, click on "Tools and Services", and then click

on the "Links and Logos" link.

 

-Next to Banner HTML, copy the HTML and post on your website or auction

listings.

 

*To create a custom Yahoo! PayDirect link:

 

On the PayDirect homepage, click on "Tools and Services", and then click

on the "Selling Products" link.

 

- Enter the dollar amount, optional messages and choose an Image icon.

- Click on the "Generate HTML" button.

- Then cut and paste the customized link on your webpage.

 

Thank you again for contacting Yahoo! Customer Care.

 

Regards,

 

Yahoo! Customer Care

 

For assistance with all Yahoo! services, please visit:

 

http://help.yahoo.com/

 

 

 

Original Message Follows:

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Name: James

 

Yahoo! ID: XXXXXXX

 

Subject: Other

 

Type your feedback here:

Is there a way to create pay links

without going on paydirect web to

create a special link for every single

product.

I only have over 1000 products, which

makes it unfeasable to create product

links.

I can't use this service unless there

is a way for me to do this.

 

While Viewing: http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/paydirect/trans/trans-24.html

 

Yahoo ID: XXXXXXXXXX :

.login=XXXXXXXXX&.token=3UzuLncz_q&.tm=1077094249

Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.0)

REMOTE_ADDR: XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX

REMOTE_HOST: unknown

Date Originated: Wednesday February 18, 2004 - 00:50:49

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Second Inquiry:

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Hello,

 

Thank you for writing to Yahoo! PayDirect.

 

Thank you for your feedback regarding Yahoo! PayDirect. We arent able

to offer this feature at the moment, but weve noted your comments and

will pass them along to the right people. We appreciate your suggestions

its the best way for us to learn what you want and how to make our

service more useful to you.

 

Thank you again for contacting Yahoo! Customer Care.

 

Regards,

 

Yahoo! Customer Care

 

For assistance with all Yahoo! services, please visit:

 

http://help.yahoo.com/

 

 

 

Original Message Follows:

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Thanks for trying, but you did not answer my question.

 

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Now, you have to look at the business end of it.

Why did Yahoo create PayDirect?

Yes, of course to make money, but there is more.

They created PayDirect mainly so they could have a means to take auction payments. When Ebay bought PayPal, Ebay changed the PayPal system to stop processing payments for Yahoo auctions. Thus, Yahoo had to come up with alternate means to handle online payments. Right now, PayDirect does what they intended it to do. So, with that in mind, do you think that they are going to make any effort to support us with our own commerce site? BTW, if you have not checked in to it, PayDirect works great if your site is hosted on Yahoo. But you can be sure that your features will be limited and they won't be running osCommerce.