coves Posted March 22, 2004 Share Posted March 22, 2004 Who can explain why I need a SSL Certificate when the merchant accounts handle all their information securly??? Is not having an SSL certificate preventing my merchant account from showing up during a purchase? Note; I currently have SSL disabled on my site to allow all the php pages to work properly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coves Posted March 22, 2004 Author Share Posted March 22, 2004 Ok, the SSL Certificate protects the customers personal information. I am currently running with it turned off. Are other sites running with it off and the merchant accounts working correctly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanR Posted March 22, 2004 Share Posted March 22, 2004 You're right. SSL is kind of a sales tool though. It makes you look more serious. In reality, since your payment information is handled securely the chance that someone will snatch anything important in transit is tiny. You're not Amazon. All that said though, I do have an ssl cert. It's not expensive, I pay $5 a month and to me that's not a big deal if I'm putting a lot of effort and time into the store. Local: Mac OS X 10.5.8 - Apache 2.2/php 5.3.0/MySQL 5.4.10 • Web Servers: Linux Tools: BBEdit, Coda, Versions (Subversion), Sequel Pro (db management) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
♥yesudo Posted March 22, 2004 Share Posted March 22, 2004 Our card payments are handled securley via our merchant account - we still though secure our account area to protect customer details, address details etc... Gives the customer a better feeling of security which will hopefully make them more likely to purchase from you. Your online success is Paramount. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coves Posted March 22, 2004 Author Share Posted March 22, 2004 Ok, thank very much for the information on the SSL Cetificate, I now understand the value of them and will first pursue grabbing a shared one from my hosting company. Thanks again... At this point I now believe that I am barking up the wrong tree, that the real problem is that my merchant accounts are not showing up for selection during a purchase.... and that this has nothing to do with an SSL certificate. Any ideas on what may be going on??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
♥yesudo Posted March 22, 2004 Share Posted March 22, 2004 sorry - simple question are they installed and set-up in admin ? Your online success is Paramount. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coves Posted March 22, 2004 Author Share Posted March 22, 2004 Yes, I have Paypal and 2Checkout setup. When I initially set them up, they were showing up as selections during a purchase (although a complete purchase was not made) and now they no longer show up as selection and I get the following error "Please select a payment method for your order." Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 26, 2004 Share Posted April 26, 2004 make sure your zone selection is none else it will not show up unless the buyer is from that zone. This is found in the setting of the payment module. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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