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webiedesign · #16 03-14-2003, 11:11 AM

There ya go, typing from memory can be bad... here is the correct link:
http://www.propay.com/

jeaniesa · #17 03-14-2003, 11:18 AM

That looks a LOT better. THANKS!

Jeanie

jeaniesa · #18 03-14-2003, 02:48 PM

Kevin,

Those fees for CardService International DO look high! After many, many hours of researching merchant accounts online, I'm convinced that Practice Pay Solutions is the best deal - if you want a merchant account solution. Yes, it does have some monthly fees, but they are significantly less than others I've seen - AND I've seen nothing but positive feedback about them. (Also, I have a friend who just started using them and is very pleased with their service.)

Propay (which Mary gave the link for) is certainly another option. Their monthly transaction limits might be a little low if you're really hoping to make a living from your business, but for just starting out, they look pretty good. If you start to have monthly transactions over $1500, I think it would actually be cheaper to go with Practice Pay Solutions.

FWIW, I would go with Propay over Paypal any day. It looks like people do NOT need to be a Propay member to pay with a credit card. A definite plus in my book!

My $.02 as I continue to be depressed at how long my website is taking to build...

Jeanie

jeaniesa · #19 03-14-2003, 02:52 PM

Mary,

I do have a question about your ecommerce solution... Do all of your products/services have set prices or are some of your services "variable"? The problem I'm running into when I think about shopping carts is that it seems you have to have a set price for anything you put in the shopping cart. But, in my case, I set the price for a restoration or other project AFTER I've seen what I'm being asked to do. Is it possible in Mals (or is there some other solution that I'm missing) which allows the customer to type in the amount he wants to pay you? Am I making sense or do I need to explain it in a different way?

Thanks,
Jeanie

webiedesign · #20 03-14-2003, 03:06 PM

yes, here is some info from Mals on it:
http://www.mals-e.com/support/ctutorials/tscr.htm?pg=5

jeaniesa · #21 03-14-2003, 04:07 PM

Awesome!! You're the best Mary - hope you stick around for a while!

Jeanie

KevinBE · #22 03-14-2003, 04:31 PM

Wow, you guys have been busy today. Welcome to Retouch Pro Mary. You have contributed some valuable information and I appreciate it. I will do more reading and research those sites later on this evening. What I have seen so far looks real good.

Jeanie your Practice Pay looks real good also. I wonder which method will be easier to set up and maintain. It sure would be easier if I had fixed prices on everything. Setting up a shopping cart to cover any possible price is not going to be easy.

Still haven't heard back from my Host yet. I wonder what he is going to come up with, but I'm not going to stop looking at other options. If he comes in too late then it's too bad for him.

Almost time to go home. CUL

jeaniesa · #23 03-14-2003, 04:45 PM

Kevin,

The last link that Mary provided shows a way that you can accept "variable" amounts with Mal's shopping cart.

What I haven't yet determined is whether Mal's will work with Practice Pay. specifically the variable amount solution. It should b/c I read somewhere that Mal's works with Authorize.net which is what Practice Pay uses for the gateway service. I don't know for sure though.

As far as ease of setting up Practice Pay, I have a friend who signed up with them a couple of weeks ago (I didn't even know that when I'd found them in my research) and he told me that it was very easy to set up. (He is not a computer whiz!)

Jeanie