Ambiguous question, I know. But anyway, I'm developing a client's site that will enable users to donate to people doing charity work abroad. I need the users of the site who create their profiles to be able to input their PayPal email address (for example) and as such any users who click the big 'Donate' button on their profile can donate directly to them.
I'm sure this is possible, at least using the PayPal API. However since this is all for charity work, I'd like to implement 'Gift Aid' - read about it at the link.
My problem is finding a payment system that we can use that has Gift Aid either 'built in' or that can make a clear definition between which payments are gift-aided and which are not - sorry if this isn't making any sense!
So ideally I'm looking for a payments processor that can integrate as seamlessly as possible into the client's site which I'm developing in PHP, can support Gift Aid automatically - or if not, clearly specify which payments ticked the 'Gift Aid' option - and supports payments from credit and debit card sources, etc. I hope this is understandable now!
I know there's obviously the PayPal API but I'm sure there are others, I'm just not too sure where to start looking or if the whole Gift-Aid thingy is even possible with transactions like this. Would it be more convienient just to code our own system?
Jack
I would use PayPal, definately. Making the effort to learn their API is not hard. Coding your own solution would be a nightmare. Don't reinvent the wheel!
Have you tried looking at what CTT have to offer: http://www.ctt.org/products__services/cp_terminal/default.asp they have their own payment Gateway called CPterminal/CPWeb which is designed for charities.
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I use payment via paypal and I need the customer to enter secure payment information on my webpage.
After reading tutorials, I need to set action to paypal => "https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" and the customer to complete their data on paypal website.
Is it possible to have customers enter card data on my own website? Can you offer any advice or manuals on how to implement this?
Thanks. Sorry for my English
Is it possible to have customers enter card data on my own website?
Yes it's possible. Is it advisable? Not if you don't have to.
If you are passing the user to PayPal to complete payment, there is absolutely no reason for you to collect the CC data on your own website. All you do is add to the customer's risk as well as your own (since there are certain legal ramifications if you screw something up).
If what you are asking is how can you do the entire process on your own site, then that's a different answer and a pretty involved one. PayPal has options for this with different plans and each of those options has plenty of documentation on how to setup and configure the process.
As #butlerblog mentioned, there are different levels of integration for ecommerce. If you truly want to stay away from paypal but are considering your other options for third party integration, you can check this site to start getting an idea of how involved with ecommerce you want to get.
I want to integrate "visa" to my website (developed in PHP), so other people can make a deposit to my website.
I don't know how to do it, are there any examples or documentation for this?
Create an account on Paypal, and let them do the work. These days very few people will trust their credit card number to "just anyone". Not only will this get your "trust", but all the overhead of managing these things will be taken care of for you, with minimal overhead for you. They will give you code to embed on your page "Donate Now" - they handle the rest.
Did I mention trust?
it depends on your bank,
you should contact them and they will provide you their API ,
-if you use CMS for your site there ready extensions on joomla for example,
-you have also the choice to integrate paypal API on your website
If you're in the US you could also use stripe. The api is very easy to use
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I'm a bit of a newb and have never integrated paypal into a website before so I apologise for my lack of knowledge.
I'm trying to build a website which allows users to sign up and, assuming they get themselves paypal premier accounts (so they can receive payments by credit card) they will be able to receive payments from other users of my site.
So someone will sign up using their Paypal email address, and other users will then be able to send them money through my site. If they use one of my special services then I also want to be able to take a 1% fee of the money sent.
I'm using cakephp and I've searched and found a few cakephp related paypal components but to me it seems that these are aimed at people who want to just use their own paypal account to receive money. Like having a paypal checkout button. Whereas I want to be able to direct money into many different paypal accounts. Is this possible? And if so can any kind soul direct me to where I should be reading (pref something not too difficult - I'm a learner!).
Also as a side note, are there any special security issues I need to take care of when dealing with paypal, especially considering the particular nature of what I want to achieve? How easy would it be for a bad person to alter someones paypal email to direct funds to themselves?
many thanks in advance
Dave
A few years ago I did a similar thing, although the specific code is languishing on an old computer somewhere... Anyway, the way I did it was to use a combination of IPN and Paypal Mass Payments. Any payments have to run through your own PP account first and foremost, at which point on a successful payment IPN calls a script to run Mass Payments and send the money to the intended target(s).
It's a bit fiddly, and I seem to remember (at least when I did it) there were some odd bugs in IPN, but this should do it for you.
HOpe this helps a bit!
I need to build web application where users can sell goods.
Each user should be able to get money directly on his PayPal account.
Can you suggest which PayPal service/payment method (or other payment system) it is better/safely to use in this case?
Thanks in advance
This is easily set up (if I read your requirements correctly). You would have to create your part of the system, but that's obvious.
The rest, specifically vendor payments, could be handled all by PayPal.
PayPal could process the orders into individual accounts. You would simply have to use the same IPN notification file for each Buy Link. This IPN notification file is what PayPal uses to notify an order has come. It does not matter that it may have come TO Suzie's or TO Bob's account.
So, your notification script gets the order -- Then, your internal system differentiates the vendor and ... that's it ;).
IPN is very simple too, and they've got nice templates in various languages to get you started.
I'm sure there are alternate ways to do it, but IPN is what I personally use, combined with a back-end system. I even have another vendor whose plug-in for my product I sell. Money goes directly into his PayPal account by simply changing the recipient email in the Buy URL (or form).
Any competent programmer should be able to handle this with ease. The proficiencies would be SQL/database experience and web coding (any language). That's about it. A non-programmer could probably even learn, though needs to be careful to sanitize the input to protect against SQL injection attacks.
You can use ExpressCheckout, this means that your sellers do not need tho have Pro accounts, but login and payment will occur in paypal's popup window. You can also use more advanced integration, but this might require the merchants to upgrade their account, and this might cost them money in every month.
You also need to collect API keys from merchants and store them in a very safe location, or collect the money yourself, and pay for the merchants using paypal's API code, but this will introduce additional (transfer) costs.
You will most likely have to write it from scratch. I mean, from some bare framework.
I have a database where you can select articles etc, users have an account, it's all in mysql and php (i guess you don't need that code).
What i was wondering was how to write a script that allows users to pay online for the articles they selected?
It doesn't need to be any code, just ideas / hints / tips / ... (that are doable in PHP or something similar)
Thanks in advance!!
-Samuel
You have to do that through a service that collects money, such as paypal or a bank.
You make an account there, and they will provide the necessary files and documentation to do that.
Usually it will mean
when the user wants to pay, you redirect them to a specific page in the payment site
you host an IPN (Instant Payment Notification) file where that site will contact you when he receives a payment
I've done some paypal coding before and it is easy to set up, suggest that you should search for payment gateway that, i've work with ipay88.com before its one of payment gateway at my place.
Usually if you setup the paypal for the business transaction you will need to register as merchant account and they will charge you per transaction, same goes with payment gateway.
It is a very broad question. But basically you need to integrate some payment module, such as paypal. Look at their website, where there are tutorials on how to get it working with php.