From: Aredridel <aredridel@...>
Date: 2005-12-16T05:57:54+09:00
Subject: Re: [(not so)OT] credit card processing

On Fri, 2005-12-16 at 05:12 +0900, swill wrote:
> Sorry this is so far off topic, but there are a lot of smart,
> experienced people here.
> 
> Anyone have thoughts about using credit card gateways vs. something
> like the PayPal merchant solution?  It seems like the gateways just
> pick your pockets clean.  Experiences?  Recommendations?  It seems
> like the PayPal solution might be a little cheaper to start with.

Nothing but good experiences with authorize.net here.

We're moving to clearing with a ruby script shortly -- I'm building some
integration libraries this week.

Paypal is definitely cheaper to start with -- getting a merchant account
is a royal pain in the ass, but very neccesary for a large-scale online
business.