Re: [tlug] [OT] Payment gateways in Japan.

[Michael Reinsch <mr@example.com>]

On 24/12/10 15:32, Edward Middleton wrote:
> > > Would this be “PayPal Website Payments Standard” (PPWPS).
> > The reason why we are still using Website Payments Standard is that we
> > don't want to require our clients to hold a business account with
> > PayPal, as this requires a business entity in Japan.  And (at least for
> > now) we don't want to be in the middle, but allow transactions directly
> > from the buyer to the seller (seller being our client).
> We are in the middle so this isn't an issue but Website Payments
> Standard looks like the quickest to implement.  I haven't checked what
> is required to be PCI compliant if we use a gateway service where we
> pass credit card information to the gateway, but the ETA for setup seems
> to be 1-2 months.  This does however, look like the more desirable approach.

In that case I'd use PayPal's Express Checkout instead of Website 
Payments Standard.  The API (or rather the flow) is a bit more 
complicated, but it has several advantages and especially from an API 
point of view looks much more reliable.

Good luck,
Michael

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