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

[Edward Middleton <edward.middleton@example.com>]

On 12/24/2010 12:36 PM, Michael Reinsch wrote:
> On 22/12/10 14:56, Edward Middleton wrote:
> > On 12/20/2010 10:28 PM, Paul McMahon wrote:
> > > On 20 December 2010 17:20, Edward Middleton
> > > <edward.middleton@example.com>    wrote:
> > > > Has anyone had any experience with using any of these payment gateways
> > > > for payment processing?  How easy are they to integrate with? Are there
> > > > other payment gateways you would recommend?
> > >
> > > We've integrated with PayPal for Doorkeeper.  Our experience hasn't
> > > been so pleasant from a technical standpoint, but Japanese seem to be
> > > willing to pay by paypal (at least those with a technical background).
> >
> > 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.

> > We need payments from and to individuals, at a minimum we need support
> > for Japanese credit cards, paypal and eventually bank payments.  One
> > time payments is all we need at the moment.
>
> Sounds like you are in a similar position as we are... if you like, we
> can share the pain...

We are slightly different because we are in the middle, so we have to 
actually pay in and out.

Edward