How about integrating clickbank as a payment provider into Xenforo instead of just paypal? Anyone does this yet?
Accepting credit card payments?
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anyone using square (http://squareup.com )? They're not the absolute cheapest, but they're pretty good about being straightforward and generally non-evil. (no you don't have to use their card reader, you can do card number transactions & no merchant acct is required)
It is available in United States and DC only so it is not attractive...
I read about Dwolla the other day:
http://www.businessinsider.com/this...ards-wont-exist-in-the-next-few-years-2011-11
Interesting stuff.
http://www.businessinsider.com/this...ards-wont-exist-in-the-next-few-years-2011-11
Interesting stuff.
If Xenforo offered direct integration with Authorize.net or other merchant account providers, then that would become a big differentiator and selling point for Xenforo. So far no other forum software uses anything except for Paypal, and many forum owners are looking for another solution. There have been horror stories of paypal holding accounts hostage and cutting off streams of revenue.
Also, many people are already using the forum more like a full CMS with the portal add-on, etc., and want to set-up a paid membership site and control access to their content and handle their own payments. Thinking of Xenforo as simply a forum software is very limited and short-sighted. There is no reason why it can't be much more, as all of the basic components are the same (text, video, community interaction, content, threads, profiles, etc.)
Look at Membergate at http://www.membergate.com (a membership site platform, which costs hundreds a month). With a few tweaks Xenforo could easily replicate their full functionality at a fraction of the cost and capture the paid-content market and people looking to start their own membership site.
Simply adding Authorize.net integration would be a good start, other things could come later (CMS, etc.).
Also, many people are already using the forum more like a full CMS with the portal add-on, etc., and want to set-up a paid membership site and control access to their content and handle their own payments. Thinking of Xenforo as simply a forum software is very limited and short-sighted. There is no reason why it can't be much more, as all of the basic components are the same (text, video, community interaction, content, threads, profiles, etc.)
Look at Membergate at http://www.membergate.com (a membership site platform, which costs hundreds a month). With a few tweaks Xenforo could easily replicate their full functionality at a fraction of the cost and capture the paid-content market and people looking to start their own membership site.
Simply adding Authorize.net integration would be a good start, other things could come later (CMS, etc.).
Also, I'm an experienced Membergate http://www.membergate.com and Wishlist Member http://member.wishlistproducts.com/ user, so if the Development Team needs any advice or feedback from end-users of membership software systems and what we are looking for, I can help.
phpfox.com supports both PayPal and 2checkout.
What about moneybookers? I remember them having stringent security things in place for fraud prevention
http://www.moneybookers.com/ads/merchant-account/
http://www.moneybookers.com/ads/merchant-account/
The payment provider options should include: paypal, authorize.net, 2checkout, clickbank, moneybookers, chargify, and recurly. That should cover about 99 percent of people's needs and give us a choice.
