Looking for online payment options other than e-bay & ..

External Since: Feb 15, 2005 Posts: 1

Hello readers

I want to sell products like T-shirts & allied accesories through
internet. I come across e-bay's site but later learned that I cannot
receive payment via paypal as this service is not being offered in
Pakistan.After searching the alternatives I come across about
2checkout.com. On the face of it the site seems reasonable but after
reading stories on ecommerce group about the difficulties people are
facing I have no option but to look for another reliable alternative.

Can anyone tell me the procedure of receiving payment in Pakistan
through other reliable service?

Omais

External Since: Jul 05, 2003 Posts: 275

On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 10:30:42 -0600, smscreation DeleteThis @yahoo.com (Omais) wrote:

>I want to sell products like T-shirts & allied accesories through
>internet. I come across e-bay's site but later learned that I cannot
>receive payment via paypal as this service is not being offered in
>Pakistan.After searching the alternatives I come across about
>2checkout.com. On the face of it the site seems reasonable but after
>reading stories on ecommerce group about the difficulties people are
>facing I have no option but to look for another reliable alternative.
>
>Can anyone tell me the procedure of receiving payment in Pakistan
>through other reliable service?

Howdy Omais,

The first step (before anything will work) you must have a business checking
or savings account at a bank that can accept electronic deposits. In the
United States, that means you must have some kind of business license.

Many card service providers do not have their own on-line gateway which
means you must pay a separate fee for that. Usually about $20.00 a month.

I cannot recommend <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://2checkout.com" target="_blank">http://2checkout.com</a> since they are doing what is called
factoring. You will not have your own Merchant Card Account and you must
send your customers to them like PayPal or Yahoo. It's like telling your
customers they must go down the street and use another company's cash
register to pay for your products. Would you buy things from a store like
that?

I'd suggest contacting <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.authorize.net" target="_blank">www.authorize.net</a> or <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.merchantwarehouse.com" target="_blank">www.merchantwarehouse.com</a> and
ask them for a recomendation that would work well for you. They both have a
wide variety of options.

You'll also need a good shopping cart that has been certified to work
properly with a gateway. Try <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.authorizenet.com/alliances/carts_cert.php" target="_blank">www.authorizenet.com/alliances/carts_cert.php</a>
for a list to select from. Many designers like osCommerce becuase it is
open source and it was certified recently.

Setting up an on-line store is not a do-it-yourself type project unless you
have experience or are willing to spend a lot of time experimenting. A few
mistakes can result in compromising credit card numbers resulting in
thousands of dollars in fines.

Thanks, Chris <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.bizynet.com" target="_blank">www.bizynet.com</a> and <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.bizycart.com" target="_blank">www.bizycart.com</a>
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