What is the simplest way to charge money over the Internet? [closed]

Question

I have a .Net 2.0/3.5 WebApplication.

I want to be able to take money over the internet for my service.

Each of my customers will have an AccountNo.

I wish to offer several products each of which will have fixed price.

I need for my customer to login to my system and elect to pay me money for a product of their choice and for my app to become aware when this is complete so that I may adjust their account to reflect this.

What is the simplest (least complicated coding) way to take their money?

Paypal, NoChex, Google checkout, Something else ?

Thistledown

Answer 1

I've used 2checkout.com for years and found it to be a good solution. I eventually switched to regnow but only because I wanted to take advantage of their affiliate network.

Here are some options:

• 2checkout.com
• regnow (also has affiliate network)
• paypal - In contrast to what most people think, you don't need a paypal account to buy from you.
• Google Checkout

Intumesce

Answer 2

Paypal is fairly straight forward and secure.

Negligence

Given how many transactions and users they have, it is not surprising there there are complaints. If you protect yourself and be careful I see no reason to shun paypal. Their IPN/payment notification is much simpler than google or amazon... – Tansy

Answer 3

Amazon Flexible Payment Service

Enarthrosis

Answer 4

google and yahoo both offer decent service, and they don't require your customers to create an account.

Giguere

Answer 5

One thing to bear in mind when choosing a provider is whether you need to have a recurring payment model. Are your products charged as a one-off fee, or more along a subscription model? Things like Paypal have limited support for recurring payments.[1]

[1] At least, they did when I investigated it a while ago. May have changed now.

Cryosurgery

Answer 6

I've had good experiences with PlugNPay. Their support staff is responsive and API is easy to use.

http://www.plugnpay.com/

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