lol. As chance would have it, I've just received a fraudulent email telling me that my PayPal account is going to be suspended unless I re-enter my credit card details. It's scary to think how many people must fall for it.
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lol. As chance would have it, I've just received a fraudulent email telling me that my PayPal account is going to be suspended unless I re-enter my credit card details. It's scary to think how many people must fall for it.
Yes, but I don't think it is a Paypal problem, more of a computer/internet literacy problem.
I, personally, trust and use Paypal often.
You people all speak so highly of Worldpay but for now I can't afford it. I can't even afford the signup fee. Maybe once I manage to get of the ground I'll give it some further consideration, but as of now my only choices are services such as paypal - ikobo to be specific since I can't use paypal.
And to my mind it’s a personal decision what company to choose. As if you're doing a lot of business then it would work out cheaper to have the lower transaction charge and pay monthly fees. But if you just start your business, I guess it’s worth thinking about the company that doesn’t charge monthly fees (2checkout, ikobo, moneybookers, paypal can be the alternative).
It's true, although I don't debate the reliability and service worldpay probably provides. Anyway, will, which of the services you mentioned are you using now? Or you haven't decided yet? I'm interested in the choices someone whose also starting up in this business; I hope I don't have the wrong person. :rolleyes:
I haven’t decided yet. I guess all the companies have their cons and pros so you have to decide which one of them suits your needs the best. You can check the companies I listed above, e-gold is also rather popular (but as for me it’s too complicated).
But whatever you choose I suggest you to find out everything about the company before signing up. And don’t forget to read the fine print ;)
Out of that list 2checkout seems quite good, but ikobo seems to provide similar services, maybe better since I find the visa card thing quite useful, at almost half of 2checkout's fees. Am I missing something here? I mean, this would seem like a good choice, right?
step carefully with Ikoboo, I've heard some bad reports. They may even be further back in this thread actually.
Personally out of the two, I would go with 2checkout.
how much does it cost to handle it all by yourself? Credit Card processing and such? There is probably some heavy liability.
In addition to my actual merchant account/gateway (authorize.net) I do some small transactions through 2CO and have had no problems.
See the quote from Barclays I gave above to get an idea.Quote:
Originally Posted by thepoorman
Thanks for the heads-up regarding ikobo, I'll give this some thought. I think I'll try it first with personal transactions, i.e. sending/receiving money then I'll see what I do next. Perhaps using both ikobo and 2co would be good move, but not so easily achievable.
I read bad reviews about all companies. You can easily find a long list of horror stories about all of them.Quote:
Originally Posted by chromate
And as to 2checkout – I also think it’s worth checking.
Warning. I've just been told (as a worldpay partner) that they've massively ramped up their pricing. Before, their pricing was £100+vat setup and £160+vat per annum (before transaction charges).
Now, their charges are : £200+vat setup and £360+vat per annum, WITH THE SAME TRANSACTION CHARGES.
We paid a lot of money to become a Worldpay Accredited Partner and I've just sent an absolutely steaming email to their partner team asking them why they are stabbing us in the back like this.
FYI I thought their charges before were reasonable for what they provided, whereas I no longer do.
ALso; don't worry if you're an existing customer of WP, it seems (as far as I can make out) this only applies to new signups.
Very silly management decision indeed IMO.
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AWCH! Thanks for letting us know. That really is a massive hike in charges. I'm not surprised you're p*ssed off with them. I would be too! That would also go some way to explain why they removed their pricing structure from their site. It'd scare too many people off.
Hmm it's a shame. If I were to start an ecommerce store, I'm not sure who I would use now. :(