Adding Credit Card Purchases

[david]

Hal,

The rules I am talking about are the credit card company rules.
http://usa.visa.com/download/merchan..._merchants.pdf

In line with bank card (Visa/MasterCard) association rules, the merchant is not allowed to capture transactions until the ordered goods can be shipped, so there may be a time lag between the authorization and the capture. In the sense of your description of getting paid up front - this is the effect of the Authorization step. This step puts a hold on the customer card for the amount of the transaction insuring that when the vendor later applies for a Capture/Settlement of this transaction that indeed the funds are available.

It should be noted that vendors that charge customer credit cards prior to delivery of goods risk losing their credit card account.

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David Lewis

[Morning Flight]

The rules I am talking about are the credit card company rules.

That puts it in a different light - thanks for the clarification, David.

Hal

[Ultimate]

If you are looking only for an online payment method and not a complete web2print solution, you need to look at solutions like Google Checkout, Paypal, 2Checkout and all similars. Most now offer 0$ setup and minimal fees. See: https://checkout.google.com/sell/?gs...id=StzFexxKqGY

Hope this help,
Ray

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