[HCoop-Discuss] Alternatives to Google Checkout

[Dave Cottlehuber]

Thanks Clinton!

Is stripe an option? They play nice over here in the EU too.

A+
Dave

On 29 January 2014 09:54, Clinton Ebadi <clinton at unknownlamer.org> wrote:
>
> Greetings,
>
> Everyone may have noticed that Google Checkout really did disappear at
> the end of November. I've been asleep at the wheel a bit there, and have
> yet to implement an alternative.
>
> So! Here's the part where I actually start working on that. The first
> step is to see what everyone thinks we should use. A few ideas:
>
>  - Braintree, because Google recommended them as a Checkout
>    replacement. I'd never heard of them before. Supposedly we get locked
>    in forever to the old Google Checkout rate (same as Paypal's rate
>    that hasn't changed in a decade -- 2.9% + 30 cents) which might be
>    nice.
>
>  - Dwolla, because I hear they're cool. I tried signing up for a
>    personal account with them, but their verification process got really
>    creepy, really fast. It felt almost like I was being socially
>    engineered as part of an identity theft scam. Perhaps not a huge
>    deal; I think organizations accepting money can do so without
>    requiring the payee to sign up for an account.
>
>  - Square. My band uses their phone attachment to take credit card
>    payments on merch. Their website implies HCoop could use them to
>    accept digital payments as well. Their fees look pretty competetive
>    (2.75% with no static base fee, better than Paypal).
>
>  - Coinbase? My only knowledge of them is that Overstock.com partnered
>    with them and they give merchants local currency. Their fees seem
>    especially reasonable: 1% + 15 cents. But they're also new, and
>    Bitcoin may just be a fad.
>
> From what I can tell I just need a suggestion or three, a quick board
> vote, and I should be able to minimally integrate a new payment provider
> into the portal. So! Fellow members! Tell me how you want to be able to
> pay your dues and I'll make it so.
>
> Regarding the general state of the coop's finances... our bank account
> balance is sufficient for the time being. The treasurer is basically
> awol, but since I know Steve in the Real World (tm) I am harassing him
> into telling me how much money we have regularly. I've been processing
> Paypal payments every week or two (since all things not done otherwise
> fall to the President I suppose) and will continue to do so until we
> figure out a longer term solution (new treasurer, basically).
>
> --
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