Is Coinbase really a replacement for Google Checkout? Can I just pay the member fees in dollars without all the Bitcoin stuff?
On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 10:43 AM, Clinton Ebadi <[email protected]> wrote: > Dave Cottlehuber <[email protected]> writes: > >> Thanks Clinton! >> >> Is stripe an option? They play nice over here in the EU too. > > Ahoy! > > I've been digging into this more, and ... Stripe is indeed an > option. Square, on the other hand, is actually not applicable: I misread > their terms of service and I guess their non-physical payment stuff is > for their marketplace only. > > I see that reddit uses Stripe and it looks pretty easy to integrate in > the short term (and provides things like subscriptions once there is > time to upgrade the portal). So, I'm thinking: Coinbase and Stripe? > > I am going to make a post to hcoop-announce to try and net any final > thoughts from the folks not reading -discuss. > >> A+ >> Dave >> >> On 29 January 2014 09:54, Clinton Ebadi <[email protected]> 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). >>> >>> -- >>> Ruled by the ebb of my oceans >>> Slaves to the dusk and the dawn >>> Your petri dish civilisations >>> Are buried and born >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> HCoop-Discuss mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.hcoop.net/listinfo/hcoop-discuss >> >> _______________________________________________ >> HCoop-Discuss mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.hcoop.net/listinfo/hcoop-discuss >> > > -- > <Sonarman> WHAT??!??! you don't want to attend my roundtable on > neomarxist deconstruction schemes for modern > capitalism? YOU'RE PROPPING UP THE SYSTEM, PIG. > <Sonarman> brb latte > > _______________________________________________ > HCoop-Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.hcoop.net/listinfo/hcoop-discuss -- Sincerely yours, -- Daniil _______________________________________________ HCoop-Discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.hcoop.net/listinfo/hcoop-discuss
