Bruce, Thanks for your reply, and I would also advise against manually entering cc's in transaction terminals taken on the internet. Thanks for the admonishment against it.
On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 4:53 PM, Bruce Kroeze <[email protected]> wrote: > Another thing you've missed in your conclusions is that in every case that > I know of, you *may not* use a "swipe terminal" such as you are describing > to manually input credit card numbers taken on the internet. > > That's because the companies charge different rates for "card present" and > "card not present" transactions. It is a different risk for them, so I > actually (for once) am on their side on this question. > > Check your contract and tell me if I'm wrong. I'd love to find an example > where it is permitted, but ... very unlikely. > > Don't do it, you risk civil penalties and at the least losing your merchant > account. That's a pretty bad penalty! > > On Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 7:51 PM, Malcolm MacKinnon <[email protected]>wrote: > >> After hours of further review and testing, I think I answered my own >> questions: >> >> 1) Yes, you can store, encrypt, & decrypt credit card numbers, as long as >> you're PCI compliant. You can't store certain credit card security codes, >> etc, under any circumstances, however, because the PCI rules prohibit you >> from doing it. Storing permitted card information is probably not a good >> idea for most small businesses due to compliance costs, etc. >> >> 2) In the admin, when you change the Order Status for a particular order >> to shipped, an email notification to the purchaser will be sent as long as >> you've authorized sending them in your site settings. >> >> >> On Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 12:12 PM, Mac <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi Everyone, >>> >>> I have a couple of general questions about Satchmo's payment modules, >>> and shipiing and tracking capabilities. >>> >>> 1) Most modules, such as paypal, capture and store credit card into >>> off site, so there are no compliance issues. But say, for example, you >>> have a company that has their own backend accounting system, and >>> accepts credit cards and runs them through their own merchant >>> transaction terminals. Assuming all compliance standards are met, one >>> could use the dummy payment module to capture and encrypt the credit >>> card data, correct? If correct, how would you decrypt this data to >>> process it? If not correct, has anyone implemented a custom payment >>> model solution they might be willing to share (or sell)? >>> >>> 2) I see there is a url tracking/(?P<order_id>\d+)/$. I assume you can >>> use the admin to update the status of an order to shipped first, but >>> after that is there some kind of built in tracking capability >>> available? Whenever I test this url, I get a error message: The order >>> you have requested doesn't exist, or you don't have access to it. >>> >>> Any help would be very much appreciated. This is a great project! >>> >>> Thanks! >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Satchmo users" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]<satchmo-users%[email protected]> >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/satchmo-users?hl=en. >> > > > > -- > Bruce Kroeze > http://www.ecomsmith.com > It's time to hammer your site into shape. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Satchmo users" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<satchmo-users%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/satchmo-users?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Satchmo users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/satchmo-users?hl=en.
