I don't suppose IP Pay is available in Europe?
----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paolo Di Francesco" <paolo.difrance...@level7.it> To: "Chuck Hogg" <ch...@shelbybb.com> Cc: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2012 9:33:24 AM Subject: Re: [WISPA] [off topic] Anything better than Paypal? Hi Chuck first of all thank you for your considerations. Unfortunately having a merchant account here (Europe) is not as easy as I thought. the thing is that all the times I went to a bank asking to start with the process they were telling me "why do you want this? your volumes are so low, stay with paypal..." But if I do not have a decent merchant account, how should I start accepting the money with credit cards? It sounds like a chicken-egg problem... At the same time I feel (not 100%) that something is going lost with paypal and that is stopping the business growing. I had issues with walled gardens and when I do the tests with the sandbox I have the feeling something is not working there. I know it's not the same system as the production one, but right now the sandbox is giving me a lot of issues... Thank you > Paolo: > > In dealing with European payments, it has been my experience that there > are alternatives to Paypal, but they are not much better, if any at all. > Google Checkout might be the best alternative. I used to use AlertPay > as well, but it got bought out by Payza. Then there's moneybookers > that's on it's way to being re-branded as Skrill. > > Here's one thing I came to realize. If you are willing to pay the > $25-50 per month to accept transactions, you are better off getting a > full blown merchant account. They are almost as easy to get accepted as > Paypal without the hassles. > > Regards, > Chuck > > > On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 7:22 AM, Paolo Di Francesco > <paolo.difrance...@level7.it <mailto:paolo.difrance...@level7.it>> wrote: > > Hi All > > I am looking for a new "paypal" like system for European merchants. The > ideal would be somebody who will not ask me a merchant-id (paypal does > not ask for that) and that has a good payment gateway. > > I know there are many around but for low volumes and micropayments I > think it would be nice to not pay a fixed monthly fee > > Lately I feel that paypal is not serving us as expected and therefore I > wanted to see if there could be an alternative > > Thank you > > -- > > > Ing. Paolo Di Francesco > > Level7 s.r.l. unipersonale > > Sede operativa: Largo Montalto, 5 - 90144 Palermo > > C.F. e P.IVA 05940050825 > Fax : +39-091-8772072 <tel:%2B39-091-8772072> > assistenza: (+39) 091-8776432 <tel:%28%2B39%29%20091-8776432> > web: http://www.level7.it > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wireless mailing list > Wireless@wispa.org <mailto:Wireless@wispa.org> > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > -- Ing. Paolo Di Francesco Level7 s.r.l. unipersonale Sede operativa: Largo Montalto, 5 - 90144 Palermo C.F. e P.IVA 05940050825 Fax : +39-091-8772072 assistenza: (+39) 091-8776432 web: http://www.level7.it _______________________________________________ Wireless mailing list Wireless@wispa.org http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless _______________________________________________ Wireless mailing list Wireless@wispa.org http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless