Best donation service for integration into txp site?

squaredeye · 2006-01-12 01:04:03

I have a client who is interested in a donation integration into the site I will be building, and thought it might be helpful to get some insight from others about the best (cleanest, most easily integrated) donation system/service out there.

Of course there is Paypal.
How have people liked them?
How do their services compare?

How easy is it to customize their services into your site? (I’ve read some of their documentation, but prefer to hear it first hand)

Are their others?

Thanks,

Matthew

wilshire · 2006-01-12 01:44:15

Paypal is mucho easy. They generate the HTML code for you. You just drop it on a page.

squaredeye · 2006-01-12 01:49:07

Rob,
Have you found your clients happy with the interaction?
Have you ever heard of (first hand) any of these nightmarish “frozen accounts” that are rumored? Seems a little overblown to me.

?

hcgtv · 2006-01-12 02:21:53

I second PayPal, been using it for a while now, no problems to report. Most sites have a PayPal button nowadays and many people have their own accounts. Makes it very easy to donate or pay for something.

The only thing I encountered was trying to make the generated html from PayPal validate to XHTML 1.0 strict.

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squaredeye · 2006-01-12 02:24:55

Did anybody get the paypal service to work (with the “standard” account”) without having folks have to get a paypal account? I can’t seem to find the documentation on that, although it suggests its available?

thebombsite · 2006-01-12 04:59:50

Mine will accept credit cards as well as donations via a PayPal account.

alexandra · 2006-01-12 09:56:17

I had to upgrade to ‘business account’ to get donations via credit card. Standard account did not work for that.

squaredeye · 2006-01-12 12:36:37

Anybody have it working where the “customer/donator” does not have to have a paypal account?

wilshire · 2006-01-12 16:43:23

As far as I know in order to make a payment via paypal you must open an account. But I’ve never heard any complaints about having to do that.

squaredeye · 2006-01-12 17:21:05

I guess I just feel its one step that someone might not want to take, and wondered if there were alternative routes? But, good to know, you’ve been around a bit, and so I’ll heed that advice.

NyteOwl · 2006-01-13 21:13:57

For lots of Paypal stories try searching Google or sites such as webhostingtalk.com. It seems most casual users have little or no problems, but when they do they are horrific. May just be the nature of the beast.

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