Shareit , BMT Micro or ... ?
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What are you recommendations for a good payment gateway /distributor? It's for a small Utility /Fun application that will have a downloadable demo, and a link to it's main site where you can buy the full version. It's for both Mac and PC. Customers should get a link to a non crippled full version, after they pay. |
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FastSpring, but mainly because they can pay you using PayPal with no charge, and thus avoiding international bank transfer/check costs. Also, I hate Share*It's control panel. |
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I use PayPal, but a lot of people here recommend Plimus. |
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avangate is the best, in my experience. |
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The only one I've used is Plimus, and it seems to do the job. |
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Thanks guys, your suggestions are mush appreciated. Any more? |
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I prefer Paypal. ShareIt fleece you for VAT. |
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What about Google Checkout? I use it to sell stuff, and I always choose it when it is an option for purchasing. |
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ShareIt fleece you for VAT. Can you rephrase that, because I'm not sure what it means? What about Google Checkout? I don't think it's available for me as a reseller from Denmark, but I'll check up on it. It does however look like you have to make an account first. [EDIT] http://checkout.google.com/support/sell/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=134420 Google Checkout is available to U.S. and U.K. merchants. U.S. Google Checkout merchants must have a U.S. bank account and U.S. address, plus either of the following: * A Social Security number (optional) and a valid credit card * A Federal Tax ID/Employer Identification Number (EIN) In this case I don't want customers to have to sign up first. I'd like purchase to be: Click "Buy now " -> Credit card info - > [Ok] - > download link. I'm leaning towards a service that will host the full version password protected. Like what you can get with BMT Micro. |
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It might also be worth checking out http://www.e-junkie.com/ . For $5 a month they'll handle payment processing (via Paypal) and download provisioning. Payment is immediate. |
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Yes, buyers do have to make an account to purchase using google checkout. Unless they already have a gmail account. But, the registration form is just a simple single form, which asks for all of the same info you would need to enter, just to use your credit card. So, it isn't that big of a hassle. The whole, you have to be from the US or UK thing does make a difference though. |
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Can you rephrase that, because I'm not sure what it means? Well, anything I've ever bought from ShareIt, I've always had to pay 19% VAT on; even when the UK rate was 15%. Perils of buying stuff online, I guess.Another thing that annoys me is that ShareIt seem to have their own exchange rate which is always more favourable to them than what the currencies market says the rate actually is. Its a rip off all round, really. |
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Just a small correction, but VAT is now 17.5% in the UK and is set to rise to 20% in January. |
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@Gfk : thank for the clarifivation. That's something to consider. Looking into the others... |
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According to this article: http://foliovision.com/2010/01/21/paypal-google-checkout-digital-river , I think I would use PayPal, although Avangate looks quite promising too. Last edited 2010 |
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I think the info they have there about Google Checkout is incorrect. Google Checkout does not maintain money in an account for you. It is immediately deposited into your bank account. When someone purchases something from me, it is in my bank account within a day or two. I do not build up a balance in some "Google" bank account and manually withdraw it. |
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However, Google Checkout still only works in US and UK, that's only 2 small countries out of the 350 countries in the world. I don't even get why US and UK are always in the headlines, I think Finland, Italy, Turkey, China and Japan are much better countries :) Last edited 2010 |
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The person selling has to be in the US or UK. But buyers can be anywhere. I have had people buy from Germany and other countries. |