PAYPAL [was] [ANN] The reason why I was so quiet recently.

[Richard Miller]

I had to create a store inside my Rev software which did not use a  
browser. Unlike with others, my software has requirements which made  
use of a browser difficult (for example, the software is driven by a  
touch screen and any given user may need to use the store often). I  
found it to be fairly straightforward to integrate a credit  
processing system directly into Rev, tying it into Authorize.net.  
It's completely secure, but it does require the Rev Enterprise  
version. One advantage of this approach is I can easily generate  
software serial numbers or anything else required by the application  
since everything happens within Rev (and, of course, I have complete  
flexibility with how the store looks and operates).

I also used a Rev cgi to duplicate all of this via my online store...  
mainly to save the expense of using any outside service for card  
processing beyond that used in my Rev application.

My customers do not seem worried about security issues as I simply  
tell them I never maintain their card data. They seem to accept this  
explanation just as readily as believing the card information would  
not be retained through a browser-based store.

Richard Miller


On May 19, 2008, at 11:42 AM, Colin Holgate wrote:

> At 8:33 AM -0700 5/19/08, Richard Gaskin wrote:
>> What is the benefit of replicating the web payment form in the  
>> software?
>
> That side of eSellerate is cute, but it wouldn't matter if you had  
> to go to a web page. It's just the not having to sign up for  
> something part that I like.
>
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