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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: ts on September 27, 2010, 10:18:49 pm

Title: setting up online payment
Post by: ts on September 27, 2010, 10:18:49 pm
In the process of getting a website and wanting online payment. How do those who do it find it? Does it save collecting? Any tips on setting it up?
Title: Re: setting up online payment
Post by: dazmond on September 27, 2010, 10:27:47 pm
just give the customers who want to pay online your bank details and get them to transfer the money into your account!simple!no need for website!! ;) ;D ;D


dazmond
Title: Re: setting up online payment
Post by: ts on September 27, 2010, 10:35:24 pm
was getting the website anyway. Noticed others had an online payment page where the custy could pay and leave the address. Thought it was pretty nifty!
Title: Re: setting up online payment
Post by: supernova77 on September 27, 2010, 10:59:12 pm
Om my website payments page >> http://www.southerncleaningservices.co.uk/payments I use Nochex (http://www.nochex.co.uk).

It works really well. Although most of my customers pay by online bank transfer.

Andy
Title: Re: setting up online payment
Post by: Nick Wareham on September 28, 2010, 01:20:47 am
If you want to use paypal, let me save you a good few hours.

http://www.cleanitup.co.uk/smf/index.php?topic=102591.0#msg872362

I spent ages trying to perfect the code, this will do it very neatly.  It places text boxes for customer name, customer address and amount to pay on your webpage, and when the customer clicks "pay now" it takes them to the paypal payment page with those details already filled in.

If you just have a paypal link, you'll find custies forget or don't know how to fill in their own name and most importantly, their address, and you end up with random payments from unknown email addresses and no idea who their from.

Nick
Title: Re: setting up online payment
Post by: ts on September 28, 2010, 06:54:22 am
Andy- So the customer can use credit or debit card and nochex is the method of processing it?

Nick- I have no idea how to use that code although I like the idea. Il pass it to the web designer. Thanks guys.
Title: Re: setting up online payment
Post by: LWC on September 28, 2010, 07:49:26 am
I had nochex and paypal, although im a tight wad and used to wait for £50 to get in there so i didnt have to pay 50p to transfer it to my account, i just got rid of my nochex as sometimes id have £40 in on and £40 in other so i just use paypal. Its very easy to setup. Do you have a paypal account?

And of course i use online transfers, this is free and easy.
Title: Re: setting up online payment
Post by: supernova77 on September 28, 2010, 08:16:57 am
ts - Yeah thats right, the customer doesn't need to have a Nochex account themselves they just use there credit or debit card.

I think Nochex looks a bit more professional that PayPal as well.

Andy
Title: Re: setting up online payment
Post by: Blue Frog Systems on September 28, 2010, 08:32:32 am
Bank transfer... Doesn't cost a penny.

Two accounts... One money in, then transfer across. Get the name of the person who pays it (some partners pay bills - different name can be confusing)

My biz account shows the name and first line of the address automatically, where as the personal account I used before didn't.
Title: Re: setting up online payment
Post by: Jack Wallace on September 28, 2010, 08:43:12 am
Bank transfer... Doesn't cost a penny.

Two accounts... One money in, then transfer across. Get the name of the person who pays it (some partners pay bills - different name can be confusing)

My biz account shows the name and first line of the address automatically, where as the personal account I used before didn't.
This is the way I do it and it works well,
I looked at Paypal but they charge far to much, by the time i have taken off VAT and running costs, then to add Paypals cost I may as well not bother.
Title: Re: setting up online payment
Post by: LWC on September 28, 2010, 11:20:34 am
ts - Yeah thats right, the customer doesn't need to have a Nochex account themselves they just use there credit or debit card.

I think Nochex looks a bit more professional that PayPal as well.

Andy

They dont need a paypal account either to pay by card on paypal. Paypal is known worldwide, nochex isnt.
Title: Re: setting up online payment
Post by: supernova77 on September 28, 2010, 11:33:19 am
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They dont need a paypal account either to pay by card on paypal. Paypal is known worldwide, nochex isnt.

I agree... But I just think Nochex looks a bit more professional, its a bit more seamless if you know what I mean - But its only my opinion :)

Andy
Title: Re: setting up online payment
Post by: rg1 on September 28, 2010, 12:22:09 pm
just give the customers who want to pay online your bank details and get them to transfer the money into your account!simple!no need for website!! ;) ;D ;D


dazmond

Agreed.

 Online payments via paypal etc cost you money (small amount, but will add up over time). Giving customers bank details costs you zero!
Title: Re: setting up online payment
Post by: ts on September 28, 2010, 04:49:18 pm
Blue... what do you mean by two accounts? Me having two accounts?
Title: Re: setting up online payment
Post by: ts on September 28, 2010, 04:52:25 pm
Are you meaning have a business account for online payment then transfer the takings to a personal account?
Title: Re: setting up online payment
Post by: LWC on October 01, 2010, 07:47:11 pm
If you want to use paypal, let me save you a good few hours.

http://www.cleanitup.co.uk/smf/index.php?topic=102591.0#msg872362

I spent ages trying to perfect the code, this will do it very neatly.  It places text boxes for customer name, customer address and amount to pay on your webpage, and when the customer clicks "pay now" it takes them to the paypal payment page with those details already filled in.

If you just have a paypal link, you'll find custies forget or don't know how to fill in their own name and most importantly, their address, and you end up with random payments from unknown email addresses and no idea who their from.

Nick

Thank you nick, thats brilliant
Title: Re: setting up online payment
Post by: darren clarke on October 01, 2010, 07:58:41 pm
i have paypal and have a lot of problems of people not being able to pay when they get past my payment page,  pae just says sorry, cant continue  please try again, yet some can pay, spoke to web designer and he cant find a problem,  yet when i try it, it wont let me pay either
Title: Re: setting up online payment
Post by: LWC on October 01, 2010, 08:03:08 pm
I just tried your website, put in name, address, and how much, clicked pay now and tok me straight to paypal pay page mate, no issues there.