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Karmens
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Friends, what is the best or recommended payment alternative to Paypal that can be used with Phoenix?
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Any of the ones that come with Phoenix
I personally use Sage Pay Form or Opayo as it is now called
I also use it for PayPal payments as I found it better that using PayPal direct
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Xpajun wrote: Mon Oct 18, 2021 5:53 pm Any of the ones that come with Phoenix
I personally use Sage Pay Form or Opayo as it is now called
I also use it for PayPal payments as I found it better that using PayPal direct
PayPayl is a pain and they can be outlaws sometime. So looking for something reputable and reliable, no bad players like PayPal who can put a gun to your head whenever they like. So many complaints. @riawa has helped me get Stripe going and it's looking good. Better still, it's a U.K company and I can sue them if anything fishy goes on. PayPal is almost lawless.
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bigbrandoh wrote: Mon Oct 18, 2021 8:08 pm Stripe going and it's looking good. Better still, it's a U.K company and I can sue them if anything fishy goes on.
No, Stripe is an American company with an office in Republic of Ireland.
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heatherbell wrote: Tue Oct 19, 2021 6:18 am
bigbrandoh wrote: Mon Oct 18, 2021 8:08 pm Stripe going and it's looking good. Better still, it's a U.K company and I can sue them if anything fishy goes on.
No, Stripe is an American company with an office in Republic of Ireland.
I didn't know that Stripe is an American firm, thanks for pointing that out. They seem to be a better lot than PayPal. I've removed PayPal from my shop. By the way, can I ask you a question? Is there a way to configure my order numbers in phoenix instead of just the 2 digit incremental numbers?
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Karmens wrote: Tue Oct 19, 2021 10:33 am I didn't know that, thanks for correction. They seem to be a better lot than PayPal.
We have tried Stripe and SagePay but we now use SagePay form without issues.
You have to open a payment provider account with them and also open a merchant account but fees are lower than PayPal.
Karmens wrote: Tue Oct 19, 2021 10:33 am Is there a way to configure my order numbers in phoenix instead of just the 2 digit incremental numbers?
Not sure what you want to do but see https://phoenixcart.org/phoenixcartwiki ... r_New_Shop
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[/quote]Not sure what you want to do but see https://phoenixcart.org/phoenixcartwiki ... r_New_Shop
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Just what I wanted. Thanks @heatherbell
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Talking about payments, I'm loving the Stripe platform. Customers can complete payment on my website instead of travelling all the way to PayPal and waiting for a flight back to my website without any covid quarantine requirements. Brilliant!!!
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I wonder if others here use Wise.com?

https://wise.com/

They offer online personal and business accounts with debit cards, multi currency accounts, direct debits and a lot more. I was just looking through my business account settings and see the accounts can receive payments using public/secret keys and webhooks just like Stripe.

Perhaps an addon for this provider is desirable.
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