Ask HN: Best payment processor for marketplace webapp
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An old acquaintance of mine runs a startup called BancBox (http://www.bancbox.com/), which I believe can do this.
I haven't used it personally so I can't vouch for its quality.
I haven't used it personally so I can't vouch for its quality.
Whoa pretty cool. They're designed exactly for this.
Balanced Payments (https://balancedpayments.com/) is pretty awesome! They saved us when PayPal shut us down! They do everything you need.
The drop-off rate is going to be much higher for Amazon than Paypal. Amazon payments requires you to have an Amazon account and signin to it to make a payment, with Paypal you can just pay by credit card.
If you're VC funded I'd go direct to a friendly merchant account provider (you'll need to put down a substantial deposit as you're in a high-risk business which is why this is only really an option if you're funded), otherwise I'd just go with Paypal (which is what most smaller marketplaces use).
If you're VC funded I'd go direct to a friendly merchant account provider (you'll need to put down a substantial deposit as you're in a high-risk business which is why this is only really an option if you're funded), otherwise I'd just go with Paypal (which is what most smaller marketplaces use).
Have you tried using Stripe? (http://www.stripe.com)
I use 2checkout.com shoping cart, but didn't try the API, you can give it a try
You can also check this blog post
http://karim-ouda.blogspot.com/2012/06/how-to-accept-payment...
You can also check this blog post
http://karim-ouda.blogspot.com/2012/06/how-to-accept-payment...
Paypal's Adaptive Payments API will work, but many people hate Paypal so this may discourage some transactions. Kickstarter uses Amazon, which actually looks promising, but I have no experience with it.