<p>Aww, you should have waited until tomorrow as it would have been the threads first birthday. Never mind though, early presents are always nice ;)</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Sep 1, 2011 5:59 PM, "Tim Harding" <<a href="mailto:tim.harding@gmail.com">tim.harding@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution">> Opening up this old beauty again: <br>> <br>
> Has anyone had specific experience with Recurly + Sage Pay + Sage Pay's bundled merchant account provider Elavon?<br>> <br>> It appears that Recurly's hosted payment pages don't meet some of the requirements that Sage Pay mandates around black-listed countries and badging. Elavon, the merchant account provider require VbV or 3D Secure, at which point Recurly can't support them.<br>
> <br>> Recurly is an "Approved Partner" for Sage Pay…<br>> <br>> Assembling a string of three providers that work together well seems to be a real pain in the arse.<br>> <br>> Apparently Barclays and HSBC are both pretty relaxed about 3D Secure/VbV so there's some hope in that direction.<br>
> <br>> <br>> <br>> On Monday, 31 January 2011 at 15:02, Paul Campbell wrote:<br>> <br>>> Paypal Payments Standard is really a fantastic, fantastic solution,<br>>> for what it is.<br>>> <br>
>> With some coaxing, you can also get Paypal Payments Express up and<br>>> running, which is slightly less obtrusive, and lets you use their API<br>>> rather than IPN to be sure a payment goes through:<br>
>> <br>>> <a href="http://www.codyfauser.com/2008/1/17/paypal-express-payments-with-activemerchant">http://www.codyfauser.com/2008/1/17/paypal-express-payments-with-activemerchant</a><br>>> <br>>> +1 for RealEx with a merchant account, but getting a merchant account,<br>
>> for me, isn't really worth the hassle when it's an MVP. I have one,<br>>> but I'm paying monthly for the privilege and not making enough back to<br>>> cover it!<br>>> <br>>> —P<br>
>> <br>>> On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 2:59 PM, Chris Parsons<br>>> <<a href="mailto:chris@edendevelopment.co.uk">chris@edendevelopment.co.uk</a> (mailto:<a href="mailto:chris@edendevelopment.co.uk">chris@edendevelopment.co.uk</a>)> wrote:<br>
>> > On 31 January 2011 13:54, Tim Harding <<a href="mailto:tim.harding@gmail.com">tim.harding@gmail.com</a> (mailto:<a href="mailto:tim.harding@gmail.com">tim.harding@gmail.com</a>)> wrote:<br>>> > > It's a shame you've had a different experience, it was a very easy way to<br>
>> > > get up and going on day one for us.<br>>> > <br>>> > Same here: I got Paypal up and running a few years back very easily<br>>> > using recurring payments. We did go through the same process that Tim<br>
>> > did, verifying our bank accounts etc, but it wasn't much hassle. Our<br>>> > implementation is a very simple subscribe button which redirects to<br>>> > Paypal's payment pages, so that might explain the difference.<br>
>> > <br>>> > Thanks<br>>> > Chris<br>>> > <br>>> > > On 30 January 2011 16:40, George Palmer <<a href="mailto:george.palmer@gmail.com">george.palmer@gmail.com</a> (mailto:<a href="mailto:george.palmer@gmail.com">george.palmer@gmail.com</a>)> wrote:<br>
>> > > > <br>>> > > > > I've had numerous problems in the past getting PayPal to turn recurring<br>>> > > > > billing on. You need to pay for their Website Payments Pro account,<br>
>> > > > > which is<br>>> > > > > not a simple transaction: it's pretty much a full merchant account<br>>> > > > > application, and the bar they ask you to jump over is relatively high.<br>
>> > > > > You<br>>> > > > > need to have been trading for 3+ years with them, and have a reasonable<br>>> > > > > trading history with them on their standard package before they'll<br>
>> > > > > really<br>>> > > > > consider you, in my experience.<br>>> > > > <br>>> > > > I'm not sure if that's still the case, or if it is, we seemed to have<br>
>> > > > slipped through the net. We setup on a new business account and at<br>>> > > > the time of applying for recurring payments, had been a company for<br>>> > > > less than 2 years.<br>
>> > > > <br>>> > > > --<br>>> > > > George Palmer<br>>> > > > Founder<br>>> > > > <a href="http://www.digitaldeliveryapp.com">http://www.digitaldeliveryapp.com</a><br>
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