What online payment solutions work best for a U.S. startup with low volume and small transactions?

Asked Jun 11, 2013· 1 answer ·Americas, Developed Markets, North America, United States
Faisal KhanAnswered Jun 11, 2013
You can do this with something called the Instant Payment Notification (which is free, you just have to turn it on). See https://www.paypal.com/ipn for more information.

There are several companies that provide scripts to add to database:

  • PayPal IPN Plug-in Script: http://bakery.cakephp.org/articl...
  • Code Examples for IPN as provided by PayPal (you need to understand programming for this): https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bi...
  • Donations Tracker (includes database addition): http://www.stellarwebsolutions.c...
  • WordPress PayPal Donations Plugin with IPN + Database: http://wordpress.org/extend/plug...
  • Same plugin as above - official site: http://www.nonprofitcms.org/2010...
  • PayPal IPN Listener - https://cms.paypal.com/us/cgi-bi...
  • You can try contacting these folks and see if they will allow or code a database option for you - http://www.phpjabbers.com/paypal...
  • Here is another script - it will push the buyer's information into the database - http://www.micahcarrick.com/php-... - you can have a coder write a script so that it can query the DB and export the list out as a CSV file or a text file. Do look at this page for the flow diagram of how the IPN works: http://www.micahcarrick.com/payp...

Essentially any decent coder ought to be able to help you work with your IPN and put the Buyer's information in a database for you to work on.
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