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WP ecomm Payment Gateways

  • 24-03-2016 02:02PM
    #1
    Xenoshane
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19 ✭


    Looking for a bit of advice on this. Im currently setting up a standard shop site. Very familiar with WP but its the first time i've gone about this.

    I know paypal will be handy enough to sort, but Im looking to sort a payment gateway for credit cards too.

    Does anyone have any advice on this? Which one should I go for, as I know some don't work in Ireland? Anyone have any experience of these?

    And the obvious question, what will the associated cost be?

    Cheers!


Comments

  • #2
    Kenny Logins
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,061 ✭✭✭Kenny Logins


    Stripe, very easy to set up and manage. Around the same fees as PayPal.


  • #3
    Sheeps
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,763 ✭✭✭Sheeps


    You want a mix of payment types. Paypal will allow people to use their paypal accounts as well as take cards, but it's expensive. If you go with a payment gateway like realex it has an initial setup cost and is more expensive if you do less than 30 transactions a month or something like that, but anything over that and it becomes dramatically cheaper. All depends on volumes.


  • #4
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 793 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Braintree, from the fine people who brought you PayPal, currently offer 0 fees in first 50k of transactions. Will require paid plugin, ssl cert. Unless you're confident you'll be doing volume, test the waters with paypal


  • #5
    Xenoshane
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19 ✭Xenoshane


    Cheers all! Stripe seems a good option and similar to paypal.. might give it a whirl!


  • #6
    Limerick_dude
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73 ✭✭Limerick_dude


    Stripe is very easy to setup but if there is anything iffy on your account which can be no fault or your own they can close your account - not sure how many days they take these days to transfer over payment it used to be 7 but presume its come down.

    Talk to whoever you bank with as well AIB & BOi have their own and funds are next day into the account, wordpay and Elavon would also be worth checking out.



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