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Written by Matthias Kahlert, mkahlert@kagi.com
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General Information: Payment Services

On this page you'll find some payment services that handle the shareware payments for you. You just have to sign up to their service to get an account. There is no monthly fee or something like that, they just take a few percent of your registrations.

But there are many advantages: Using payment services like Kagi, you can also provide the possibility to register via credit card, cheques or virtual cash, but you don't have to deal with the credit card companies. The service providers do that for you. You get a notice about every registration you received, and at the end of the month you'll get the money from the provider. It's simple and effective.

For more information just read the faqs on the WWW pages.

USA Kagi
Description: Kagi is a payment processing service for people with computers. Kagi makes it easy for people to pay for products obtained through the internet and frees the seller from handling all the payment processing.
Kagi provides software authors with a small registration program that they bundle with their software. When a person wishes to pay for the software they run the registration program and fill in the form that it presents. They enter their name, e-mail, postal address, and select the product(s) they wish to pay for. They either e-mail the data generated by the registration program or they print it and send it via postal mail or fax, or they register online via a web page. Each payer receives an e-mail reply and once a month the authors receive a single payment from Kagi along with a detailed listing of all the transactions.
Payers like this service because it makes it easy to pay their software fees and software authors like the service because more people tend to pay when it is easy to do so. Non-USA authors and payers like the service because it eliminates all the currency conversion issues such as how a payer in Finland would pay an author in Australia. Another benefit of the service is that authors can concentrate on what they do best, writing software, rather than spending time processing payments.
E-Mail: kagi@kagi.com
Internet: http://www.kagi.com
http://www.newts.com/kagi-howto.html
http://order.kagi.com/?HK (My Online Registration Page)
Modified: 28. April 1997 (U)

USA Quicomm
Description: Quicomm offers an instant payment and registration service. Your customers from around the world can simply register your products in real-time using their web browser and a credit card. Quicomm handles all credit card authorizations and charges, and immediately sends e-mail to your customer with his registration code (provided his credit card is approved). You (the developer) are also immediately provided with e-mail that lists complete details of the order (customer name, e-mail address, product, number of copies ordered, registration code, etc.). You are also provided with a login and password to a Web site where you can get up-to-date details on your account by month (listing each registration, transaction and Quicomm fee). Checks are mailed to you once a month or after a preset limit that you specify. There are NO startup fees. The credit card transaction fee is $0.30 per registration plus 2.5% of the registration fee. Quicomm charges a flat fee of 6.5% of each registration. There are no monthly minimums. For a real-time demonstration of this service, see:
https://www.quicomm.com/cgi-local/net_reg.cgi?m=demo
Quicomm can also supply you with C code that lets you easily place a "Register On-Line" button in your software's registration dialog. A simple click on this button takes a user of your software directly to your registration Web page through either Netscape or Internet Explorer.
Address: Quicomm
Florida, USA
Phone: ++1-407-363-9750
E-Mail: info@quicomm.com
Internet: http://www.quicomm.com
https://www.quicomm.com/cgi-local/net_reg.cgi?m=demo
Modified: 3. May 1997 (A)

USA Register Now!
Description: Register Now! is another online registration processing system. It allows user to pay via credit card, etc. If you want to get some more information just go to their homepage and fill in the Vendor Info form.
Internet: http://www.regnow.com
Modified: 15. July 1997 (U)

USA Web 900
Description: Web 900 is a payment service for homepages. Using Web 900 you can charge users for visiting your homepage.
Once a surfer visits you homepage he is prompted to call a 900 number. When he calls this number, he is given a redemption code that he needs to enter into a form in order to visit your homepage.
Setup for Web 900 is absolutely free. You will get about 80% of each call on a monthly basis.
Internet: http://www.web900.com
Modified: 1. June 1997 (U)

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