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Hi Mark,

OIC. I understand now. We are not using a CMS right now but actually have
been asked to move our library website into Terminal 4 CMS selected by the
university media office by the end of this October. (Yup, another
proprietary CMS one hears about first time.) So that may be a concern in
this case. I see that Stripe has a plugin for WP and we have several WP
sites so that may be a fast option for us as well. Thanks for mentioning
Square. I think the circ desk folks at mpow does not want to handle
payment at all and move all payment to online. But I will let them know
about Square as an option. OK if I email you with questions if I run into
any issue while investigating Stripe?

If you have the library payment page using Stripe accessible without
authentication by any chance, I would love to see it as well.

Thanks!
Bohyun





On 7/11/14, 12:04 PM, "Mark Pernotto" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>Bohyun,
>
>Apologies for the ambiguity.  I didn't know if you were restricted to a
>specific CMS or platform already, or if you'd have the ability/freedom to
>extend development of a payment gateway yourself.  For example, if you
>were
>using WordPress, and were already locked in to Mijireh, or needed a
>solution to fit some existing proprietary need.  It doesn't sound like
>that's the case.
>
>You will still need an SSL certificate on the domain you plan to run
>charges through - but you can use non-SSL for testing purposes.  I've
>found
>the documentation fairly easy to navigate, but I've been implementing
>their
>solutions for a couple of years now, and perhaps familiar with how they've
>set things up.
>
>Just a thought - if you're replacing a cash register at the front desk,
>you
>could also look into Square (https://square.com).  I think they're giving
>that little square credit card swipey-thingy away now for free after
>successful registration/activation.  You could just pickup an inexpensive
>Android Tablet or find a used iPod Touch to handle transactions.  They
>don't offer an embedded API for use in websites - yet.
>
>I hope that helps!
>
>.m
>
>
>
>
>
>On Fri, Jul 11, 2014 at 8:26 AM, Kim, Bohyun <[log in to unmask]>
>wrote:
>
>> Thanks everyone for more online payment system/service options!
>>
>> Mark, thanks for mentioning about the PCI/DSS compliance in relation to
>> this. This is really good to know. Stripe looks promising to me. Our
>> library is looking into removing the cash register at the circ desk and
>> collect all library fines in addition to services charges (such as ILL
>> fees for corporate members or Conference room charges for non-campus
>> users). So we need a solution that will let us customize the fee
>> categories, amounts, etc. with the least effort on us to set it up.
>>
>> What did you mean by a pre-packaged solution??
>>
>> Thanks!
>> Bohyun
>>
>>
>>
>> On 7/10/14, 11:20 AM, "Mark Pernotto" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>> >From a development standpoint, I have really enjoyed using Stripe (
>> >https://stripe.com/).  They offer some great hooks to get done anything
>> >I've ever wanted to do, and the payment processing is all done on
>>Stripe's
>> >servers - no PCI/DSS compliance issues to worry about!  I've
>>implemented
>> >instances in PHP, C# and Python, and a very basic implementation in
>> >Node.JS
>> >-  I know they have examples in lots of other languages as well.
>> >
>> >I couldn't tell from your question if you were looking for a
>>pre-packaged
>> >solution, or something you could develop/work with in-house.
>> >
>> >.m
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 7/10/14, 12:53 PM, "Elizabeth Leonard" <[log in to unmask]>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >Our campus is looking at Touchnet for all online payments (Bursar,
>> >library, etc.)
>> >
>> >I haven't fully implemented yet, but it looks like it will be adequate.
>> >
>> >Elizabeth
>> >
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
>> >Ryan Engel
>> >Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2014 12:21 PM
>> >To: [log in to unmask]
>> >Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] online payment system for libraries?
>> >
>> >Does your campus have a recommended/approved payment processing vendor?
>> >I have a campus site that uses CASHNet and Drupal; Drupal because
>>that's
>> >what we do, and CASHNet because that's the preferred vendor on my
>> >campus.  We also are not allowed to use more well-known processors like
>> >PayPal or Square.
>> >
>> >> Erik Sandall <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
>> >> July 10, 2014 at 11:13 AM
>> >> We're in the process of implementing membership renewals (we're a
>> >> membership library) using Drupal Commerce and First Data Global
>> >> Gateway. The plan is to eventually expand this to handle new
>> >> memberships, donations, and some retail sales.
>> >>
>> >> Donations and fines payments currently go through Innovative
>> >> Interfaces's Ecommerce product paired with PayPal (I think it works
>> >> with other payment vendors, too).
>> >>
>> >> Regards,
>> >>
>> >> Erik.
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Erik Sandall, MLIS
>> >> Electronic Services Librarian & Webmaster
>> >> Mechanics' Institute
>> >> 57 Post Street
>> >> San Francisco, CA 94104
>> >> 415-393-0111
>> >> [log in to unmask]
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Cary Gordon <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
>> >> July 10, 2014 at 10:52 AM
>> >> We tend to use Authorize.net (and PayPal) for solutions we build with
>> >> Drupal Commerce.
>> >>
>> >> Cary
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Kim, Bohyun <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
>> >> July 10, 2014 at 9:59 AM
>> >> Anyone implemented online payment system for libraries? If so, could
>> >> you share the system you ended up selecting and experience of
>> >> implementing it? I am currently looking at Cybersource and
>> >> Authorize.net but it would be nice to have some others to consider as
>> >> well.
>> >>
>> >> (FYI, our library fines are processed by the library staff, not by
>>the
>> >> university bursar. And the university does not allow the use of
>>PayPal.)
>> >>
>> >> Thanks,
>> >> Bohyun
>> >
>> >--
>> >
>> >Ryan Engel
>> >University of Wisconsin - Madison
>>