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mrjuke
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« on: January 04, 2007, 11:51:28 AM »
My Church wants to except credit cards on line for donations, membership, etc.  Do I need to have an SSL account  for this to work?  What we are doing is getting a company to except the credit cards.  The parishoner would log onto our web site, put all their info on line, then we would do a print out and call the Company give them the information and they would do the rest.  I am new to this.  It isn't a shopping cart.

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« Reply #1 on: January 04, 2007, 12:11:09 PM »
If you allow people to enter cc information on your web pages directly, then you probably should have SSL to keep things secure.   

However, you can use paypal or other credit card processors (some of which are specifically setup for donations) that don't require the information to be entered on your website, but rather on the processors site.  This elimates the need and expense of a the SSL certificate.

See http://www.clickandpledge.com/ and others.   Paypal is nice since it doesn't have signup or monthly fees, and you can setup 'buy now' buttons to purchase memberships, or donate, etc.  (Though I have found some that shy away from paypal)

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« Reply #2 on: January 04, 2007, 12:16:40 PM »
Thanks.  The info helped. 
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« Reply #3 on: January 05, 2007, 03:24:15 PM »
Quote from: tarheit on January 04, 2007, 12:11:09 PM
If you allow people to enter cc information on your web pages directly, then you probably should have SSL to keep things secure.   

Actually, you are likely REQUIRED to have SSL by your credit card vendor. 
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