Alternatives to ShareIt/MyCommerce/Digital River

[grujicd]

But this is for store builder, which as I understand is a way to add store to your site (i.e. integrated shopping cart, etc), not to redirect users to FastSpring's checkout (web storefront), as we did with MyCommerce or 2checkout. I was talking specifically about that. I got this from their documentation:

https://developer.fastspring.com/docs/w ... fastspring

Are the cart contents preserved throughout the browser session?
Web Storefront: No; cart contents are not preserved when navigating to a different page or site

IMO FastSpring might offer some e-commerce features we didn't have before, but if we want to use just "standard" web checkout hosted on their site, that one lacks features and customizations we're used to.

[HBaergroy]

Ah, you're right - I use the embedded storefront. It's really convenient. You do need some javascript, e.g. to handle callbacks.

[sslsound]

I haven't had any of these issues with Cleverbridge.

Would suggest them as an alternative to FastSpring (and DR).

[sft234]

I haven't had any of these issues with Cleverbridge.

Would suggest them as an alternative to FastSpring (and DR).

Someone here on the forum said they ask for a minimal transaction fee of $2,000/month which - when you take the average of 6% of MoRs - would require a minimum monthly turnover of around $33,000. So while this MoR might be great it's obviously not suitable for small devs.

[TobbenTM]

I will confess though that I never noticed before that Fastspring currency is tied to the buyer's locale. With 2Checkout buyer can set language and currency however they want.

I'm curious to know; do you see often that your customers actually do switch to alternative currencies, other than the one that fits their current location?
I've been considering building this very thing for my platform, but I have the feeling that more choice isn't always better, and the importance of pricing being consistent takes priority.
Would love some insights into this, as none of my merchants have requested this so far!

[grujicd]

Problem is - does pricing page on main web site shows local currency, or just a global USD price? I assume for smaller vendors like us it's always USD pricing. In that case, when buyer comes from your USD pricing, and sees it converted to his local currency on checkout - there could be smaller or larger differences based on exchange rate. And if payment processor is unscrupulous, they might increase exchange rate since that's something only end user sees, vendor typically has no idea how much was charged to customer.

But once in a while customer will complain to you, why does this cost 100GBP, while it's 100USD on your site?

So I always set that USD will be displayed as default and user can switch if they want, but at that point they are aware what's happening and can make informed choice.

[sft234]

I will confess though that I never noticed before that Fastspring currency is tied to the buyer's locale. With 2Checkout buyer can set language and currency however they want.

I'm curious to know; do you see often that your customers actually do switch to alternative currencies, other than the one that fits their current location?
I've been considering building this very thing for my platform, but I have the feeling that more choice isn't always better, and the importance of pricing being consistent takes priority.
Would love some insights into this, as none of my merchants have requested this so far!

I guess that's hard to say unlike you explicitly analyze the sales. But having options in case the customers want it always is a good thing. This doesn't mean it's getting more complicated for the customer since the automatically pre-chosen currency defaults to the purchaser's country currency. So the buyer doesn't need to set anything as long as he's happy with the default. BUT if he's not happy he's free to switch to meet his preferences.

I generally think that having all options in case needed always is a good thing, also for the vendor. Which e.g. also includes the freedom to set VAT included or excluded per product. And the possibility to set fixed prices for important currencies like USD, EUR and GBP to avoid bad conversion rates for the customers.

In the end ALL involved benefit from flexibility - the customer, the vendor (more sales), and the MoR (more revenue from more sales).

Just my 5c

[ssec]

The vast majority of buyers will want to pay in their local currency for many reasons (incl accounting). Best if the product/service is priced at a fixed amount for the local currency (eg different prices for different currencies), second best if the cart can be converted into local currency at a decent exchange rate (<5%).

[sft234]

But this is for store builder, which as I understand is a way to add store to your site (i.e. integrated shopping cart, etc), not to redirect users to FastSpring's checkout (web storefront), as we did with MyCommerce or 2checkout. I was talking specifically about that. I got this from their documentation:

https://developer.fastspring.com/docs/w ... fastspring

Are the cart contents preserved throughout the browser session?
Web Storefront: No; cart contents are not preserved when navigating to a different page or site

IMO FastSpring might offer some e-commerce features we didn't have before, but if we want to use just "standard" web checkout hosted on their site, that one lacks features and customizations we're used to.

What about PayPro Global vs. 2checkout and FastSpring?
Does anyone use or know both/all three?

[MichaelPh]

We used 2checkout when they were still called Avangate. We stopped using them because they turned out to be very inflexible and not customer-oriented, they created problems for the accounting department and our tax returns (when sending, there was one amount in the report, when receiving it was less - correspondent banks took their commission for the transfer). We needed confirmation that "this is not lost profit, this payment is simply at the recipient's expense" and / or to provide for this payment in the future and indicate a smaller amount in the report. Unfortunately, Avangate could not adequately service this request.

Actually, around that time we made a choice in favor of PayPro Global. Of those with whom we worked (and since 1998 we have worked with many: RegNow, Emetrix, Plimus, ShareIt, Avangate, FastSpring) PPG are the best - advanced API, flexibility, technical support.

We are currently integrating FastSpring as well, but just now. We haven't encountered any particular difficulties yet.

But this is for store builder, which as I understand is a way to add store to your site (i.e. integrated shopping cart, etc), not to redirect users to FastSpring's checkout (web storefront), as we did with MyCommerce or 2checkout. I was talking specifically about that. I got this from their documentation:

https://developer.fastspring.com/docs/w ... fastspring

Are the cart contents preserved throughout the browser session?
Web Storefront: No; cart contents are not preserved when navigating to a different page or site

IMO FastSpring might offer some e-commerce features we didn't have before, but if we want to use just "standard" web checkout hosted on their site, that one lacks features and customizations we're used to.

What about PayPro Global vs. 2checkout and FastSpring?
Does anyone use or know both/all three?

[IaES]

This month I received payouts from both Fastspring and 2Checkout.

Interesting is that both payments came to my bank from CITIBANK in Dublin.

The payment from 2Checkout. No fee for the transfer taken by 2Checkout but my bank charged me 6.00
The payment from Fastspring. A $15.00 fee taken by Fastspring for the transfer but no fee charged by my bank.

To compare that with ShareIt/MyCommerce. They would charge a $2 fee for the transfer but my bank charged 0.00

So. I know we all moan about ShareIt/MyCommerce. But I just liked their system. It worked.

[sft234]

So. I know we all moan about ShareIt/MyCommerce. But I just liked their system. It worked.

Yes, it worked flawlessly for years.
But it's all useless when they steal the earned money.

DR got destroyed not for technical reasons but by a horrible management

[camsr]

Has the argument moved, or is the problem resolved?

[Christian67587]

We now have the trouble, that clients look for their invoices for past purchases and since I am locked out of the control panel, I can't even lookup it anymore. Clients are pissed.

[Tone2 Synthesizers]

I am wondering about the September payments. On December the 11th we received an email from Digital River that they would have paid, but no money has arrived on the bank account.

Please let me know if you
- Have received a payment for September
- Have NOT received a payment for September

Thanks