No, back when I first created my ikobo account I didn't even have a credit card. To verify it you only need to send a copy of some form of picture ID as well as a household bill in your name (I think any kind of bill will do). After that the account is up and running, or at least that's how it was for me. I hope I could help, if not, feel free to ask...
In order to verify your account you must send them a copy of your ID and one of some house utility bill. You cand send them by fax or you can scan them and send them by e-mail. I don't know exactly the addresess but you can find them here.
So it's pretty much like I said... right sonia? @mudnik is this some sort of new trick to get us to signup with cardservice using your referral ID? Don't get me wrong, I always appreciate any help, but tricks like this i can hardly admit...
Eh well, maybe the poor man was for real and I misinterpreted his post... could be, can't know for sure. Anyway, were you guys aware of the fact that ikobo has finally introduced the return URL feature for the shopping cart? You know, it returns the customer to your site after they've completed a purchase. It may not seem like much, but it may prove to increase sales quite a bit.
I think that you are talking about 3rd party shopping carts because ikobo's shopping cart works fine as it is. Yes, they've introduced the possibility to choose your return page in case of error, successful payment and other actions that a 3rd party shopping cart would require.
No, it's not a trick. I'm just posting a link to a merchant account guide that I thought some forum users might find useful since the thread is on this topic. True, it's an affiliate link but everything is above aboard; I do not use url redirection or link masking to hide the fact that it's an affiliate link.If people find the guide useful, then it's a win-win situation. The guide is free anyway. At the end of the day, they decide themselves where to sign up for their merchant account. Notice also that my original post did not talk about the benefits of card international. This is because I do not know how good it is as I do not use it personally. Thus, my original qn of whether anyone uses card international is also to get more feedback on it from other users.
The normal protocol when posting an affiliate links is to state so right at the time. There is nothing wrong with offering a useful link, but people want to know if you have any vested interest.
Given the technical nature of these forums, one can kinda assume that this was the case.. I agree with making mention of it though as you said
well, I'm glad we've got that sorted out, I hope nobody got upset... @SoniaJr - yes, you're right, my mistake, I meant 3rd party shopping cart(s). I apologize, I suppose I forgot the 3rd. Basically, what matters is that it works with OSCommerce, a lot of folks seem to be using it.
Yes but it's not only OsCommerce. Theoretically, any kind of shopping cart might work with ikobo but usually people use osc or any other similar e-commerce shop based on osc. Also if somebody wants to make his own shop, ikobo offers the tools needed the integration process.
or, one could just use ikobo's shopping cart which isn't all that bad either and it's pretty simple to implement. This way you can create your site any way you wish, not just the way OSCommerce helps you to create it.
Yeah, but I still think that is much easier to implement it with an already known shopping cart. Besides, how many of us have to knowledge to create such shopping carts. @mia: you should download shopping cart manuals or scripts from the ikobo webiste
so do I, I was only suggesting it. I know it's much better to use something already developed by people with solid knowledge in this field. Good thing ikobo provides third party shopping cart support.
I understand you. Your suggestions are always welcome, don't worry. And yes, made a good choice by making ikobo available to everybody.
We had problems with paypal.... a $1,800 charge back as the customer didn't "recognize" the charge... Paypal said that ok... $1,800 lost + fees. We tried to use IKobo to pay our engineer in UA... good luck! We have a regular merchant account with monthly fees for visa/master, fees for Ax, fees for discover.... but abusive charge back are quite easy to defend. If not we use Travel agent systems called ARC, low fees but good luck with abusive charge back! they don't even investigate that's our fault even if if the customer signed a CC authorization. The only solution is collection, lawyers and court. If you know a good system to send money to Ukraine... tell me, we use Western Union with very high fees and weird process to collect. Thanks
I've had similar problems with Paypal. It seems like anyone can dispute a charge for any reason and Paypal will happily give them your money.
That's why you get a signature. It makes it a bit more difficult in the dispute process.. In the end, the merchant almost always loses though