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John Locke
John Locke
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Posted by John Locke
John Locke
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Integrating PCI compliance w/ WooCommerce and Micropayments

Question for Zac Gordon or anyone else who can shed some light on this.

My latest side project is a site featuring digital downloads, every item will be $1. This is being built on WordPress and WooCommerce. PayPal integration is no biggie, but I would like to have the ability to take credit card payments and be PCI compliant. Is Paypal's Payflow Payment Gateway a reasonable solution for this? I don't expect a lot of traffic initially, it's all micropayments for now, and I'd like to keep at least 50% of the sales (figuring $0.57 out of every dollar so far.)

Thoughts?

2 Answers

John Wheal
John Wheal
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John Wheal
John Wheal
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This looks really cool and a better solution than PayPal. I might use it in a future project.

John Locke
John Locke
15,479 Points
John Locke
John Locke
15,479 Points

One last question regarding Stripe: Is there anything I need to know about SSL certificates?

John Locke
John Locke
15,479 Points
John Locke
John Locke
15,479 Points

From what I have read on Stripe, I need an SSL certificate. My inclination is to purchase an SSL from an outside company (such as NameCheap) and have my host install it for a small fee. I'm simply wondering if there are hidden costs or things that I need to know in order to take regular credit card payments on a site.

Zac Gordon
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Zac Gordon
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Zac Gordon
Zac Gordon
Treehouse Guest Teacher

You definitely want to purchase an SSL certificate and you're right to purchase it from a 3rd party service and not your hosting company if you want to save some money. However, your hosting company will be able to help setup the certificate. I like these guys: https://www.rapidsslonline.com/rapidssl-certificates.aspx

John Locke
John Locke
15,479 Points
John Locke
John Locke
15,479 Points

Thanks! Rapid SSL was definitely the best value I'd come across so far. I will keep the community updated as this project continues. Have a great weekend!