Premium Membership - A Big Snag
06-14-04, 09:46 PM
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Premium Membership - A NO GO
Well it looks like even if we were to upgrade to VB 3 we'd have an insurmountable issue to getting a premium membership. Basically I'm told that Paypal will immediately close any account of any company which uses Paypal to collect monies for any adult related content.
Even though a DVD Talk Premium membership would have absolutely POSITIVELY NOTHING to do with adult content we could still have our account closed beausethere are adult reviews on the site.
So unless we can find an alternative to paypal, the Premium Membership is DOA!
Even though a DVD Talk Premium membership would have absolutely POSITIVELY NOTHING to do with adult content we could still have our account closed beausethere are adult reviews on the site.
So unless we can find an alternative to paypal, the Premium Membership is DOA!
06-14-04, 09:56 PM
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You need an agent. Someone that collects paypal payments as a fee for joining some dumb club named ClubDT and delivers you the database of user names.
That person would then "advertise" on your site and the fee would be the net revenue.
You just happen to have a relationship with the agent where you extend membership rights to his club members as a token of gratitude for his spending those advertising dollars on your site.
It could work damn it!
That person would then "advertise" on your site and the fee would be the net revenue.
You just happen to have a relationship with the agent where you extend membership rights to his club members as a token of gratitude for his spending those advertising dollars on your site.
It could work damn it!
06-14-04, 10:42 PM
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Here's Paypals policy on adult content, there seems to be some wiggle room. I'd email them and see what they say, the Adult reviews are a very small part of DVD Talk and they might not see it as a violation.
This is the part that I question:
"Small and insignificant parts of a catalog, book, periodical, or other work which is not, as a whole, primarily devoted to sexual matters."
This is the part that I question:
"Small and insignificant parts of a catalog, book, periodical, or other work which is not, as a whole, primarily devoted to sexual matters."
06-14-04, 10:56 PM
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vBulletin supports payment through NoChex, WorldPay, and Authorize.net in addition to PayPal.
06-15-04, 02:17 AM
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Originally posted by Copenhagen
Donations are still okay through paypal right?
Donations are still okay through paypal right?
I'll be looking into other options, but of course it just makes it all so much more complicated.
06-15-04, 07:30 AM
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Lot's of horror stories of paypal freezing funds, I think it's been mentioned in Other.
Can't we just send you personal checks/money orders? Starbucks gift cards?
Can't we just send you personal checks/money orders? Starbucks gift cards?
06-15-04, 02:14 PM
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Originally posted by Get Me Coffee
Excellent saving money.
Excellent saving money.
Originally posted by Get Me Coffee
Why would there be wiggle room, you have porn on your site, end of story.
Why would there be wiggle room, you have porn on your site, end of story.
I think RandyC's idea could work.
06-15-04, 07:40 PM
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Originally posted by darkessenz
paypal sucks. They are not very smart also for disallowing adult material to be used with their services. It is the biggest internet business around!
paypal sucks. They are not very smart also for disallowing adult material to be used with their services. It is the biggest internet business around!
06-15-04, 09:08 PM
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Geoff,
Have you considered setting up a merchant account and accepting credit card payments directly? My friend did it for his small business and he said it was surprisingly easy. It would require some web development for the secure pages and whatnot, but I'm pretty sure there's lots of free php/mysql solutions available for that.
Have you considered setting up a merchant account and accepting credit card payments directly? My friend did it for his small business and he said it was surprisingly easy. It would require some web development for the secure pages and whatnot, but I'm pretty sure there's lots of free php/mysql solutions available for that.
06-15-04, 09:29 PM
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Originally posted by Gallant Pig
I agree with Belboz, just get a merchant account.
I agree with Belboz, just get a merchant account.
06-15-04, 10:58 PM
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Originally posted by RandyC
Geoff, are you a Costco member? They use Nova. Not a big deal at all to set it up.
Geoff, do you like gladiator movies?
Geoff, are you a Costco member? They use Nova. Not a big deal at all to set it up.
Geoff, do you like gladiator movies?
http://www.costco.com/frameset.asp?t...dit%2Easp&log=