Date: Tue, 07 Sep 2004 20:13:33 +0100 From: Peter Risdon <peter@circlesquared.com> To: FreeBSD Mail Lists <freebsd@untoldfaith.com> Cc: Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Update Databases from Webserver Message-ID: <413E085D.7020902@circlesquared.com> In-Reply-To: <9c08c42717771b148b9fed3e1aa1f7d2@untoldfaith.com> References: <9c08c42717771b148b9fed3e1aa1f7d2@untoldfaith.com>
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FreeBSD Mail Lists wrote: > Peter, Thanks for your response. In response to > >> You don't say why you'd want to do this. If you want to allow >> customers of an e-commerce site to avoid repeating their details >> whenever they want to buy, perhaps consider basing the payment >> backend around PayPal. The need for users to authenticate in order >> to make a payment hasn't brought e-Bay to its knees. > > > Pretty much the end result would be Amazon like with the customer > being able to choose a previously used card. Is this possible > without storing credit card numbers or using paypal? > Well, yes, this is a convenience. But there's a very good reason why you only find this at very big online retailers like Amazon: It's a biggie. All the replies you had that I've seen point this out one way or another. Peter.
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