Q: Multisite stores send transactions all through one secure site?

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Posted by slayerment on May 25, 2007 at 1:39am

I have a case where I have a few stores set up right now that are all running on different servers each with their own SSL and everything. I have put some thought into this and am thinking it would be best in the future if I had just 1 main secure website that handles all the transactions from any of my sites. The only problem is I am not quite sure all the way on how to achieve this. Is there some type of module I could use that will transfer data from a store/ecommerce site to a payment site? If not, would I basically need to develop some type of payment module that plugs in?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!
Quinton

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Just a couple of

Posted by gordon on May 25, 2007 at 2:13am
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Just a couple of questions

  1. Are all the different sites in 1 database or are they across many.
  2. if all the databases are in many databases are they in on the same server/do they have access to the other databases
  3. I am assuming that you want all the money to go to 1 bank account.
  4. what payment gateways are you using.

Gordon.

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Thanks for the reply

Posted by slayerment on May 25, 2007 at 3:38am
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Thanks for the reply gordon.

  1. Right now all the web sites are on different databases. I will probably be merging the users on a few of them but think it will be best to keep everything else still separated on different databases.
  2. Right now they are spread out across different servers. Although I will be merging a lot of the sites onto one server, I think it would be best to have a solution that works whether its on the same server or not, I guess in a way somewhat like a super-scaled down Paypal that handles credit cards where it is agnostic as to which server the order is coming from.
  3. Yes, all the money will be going through one gateway, merchant account and bank account
  4. I am using Authorize.net

3 of the sites I am working with right now are www.gunslot.com, www.myonebaby.com and www.thegiftbasketsmart.com. The first 2 are on the same server right now, while the 3rd site is on a separate one. I am looking to keep all the current ecommerce stuff in tact but just send the actual secure part with the SSL to some null domain name like https://secure.mypaymentsite.com and then send them back to the main site once the credit card data has been processed.

I think the checkout flow would be something like:

  1. If customer wants to use credit card use custom payment method that sends user to payment site
  2. Take the total dollar amount and send user to the secure site and charge credit card
  3. If successful, return user back to main site and insert the order into the database
  4. If not-successful, allow user to try again until it is, or allow them to return w/ a failed order.

Any more thoughts on this would be much appreciated.

Thanks!

Any luck with your inplementation?

Posted by leflores on November 24, 2007 at 2:33am
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Hi,

I am interesting in something like this. Actually my issue is that the store is developed already in ASP, but I will like to create a payment gateway using Drupal, where I could have all the payment process, i.e. the user leaves the store when click in a payment button and arrive to the Drupal Gateway to enter their payment details (credit card information).

I will like to develop this scheme using ecommerce.

Thanks!

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