Ask HN: What is the the most user friendly payment option?

7 points by trusko 14y ago ↗ HN

Hi,

I am working on Django-based application and need to implements payments. One time payments, no recurring payments.

Since the service that I will be offering is very simple and fee is low ($2 or less) I am looking for something very simple where user doesn't have to go through 7 page setup.

I know there is tons of articles about different options. What I am looking for is make it really easy for user to pay, regardless of complexity on my side.

I am considering PayPal for now. Any suggestions?

Thanks,

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arkitaip 14y ago ↗

I'm always happy to use Pay Pal. At checkout I can just sign in to my Pay Pal account, click one or two ok buttons and that's it. No entering of addresses or credit card details, no creating another user account, etc.

anigbrowl 14y ago ↗

Seconded, also Google checkout. Credit card is OK too, but for small transactions I'm suspicious and if I've never heard of your website before then naturally I worry about the possibility of a scam. It's not the loss of money, but the potential loss of my private billing information.

angryasian 14y ago ↗

i'm currently looking at Amazon flexible payments as well. I like the idea of people using their amazon accounts for payments as just about everyone has an amazon account.

kareemamin 14y ago ↗

PayPal is very simpel to use. Another suggestion is Stripe (I have no affiliation with them but our team just got an invite to try out their product and it is great), ask for an invite, their solution is very simple to use both for you and for the users - https://stripe.com/

trusko 14y ago ↗

Thanks, I will ask for an invite.