Re: First Data

[Jon Paris <jon.paris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

There are any number of vendors I would prefer to use to First Data. Admittedly once we had beaten the API into submission we have had no problems.

But if like us you are a small company it is not as simple as "Just switch to using X". 
 
We talked to JetPay (among others) and were told it was going to take 6 - 8+ weeks to be approved even though we had existing merchant agreements in place. They also required that we provide a bunch of financials that we did not have readily to hand. That meant paying the accountant to complete the forms, etc. etc. In the end we stuck with First Data.


On 2013-06-24, at 12:59 PM, HarryWilliams <harry@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> First Data has lost huge amounts of money the last several years.  Who knows how long they will be in business.
> Try Jetpayi5.com   They do a fantastic job, and the rates are more than reasonable.
> 
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> On 6/23/2013 10:48 PM, Mike Wills wrote:
>> Run, don't walk from First Data. While the API was simple to use, the
>> setup involved in getting it working was a huge PITA... and it didn't
>> always work if you tried to setup two computers the same way. My
>> experience is with C# and Windows servers. I had to install a certain
>> OpenSSL DLL, then I had to download, not reference online the WSDL for
>> the web API.
>> 
>> That said, good luck getting it going. Based on some of the other
>> feedback, looks like writing a Java interface might be a better
>> approach.
>> 
>> We have since moved to VirtualMerchant. Very easy to understand API
>> and is works how one would think an API like that should work. No
>> setup, just POST calls to a web API over SSL.
>> --
>> Mike Wills
>> http://mikewills.me
>> 
>> 
>> On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 1:26 PM, Carlos Lugo<jclugod@xxxxxxxxx>  wrote:
>>>    Anybody who have done and integrate First Data via HTTPAPI and if
>>>    possible to get the sample code program.
>>>    Would like to see the Pass Parameters
>>> 
>>>    Thank You
>>> 
>>>    Regards
>>>    Carlos Lugo
>>> 
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