[thelist] International Hosting/E-Commerce

[Murphy, William]

The main problem is currency fluctuation, or whatever it's name is, you will
have to have an updated exchange rate unless the company already has
calculated this, probably the easy way to go would be charching through visa
or something like that, and charging in only in one currency (dollars for
example), and giving the customer info on how much they will be charged in
their currency.
You can charge for example 20 U.S dollars to a spanish customer informing
them that the equivalent is 17.32 euros and visa will take care of the
exchange, free of currency exchange charges (an extra that banks most banks
charge when exchanging foreign currencies). But be carefull I think visa
uses the exchange rates of the day before, not the same day (im not sure).

I hope this help's.

    Bill Murphy

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kyle Murphy" <kyle.murphy at tempschedulingsystem.com>
To: <thelist at lists.evolt.org>
Sent: Monday, June 23, 2003 11:10 PM
Subject: RE: [thelist] International Hosting/E-Commerce


> I'm not looking for an e-commerce engine, but instead just information on
> the logistics of multiple currency acceptance.
>
> BTW, the engine will be written in CF if that matters to anyone.
>
> >http://www.oscommerce.com/
> >
> >osCommerce indeed features multiple currencies and is linked to a
currency
> >conversion web site. You could probably find more information about
> multiple
> >currency commerce there.
>
>
> --
> * * Please support the community that supports you.  * *
> http://evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
>
> Evolt.org conference in London, July 25-27 2003.  Register today at
http://evolt.org.uk
>
> For unsubscribe and other options, including the Tip Harvester
> and archives of thelist go to: http://lists.evolt.org
> Workers of the Web, evolt !
>