[thelist] CC Processing for Theater?
A Maynes
andrew at milords.com
Thu May 27 09:32:25 CDT 2004
Technically you are under the 'high risk' category for cc processing due
to the potential charge backs and cancellations in your business, so the
option of using a straightforward integration system such as worldpay or
protx is out of the question, unless you already take cc payments???
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> Hi, All,
>
> All this discussion about David's "Store in a Week"
> request made me think of one of my own sites, which is small
> community theater non-profit.[1] We put on shows, and also
> offer classes in the arts. We've never offered on-line
> tickets or class registration, just because I'm not very
> finance-minded and have never gotten around to researching
> our CC processing options, and the financial people are not
> sufficiently technical to do the same. Actually, I've started
> researching a few times, but have been quickly overwhelmed
> and retreated back into the familiarity of programming.
>
> The nature of this processing will be a little different
> from stores, however. Instead of a relatively stable
> inventory, we have what you might call highly transitory
> offerings. Tickets for a show might go on sale 6 weeks out,
> but end of course once the show is over. There are usually a
> dozen or so performances of each show, which I guess is sort
> of like different flavors of a product. Plus, we would have
> to somehow integrate on-line sales with reservations made by
> calling the box office. The two other major offerings would
> be on-line class registration, which will also tend to be
> about a 6-week period at the beginning of each session, and
> of course the ability to make a donation of any size at any time.
>
> I guess I could google for keywords "theater credit card
> processing", and I promise I will do that. Beyond that, does
> anyone have some tips for what kind of system I should be
> looking for? Buzzwords? Particular companies you've used that
> would be compatible? I suppose whatever we do, we will need
> to get a security certificate, right?
>
> [1] http://www.schoolhousearts.org/
>
> John Brooking, Application Developer
> Sappi Fine Paper
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