Re: Not sure if this is the right place, but here goes!

Hank -

Thanks for the swift reply!

> I don't know that this is an 'awkward' question really --

LOL

> Paypal works fine for the web saavy -- the problem of course is
> depending on the business their clients might not be among the
> web saavy, in which case it will be a hinderance to sales.

Hmm. May well be the latter, then.

> Same thing with escrow services -- my wife deals with a company
> in Thailand through escrow.com and it works OK, but the one thing
> I see as a problem is the time factor ... place your order, open
> escrow, submit payment to escrow, escrow authorizes shipment ...
> it takes a while and defeats the 'instant gratification' of
> the web -- might drive some people to a mall if the item is
> common enough.

It isn't that common, but there are other services (mostly on-line
auction houses) offering this merchandise, although not that many as
yet; it's defined as 'collectible', I believe (not my thing, this
particular stuff!)

> And of corse both of these options are not very good for true
> online content ... here you're almost forced to then authorize
> the person for access and then revolk access if the transaction
> doesn't go through financially --

Thought so. Thanks.

> It can be done, you've identified the options correctly and for
> unique products without another convenient source these are fine
> options ... but if an easier alterntative exists, folks will use
> it and your client will loose sales ... that's the downside.

I guessed as much, but it was an option I had to investigate.

Thanks again for the swift response!

Best regards,

Roger Stenning
Proprietor,
Intelligent Web Design Services
http://iws.n3.net/
(PGP public key available on request)
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