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[Turbofree]

If I wanted to set up e-business with a link to Worldpay to accept payment does anyone have any idea of the cost of setting up such a site including the integration with the Worldpay?

Any recommendations of designers I could use?

[JamieBeeston]

iirc worldpay has a £150-£250 setup fee (depending on which 'offer' you get)

integration isnt that hard, took my coders about a day to fully integrate, test and launch our side.

The hardest part was compliance with all the AUP/Refund Policy/T&C/World Pay Conditions (no sale of domains for more than 2 years etc!

As for whom, the world is your oyster

[Muncher]

I'd suggest looking at www.protx.com, £20 per month, no other transaction fees.

As for hosting, approx £15 per month for decent UK shared servers, dependant on bandwidth obviously.

[shadowninja]

If your predicted sales are low it might be worthwhile looking at Paypal. Neither Worldpay or Paypal is difficult to set up, in any case.

Email me if you want a quote for how much my team can develop your site...

-Darren

[S a m]

Yea, good advice there.

PayPal is a good basic solution but does lack the "real" e-commerce edge that you get from a "real" online merchant account. WorldPay does have some nice anti-fraid systems, but most accounts you have to wait several weeks for your payments to clear where as paypal is instant.

Protx I have heard some good stuff about but yet to use. They have a nice price, but considering most companies (I currently use Natwest's Streamline) charge £20 a month, NOT including transaction charges... so it does make me wonder where they cut the cost - could well be some mean deals on chargebacks and the like.

If you do need any more advice, I do this for a living so I would be happy to assist.

Sam