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Re: [_] Micropayments/Billing: How can I allow £1 payments

Mike Karthauser mikek at brightstorm.co.uk
Fri Aug 4 13:32:21 BST 2006

On 4 Aug 2006, at 11:31, D D Glendinning wrote:


> Right, scenario for you: I have a product/service for which I would
> like to charge £1, and £1 only. May not seem like worth the trouble,
> but its quantity I am after. Now I know they could send me a cheque,
> (although bank fees would probably be more than that), and they could
> "drop in" a coin, but I am wondering what other methods I could offer
> them. I know you can take payments via SMS billing, so for those of
> you who have experience in this, recommend away! Key here is not to be
> charged much at all in exchange for taking the payment as little of
> the £1 may be left in the end!

paypal using ipn? you'd only loose 3-4% in fees which aint too bad.

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