New law/regulation?

[off1]

I want to setup a new Zen Cart online store for my business. I had done this before for a couple of clients, but this time a friend of mine told me there is a new US law or regulation for sites that charge money online to their customers.

Is that true?

If so, where can I find more info on this?

Thank you very much!

[gjh42]

Credit card companies are going to require as of the beginning of July that sites that handle credit card info directly be "PA-DSS compliant". That translates to impossible hurdles for an individual, but I understand that the Zen Cart developers are working on making ZC compliant in time.

I don't believe it is going to apply to people who go to an offsite processor for payment, like standard Paypal. Google for more complete information.

[off1]

Thank you!!

[Kim]

Actually the correct term is PCI-DSS compliant, in relation to merchants. (Only payment applications have to be PA-DSS compliant)

[gjh42]

Thanks for the clarification, Kim.

[ecdiscounts]

Although my servers are PCI Compliant I have chosen to stop processing credit cards through a gateway due to the crazy fees and only process through PayPal now.

[Crash44]

Can you give me an idea of the savings going through Pay Pal?

[ecdiscounts]

Can you give me an idea of the savings going through Pay Pal?

No monthly gateway fees, no ***** Chargeback fees if someone where to do a chargeback, now if you go for PayPal Pro Payments you will have those charges.

[Kim]

http://www.zen-cart.com/index.php?ma...es&pages_id=31