Offline Payment Module

[kuzikkm]

I am using the latest Zencart on nomorningsickness.com/store, am just trying to get the payment modules setup and need an "offline" payment solution. Has anyone had luck or know of a good module that accepts "offline" payments?

[frank18]

Offline payments module has been removed from ZC for security reasons.

See http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showthread.php?t=154814

[jumbuck2]

Take a look at the e-Path Manual Payment Gateway.

Simple and easy, is PCI compliant and works extremely well for me and heapz of other Zenners.

They do the pro install of their payment modules free if you don't want to do it yourself.

DISCLOSURE: I often now do the custom graphics for their customers if they need them so I guess I am sort of connected to them in a way. But it is a great manual service all the same.

Cheers

[stevesh]

Not to sound like a broken record on this, but that isn't really any more secure than the old Offline CC module. The merchant still has all my CC information. The fact that it's scribbled on a Post-It note rather than stored in a database doesn't make me feel more secure.

The website isn't clear, but if the information is sent to the merchant in some non-human-readable form that can be entered into a Virtual Terminal, that might be different.

[jumbuck2]

Hi stevesh,

Yeh, but in my book this is really good thing.

When you pay by credit card in the real physical world you give the merchant your credit card details, you are not sending it to be permanently stored online in maybe multiple databases or networks somewhere owned by the online gateway.

e-Path is the only gateway I know of where credit card details are guaranteed to be only in the hands of the approved merchant - just like when you and me pay in the real world. Credit card details are not destined to be stuck permanently stored on the bloody internet somewhere in some database or on some network owned by the online gateway - and viewable by who???

Look at where all the many millions of credit cards were stolen from in recent times. Mostly all from payment gateway databases getting hacked or networks getting compromised. Let me tell ya, ain't no way 40 million credit cards can possibly get stolen when people pay me directly. Heapz safer in my opinion.

Cheers

[jumbuck2]

Just seen my link to e-path.com.au in my post above was changed to point to a message from someone saying something negative. Hmm, wonder why it isn't ponting to someone saying something positive

Feedback is good, but people should not think one negative message means that's the way it is.

Cheers

[willtech]

Hi kuzikkm,

I config my Zen Carts with the Ceon manual system which I think is excellent but my customers can no longer use it on their carts because of PCI troubles. (I am an ecom webdeveloper)

We have now got one customer using a manual gateway called e-path which is easy, works well and no more PCI troubles. This is what I will now be setting up for customers doing offline processing.

I am seriouly pi**ed off about my customers having to go to a manual payment gateway for this. I can understand why but this PCI stuff is way too much trouble for what its worth IMO.

Good luck

Will

[frank18]

......
I am seriouly pi**ed off about my customers having to go to a manual payment gateway for this. I can understand why but this PCI stuff is way too much trouble for what its worth IMO.

If you have a merchant account with an eftpos machine go epath.. they are cheap and u process the payment yourself.