Can I put up payment instructions to show only to international buyers using CCs?

[sbbemn]

I came across the disclaimer with huge red letting on the old CC Offline Billing module not offered anymore due to the compliance discrepancy. Whoa!

Needless to say I don't want to use that anymore. I am going to revert to using our already in function PayPal Standard.

Here's the thing - I would like to put a disclaimer for international customers who will not see the CC input fields anymore (as I will be disabling that module) to direct them to use the PayPal payment with a debit/credit card, but they need to know they can do that without a PayPal account.

I would like a message that appears above the 'Payment Method' but appears only to international customers (billing address). (Domestic customers use Authorize.net)

Here is what I see as the code for the message, but I need it to display for international billing addresses only:

includes/templates/yourtemplate/templates/tpl_checkout_payment_default.php

Around Line 87 insert a message inside the PaPay <legend><div> code

I know it will be based on zones. I have a few variations set up already for international customers only, just need the code to retrieve that one specified zone to display this message to international billing customers to direct them to use PayPal Standard.

It's in here correct?

$check = $db->Execute("select zone_id from " . TABLE_ZONES_TO_GEO_ZONES . " where geo_zone_id = '" . MODULE_PAYMENT_AUTHORIZENET_AIM_ZONE . "' and zone_country_id = '" . $order->billing['country']['id'] . "' order by zone_id");
while (!$check->EOF) {
if ($check->fields['zone_id'] < 1) {
$check_flag = true;
break;
} elseif ($check->fields['zone_id'] == $order->billing['zone_id']) {
$check_flag = true;
break;

Replace that code for a Zone ID?

No Whammies No Whammies...

[kobra]

Won't your Authorize.net gateway provider accept international CC's??

[sbbemn]

Well, yes but there is a problem that poses with AVS - Address Verification System. We were told by Authorize.net that if we let the whole world through, then the countries that do not support AVS - which there are quite a few - could create a problem with card runners. If we are ever flagged as a "card runner site" because of some moronic card hacker, we'll lose our Authorize.net account. We figured it's a little harder with PayPal.

Anyone else effectively using Authorize.net internationally without problems?

Having the code for text to appear for certain zones would be pretty slick as I have two other thoughts that I could use this same thing for.

[kobra]

You can create zones wih the countries that you can safely offer/use authorizeNet and set that zone in the payment module

Another zone with all the other countries and set the PayPalExpress module for that zone

[sbbemn]

Right. We have Auth.net right now for US ony. Setting it up for all the countries that Auth.net allows with AVS would be a great option. - good point.

PayPal Payments Pro (is that the Express checkout?) only allows 6 currencies but PayPal Standard allows 19 currencies.

I just don't want to disallow someone out there.

[DrByte]

PayPal Payments Pro (is that the Express checkout?)

No.https://www.zen-cart.com/tutorials/index.php?article=28

PayPal Payments Pro ... only allows 6 currencies but PayPal Standard allows 19 currencies.

Correct: Payments PRO allows only 6. Express and Standard support 19+

I just don't want to disallow someone out there.

EC is the same as Std, just more reliable. Better to use EC.

[sbbemn]

The main objective with PayPal Standard is the customer can pay with a debit/credit without having a PayPal account.

From what I understand Express needs a PayPal account - am I missing something here?

[DrByte]

Did you read the article I linked to?

EC does not require a PayPal account ... as long as you, the merchant, have set your own PayPal account settings to allow "PayPal Account Optional". The article I mentioned explains exactly that.

[sbbemn]

I apologize,

I was going off of Pay Pal's site and never ran across that fact for Express.

Well, that answers it. Summary:

I'll go ahead and instead of using CC Offline Billing, I will use PayPal Express Checkout but assign a zone specifically for the countries that I want. The Authorize.net module will continue to run USA card holders, but I will add certain countries to that specific zone so that customers from countries that support AVS can continue to use the site like normal with Authorize.net as they been.

Thank you for your help!

[DrByte]

I was going off of Pay Pal's site and never ran across that fact for Express.

It's actually a side-benefit of using Zen Cart