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possibility to add IDEAL and alipay payments?

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Hi,

as the title already says, is there a possibility to implement IDEAL payments and maybe alipay in brickowl ?
This are both very ! populair payment methods IDEAL is used very much used in the benelux but with the new IBAN system everybody from europa can pay with this system (as far as i know). link to statistics of IDEAL :
https://www.google.nl/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0ahUKEwiDwJ_yiqTQAhXD1BoKHWAhBcAQFgggMAA&url=https://www.ideal.nl/cms/files/Factsheet_iDEALpayments_UK.pdf&usg=AFQjCNHf5wiQTa9Ka3vYNVvb0QKLT0LmVQ&sig2=rnuz2bdBl2omOHy6WLVfVg

Futhermore alipay could be an very interesting option, china is a growing market with regards to lego.
Alipay is one of the bigger online payment methods over there (400+billion users)
http://expandedramblings.com/index.php/alipay-statistics/

kind regards,
Peter

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  • unbrickableunbrickable
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    What i didn't mention what do other buyers and sellers think about this ? Maybe @lawrence can take it into consideration if there is an demand for it.
  • Snoopy1975Snoopy1975
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    Ideal would be great !
  • qwertyboyqwertyboy
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    Alipay is one of the bigger online payment methods over there (400+billion users)
    LOL! (Sorry, couldn't resist.)

    Niek.
  • unbrickableunbrickable
    edited November 2016 Vote Up0Vote Down
    @qwertyboy lol ..... first I thought huh did i miss something ?....... it must be million not billion xD
    although at the moment alipay is still bigger than paypal, did not expect that.
  • NelisSolisNelisSolis
    edited November 2016 Vote Up0Vote Down

    IDEAL is used very much used in the benelux but with the new IBAN system everybody from europa can pay with this system (as far as i know).
    As far as I know, iDeal is an online payment system limited to the Netherlands and some large international webshops with a large customer-base in the Netherlands. Although the info-pdf states that you can receive money without a dutch bank account, it is not possible for a customer to pay with iDeal without an account at one of the participating (dutch) banks.

    So between dutch sellers and buyers iDeal could be a good instant payment alternative for Paypal or Stripe, but you will not reach the whole IBAN-area with it.
    Niels

  • enigenig
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    IDEAL is used very much used in the benelux but with the new IBAN system everybody from europa can pay with this system (as far as i know).
    As far as I know, iDeal is an online payment system limited to the Netherlands and some large international webshops with a large customer-base in the Netherlands. Although the info-pdf states that you can receive money without a dutch bank account, it is not possible for a customer to pay with iDeal without an account at one of the participating (dutch) banks.

    So between dutch sellers and buyers iDeal could be a good instant payment alternative for Paypal or Stripe, but you will not reach the whole IBAN-area with it.
    Niels

    You are correct, it's mostly an internal dutch payment system.

    However, there is a way to accept the payments for any single seller in the world (not just IBAN/SEPA are ony), PLUS also have lower fees than standard iDeal fees.

    Not going to say more right now, but more info shall come later.
  • unbrickableunbrickable
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    @enig i have found this, the creditcard and paypal options aren't usefull but as far as i can see right now they offer bank transfer options for whole europe : https://www.mollie.com/nl/developers
  • StellarStellar
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    And Alipay can be accepted with Stripe: https://stripe.com/docs/alipay
  • enigenig
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    @pwpeter it's not the one I had in mind. There is another payment processor - it gives you100% free instant transfers between the users + gives users their own IBAN accounts (anyone in the world is applicable regardless your country), also enables you to collect payments from several other platforms (including iDeal) + more. For the time being I will not post the name. If we wait a little it's likely that we can negotiate slightly better terms in one area. Sorry I can't tell more at this very moment.
  • LeftoverbricksLeftoverbricks
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    @enig I lnow what you are hinting at :-). Which reminds me that I still have a deposit over there. Maybe time to shop for some Lego in your country again.
    Martin
  • unbrickableunbrickable
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    @enig oke, im curious but i will wait :)
  • Snoopy1975Snoopy1975
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    Just a little kick for this topic.
    @Enig i'm still curious :blush:
  • BrickGenieBrickGenie
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    Stripe now also accepts iDeal payments: https://stripe.com/blog/european-payment-methods

    Shouldn't be too hard to implement I suppose since BrickOwl already uses the unified api.

    Downside is that Stripe charges a 1.4% + €0.25 fee whereas a Dutch provider such as Mollie only charges €0,29 per transaction. On the other 1.4% really isn't that much in the grand scheme of things.
  • unbrickableunbrickable
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    @BrickGenie I just saw it today and wanted to post about, haha ! @Lawrence would it be possible to implement it ? would make a huge difference for me :D
  • LawrenceLawrence
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    It's on our development list so we will look into it at some point in the future
  • BrickGenieBrickGenie
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    It's on our development list so we will look into it at some point in the future
    Great, being able to accept iDeal payments would be a huge boon!
  • JayB-SoCalJayB-SoCal
    edited February 2017 Vote Up0Vote Down
    (400+billion users)
    400 billion lol that's a scary thought.
  • unbrickableunbrickable
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    (400+billion users)
    400 billion lol that's a scary thought.
    haha yeah that was a little typ fault xD
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