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The Payflow Pro is an on site payment gateway that was originally created by Verisign and became the most used payment gateway in the world used to accept credit cards directly on your website. The Payflow Pro was purchased by EBay (PayPal) which became the largest merger in the payment gateway industry, making PayPal's position as the leader in online transactions that much stronger.
PayPal has 5 leading payment gateways, so as a new merchant, how do you choose which one is right for you? The Payflow Pro has 2 distinct advantages over the other 4 gateways offered by PayPal. First, if you do not want (or can not) use the PayPal merchant account and must use a merchant account from another bank, the Payflow Pro will allow you to do so. PayPal also recently added the ability to use the PayPal merchant account with the Payflow Pro, and significantly lowered the cost of this payment solution, making it more desirable for smaller businesses.
The second advantage for using this gateway is if you need to do reoccurring billing, where you charge your customer's credit card on a regular basis, i.e. monthly, yearly, etc. In the past, the Payflow Pro could only be installed using the Payflow SDK, which was difficult and expensive to have installed, costing between 1,000 - 5,000 dollars depending on the company you went with. Some shopping carts even include this gateway for free with their software, since they know it can and will not be installed by the end user because of how difficult it is to be installed using normal software.
Amazing Flash was one of the first certified providers for installations for the Payflow Pro for years, and during that time we have seen countless developers and high end programmers have trouble getting it working. Since PayPal took over this gateway, a new integration method was released to only a few companies (we were one of them). This new method uses a popular php library named "Curl", which is also how all of our other on site payment gateways work. AFCommerce has used this new curl method, and still has the traditional method using the Payflow Pro SDK together in one software package, used with the new AFCommerce on site payment form which is by far the best looking payment form in the industry. Payflow Pro must still be installed on your website requiring technical knowledge, however this product now comes with a free, one time installation from the experts in the industry, the AFCommerce team.
Anytime you accept credit cards directly on your website, you add a more professional appearance for your company, you have MUCH more customization options, and can control the entire process that your customers go through to make a purchase. These benefits are many, but also come with a higher expense to the website owner. AFCommerce provides you with the software needed to make your shopping cart work with these on site gateways. You will also need an SSL security certificate in order to protect the credit card information entered on your website (purchased separately). These requirements are universal to every single shopping cart and website, regardless of what company you go with. The AFCommerce team, including Paul Crinigan, worked directly with Verisign and now PayPal for years while perfecting this software, which means our software has stood the test of time and has now grown to be one of the most popular solutions for PayPal products.
