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The EPI - E-Payment Interface

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EPI Overview

This perl library offers a normalized interface to Electronic Payment
It consists of a interface module, and a processing module for every payment gateway.

Important disclaimer for those that don't want to read the license page

The EPI is provided in the following licensing modes:

1. Free - You may download the script from our EPI download page, and install it following the instructions on this page. You can opt to use the link code described below, on your checkout page, that will link to Nightmedia, as a way for people to reach us. This would help us get some extra exposure and you receive a free product of exceptional value.
2. $99.95 - We will install The EPI for you, in your environment, free from advertising bits, using a simple form submit. In addition, you will receive one hour of free tech support - a $80 value. Any further customizations are to be requested separately.
3. $149.95 - We will install The EPI for you, in your environment, free from advertising bits, using the shopping cart of your choice. Be aware that not all the shopping carts have an interface to the ordering process, thus making it impossible to add a payment interface simply.
In addition, you will receive one hour of free tech support - a $80 value.
Any further customizations are to be requested separately.

For the international customers, or people that do not want to use PayPal please make use of our card terminal. Leave the amount as listed, and add to the order description your comments. The secure certificate that will prompt you will read "Rom logicware GmbH", which is ok.

We are sorry, but we do not offer any refunds to the payments. Test the script first, if it suits you, then buy it.

For detailed licensing information, please look under "Licensing".
The only addition to the license listed there, is the obligatory Nightmedia ad, for those who chose to use the script for free.

The code you have to use for the advertising bit:

<!-- Begin The CITY EPI advertising code -->
<p><center>
<a href="http://www.nightmedia.net/" target="_blank"><img 
  src="http://www.nightmedia.net/images/upglobe1.gif" border=0><br>
<font size=-3><b>www.nightmedia.net</b></font></a><br>
<font size=-3>Please visit the link above, 
for product updates and documentation.</font></center>
<!-- End The CITY EPI advertising code -->

 

Here is the list of the currently supported gateways:

Gateway Company URL Version implemented
AuthorizeNet  http://www.authorizenet.com/ 3.0
BluePay http://bluepay.onlinedatacorp.com/ latest
CyberCash http://www.cybercash.com/ latest - see comments on the product page
Echo Inc. http://wwws.echo-inc.com/ latest
ESec http://www.esec.com.au/ latest 
FirePay http://www.firepay.com/ latest
iBill http://www.ibill.com/ latest - NEW!
Innovative Gateway http://innovativegateway.com/ latest
IntelliPay http://www.intellipay.com/ 4.0 (latest)
Iongate http://www.iongate.com/ latest
IPayment http://www.ipayment.de/ latest 
LinkPoint

http://www.linkpoint.com/

latest (they sell the wrapper)
NovaInfo http://www.novainfo.com/ viaKLIX in the current release
PayBill http://www.paybill.de/ latest
PaySystems http://www.paysystems.com/ latest
PCCharge http://www.gosoftinc.com/ latest
PlugNPay http://www.plugnpay.com/ latest
Skipjack http://www.skipjack.com/ latest 
Telecash http://www.telecash.de/ latest
VeriSign http://www.verisign.com/ PayFlowPro
Remote/external payment methods (enter card data on gateway side):
PayPal http://www.paypal.com/ the IPN interface
Qenta http://www.qenta.at/ latest
WorldPay http://www.worldpay.com/ latest
3rd party developers:
Banca Sella http://www.bancasella.it/ see http://www.microforum.it/ for details
Inter Európa Bank http://www.ieb.hu/ see http://www.cityshop.hu/ for details

A word to the NovaInfo:
In their documentation, it is described a programatic interface, but after a long research, we found out they are not operational with that, and maybe they will never implement it that way... too bad, but the module is programmed to comply to the last status of their SDK, and if they ever activate that feature, the interface will work.

A word to the LinkPoint:
The documentation is not really intuitive, and they sell you the wrapper for the operation, which I find questionable, but if you get the right version, it does work. It was tested on freeBSD, and it failed on NT.

If you know of any gateway that implements a programatic interface (offers the ability of pay through a one-step process, from a CGI script, returning the transaction results in a documented, parseable format), please let us know of their URL, and even better, provide us with the SDK(Software Development Kit) to this interface. We will then develop a plugin for the EPI, and provide it for free to the online community.

 

 

 

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