Payment Processor/Website Platform Recommendation

Bjcheung77

Hey all, Just looking for some feedback on which Payment Processor you would recommend and also Website Platform.
I will be creating a site and would like to use a payment processor, I was thinking on the lines of starting with PayPal first and adding a donation section to it... The platform I am thinking of using is Wordpress but may use one of the mainly personal/professional ones for Weebly/Wix..

This is to just start off and may grow it and move to Wordpress or just start it off with Wordpress and use Strip/Shopify or some commerce. This would be my very first website and I want to use it to sell products. I may want to use it for selling membership or services. Gonna read up on some other threads that may have more info... Thanks everyone!

mikey88

Square/Paypal for processing. Wordpress works well for a website/store combo. If you're only be selling stuff, a more dedicated shopping cart software like opencart/shopify etc may work better.

Also, go with a cloud hosting provider so you can scale faster if needed.

thomas_

You will want to read up on PCI-DSS. To keep things simple you will not want to have your website render any part of the page where credit card data is input by the customer.

jcundiff

if you are doing payments, stay as far away from wordpress as possible... one of the most insecure platforms in the world... I am biased because I work for a very very large processor... it depends on your needs... definitely read up on PCI-DSS and learn. regardless of who you go with, you want to make sure they encrypt at swipe/dip ( you would be amazed at how many smaller firms dont)

BuhRock

shopify

mikey88

A popular open source software will be a bigger target, but there is a way to make it more secure just as with anything else.

He will be using a third party for CC processing.