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Ecommerce Technology

Learn to accept money graciously. Discover how SSL works, PCI compliance and industry vendors.

  • SSL
    • https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Introduction_to_SSL
    • http://onlamp.com/onlamp/2008/03/04/step-by-step-configuring-ssl-under-apache.html
  • PCI Compliance
    • http://www.pcicomplianceguide.org/pcifaqs.php
    • http://www.practicalecommerce.com/articles/629-What-Is-PCI-Compliance-And-Should-Merchants-Be-Concerned-About-It-
  • Payment Technology and Vendors
    • The full stack: Recurly, Stripe, Braintree.
    • More on Stripe: http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/other/so-you-want-to-accept-credit-cards-online/
    • The banks: Chase PaymentTech, FirstData
    • The middlemen: Authorize.net, PayPal, Intuit Payments