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Originally posted by Kimmykim
Chris,
You know I love ya, but verified, unverified, first born children's umbilical cord sent via the internet, you know that Visa doesn't really give a fuck. They don't have to...
I had an interesting conversation with someone at Fays show in November -- and I'm inclined to agree with them -- let Visa pull the plug sooner rather than later -- the business won't go away, people will still be paying for porn. Before there was Visa on the internet people did it, and after it's gone people will do it. Something will take its' place. And no, I don't count on Paypal as a payment method because Visa and MC still control them just as much as they do you guys.
What would *I* personally like to see from processors? More non Visa, non Mastercard, regional type options -- JCB, Eurodebit, Canada's Interact, etc -- I realize that it's costly to put alot of the smaller systems in place, especially when you look at the immediate ROI -- however, for foreign clients it seems to be a great alternative to Visa/Mastercard -- less of an issue with cdc, less of an issue with fraud or scrubbing, and more flexibility for the clients.
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I agree for the most part. Putting up a site people want to subscribe to and don't feel cheated by is #1. Whenever anyone poses those pages with all the pirated passwords, I see that lots of sites are totally "me-too" with nothing of their own, nothing original, no organizaing "concept," and no reason NOT to go somewhere else.
GloBill allows you to accept a number of European cards that I don't thing iBill, CCBill, and the others offer.
I'm waiting for the industry biggies to get together and form a credit card company, but I also hope they devise a way to keep out the operators who have been getting us in trouble with VISA and MC. And it MUST NOT be named anything like Porn Card. It needs to be named something which, if it fell out of someone's wallet when he pulled his driver's license out, wouldn't embarrass him. Of course, maybe VISA and MC could set up specialized divisions and put out such a card as well.