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  • Ray@TastyDollars
    • May 2002
    • 6797

    #1

    Adding CCbill to a site that already has Ibill?

    How difficult is it to add CCbill as a second processor to an existing site(already have Ibill)? Is there any extra soft ware needed?

    thx,
    Ray
  • doober
    Confirmed User
    • Jul 2003
    • 6984

    #2
    signup with them and let them install on your site.
    Im using ccbill and am gonna signnup with ibill now.
    hows the setup with ibill?

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    • Ray@TastyDollars
      • May 2002
      • 6797

      #3
      Originally posted by doober

      hows the setup with ibill?
      Pretty straight forward concidering they do it all.

      So, it can be done without some sort of cascading proggy?

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      • doober
        Confirmed User
        • Jul 2003
        • 6984

        #4
        you can setup as many as you want without cascading so you shouldnt be concerned.
        Now, about cascading between ibill and ccbill that would be very nice....any info on this without having to use mpa lol

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        • chupacabra
          Confirmed User
          • Sep 2002
          • 3626

          #5
          do you end up using the same .htpasswd file for both processors? i was curious about this as well, as ccBill keeps their .htpasswd in a directory that is nested within the "ccbill" directory, can another billing company's script add/manage members within the same .htpasswd file?

          i'm unclear as to whether you would end up w/ two active .htpasswd files, is that even possible..?
          ...promise her a defamation, tell her where the rain will fall..

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          • Ray@TastyDollars
            • May 2002
            • 6797

            #6
            Originally posted by chupacabra
            do you end up using the same .htpasswd file for both processors? i was curious about this as well, as ccBill keeps their .htpasswd in a directory that is nested within the "ccbill" directory, can another billing company's script add/manage members within the same .htpasswd file?

            i'm unclear as to whether you would end up w/ two active .htpasswd files, is that even possible..?
            Good points..bump

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            • emmanuelle
              Confirmed User
              • Mar 2003
              • 3662

              #7
              if you are using ccbill as your primary, they give you a place to redirect your declines. This is where you should redirect them to an ibill join page.

              I'm not familliar with ibill's set up, so I dont know if it works the same in reverse or not

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              • SomeCreep
                :glugglug
                • Mar 2003
                • 26118

                #8
                Originally posted by chupacabra
                do you end up using the same .htpasswd file for both processors? i was curious about this as well, as ccBill keeps their .htpasswd in a directory that is nested within the "ccbill" directory, can another billing company's script add/manage members within the same .htpasswd file?

                i'm unclear as to whether you would end up w/ two active .htpasswd files, is that even possible..?
                Good questions in this thread, anyone have an answer thats done it before?

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                • Chris E
                  Confirmed User
                  • Jan 2003
                  • 2895

                  #9
                  Good post, going to bump because I want to know the answers.

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                  • BuckLover
                    Confirmed User
                    • Feb 2003
                    • 1656

                    #10
                    easy!

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                    • Martin
                      "Assassins"
                      • Dec 2001
                      • 17274

                      #11

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                      • directfiesta
                        Too lazy to set a custom title
                        • Oct 2002
                        • 30174

                        #12
                        Originally posted by chupacabra
                        do you end up using the same .htpasswd file for both processors? i was curious about this as well, as ccBill keeps their .htpasswd in a directory that is nested within the "ccbill" directory, can another billing company's script add/manage members within the same .htpasswd file?

                        i'm unclear as to whether you would end up w/ two active .htpasswd files, is that even possible..?
                        I have Ibill and another Euro biller. For the EURO one, I just changed in the cgi script the location of the password file ( same file for both ). New passwords are written to that file as well as deleted one.

                        Maybe Ibill could do it for you, but just be ready for many emails.
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                        • CCBill Paul
                          Confirmed User
                          • Feb 2004
                          • 1005

                          #13
                          How difficult is it to add CCbill as a second processor to an existing site(already have Ibill)? Is there any extra soft ware needed?
                          Ray,

                          It is actually very easy. There are many ways we can make this work without the use of any extra software. We can have you up and running in no time.

                          chupacabra,

                          In most cases we write to the existing password file as this is the easiest method. You can have two password files but it really depends on your servers configuration.

                          If you have any further questions please contact clientsupport at ccbill dot com

                          -Paul
                          Paulk @ CCBill.com | icq 248615940

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                          • chupacabra
                            Confirmed User
                            • Sep 2002
                            • 3626

                            #14
                            Originally posted by directfiesta


                            I have Ibill and another Euro biller. For the EURO one, I just changed in the cgi script the location of the password file ( same file for both ). New passwords are written to that file as well as deleted one.

                            Maybe Ibill could do it for you, but just be ready for many emails.
                            thx Directfiesta, that is very similar to what i'm wanting to do... can i hit you on ICQ perhaps w/ a couple queries?


                            In most cases we write to the existing password file as this is the easiest method. You can have two password files but it really depends on your servers configuration.
                            ccBillPaul, thats kinda what i thought but i was worried that the ccBill "rebuild password file" function could become a deadly weapon, wiping out all pw pairs that had been placed by the secondary processor..
                            ...promise her a defamation, tell her where the rain will fall..

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                            • doober
                              Confirmed User
                              • Jul 2003
                              • 6984

                              #15
                              Originally posted by chupacabra
                              do you end up using the same .htpasswd file for both processors? i was curious about this as well, as ccBill keeps their .htpasswd in a directory that is nested within the "ccbill" directory, can another billing company's script add/manage members within the same .htpasswd file?

                              i'm unclear as to whether you would end up w/ two active .htpasswd files, is that even possible..?
                              I was using verotel before ccbill and had ccbill install it in the same place where verotel pass file is.

                              on another site i let ccbill setup up their usual way which is nested within the "ccbill" directory....
                              Whichever you choose its usally pretty easy to do both ways, just have to specify to tech dept

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                              • Cindyff
                                Confirmed User
                                • Sep 2002
                                • 1187

                                #16
                                CCbill and Epoch (Paycom ) work together well forget Ibill they are more trouble than they are worth and they will just give your money to Visa. Stick with the best guys CCbill and Paycom and you will make more $$$$

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                                • Ray@TastyDollars
                                  • May 2002
                                  • 6797

                                  #17
                                  Originally posted by Cindyff
                                  CCbill and Epoch (Paycom ) work together well forget Ibill they are more trouble than they are worth and they will just give your money to Visa. Stick with the best guys CCbill and Paycom and you will make more $$$$
                                  No Paycom in UK.


                                  Thanks for everyones help..some great replies. I will be contacting CCbill soon.

                                  peace!

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                                  • Martin
                                    "Assassins"
                                    • Dec 2001
                                    • 17274

                                    #18
                                    I wish I could use Paycom.

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                                    • MarkIBill
                                      Confirmed User
                                      • Jan 2003
                                      • 125

                                      #19
                                      Password Management on the iBill system will allow you to use multiple processors in conjunction with the same password file. If the password file is in a CCBILL folder, we can simply point our Password Management script to communicate with the absolute path to the current .htpasswd file. The installation isn't too complicated and can be installed in very short time frame. The requirements for Password Management are UNIX server with .htaccess support. We also offer a solution that can be used with Windows 2000 and SQL Server 2000.

                                      We allow the client the ability to customize their own html version of the decline page in the event the transaction fails. This gives you the ability to customize several options for declined transactions.

                                      One final bit of advice, you may need to think about not just sending your secondary processor decline traffic. The issue is that you will potentially be sending them very high risk traffic which could result in high chargeback rates on that processor. You may want to consider putting multiple processors on your join page and referring delines back to that page or using a cascade billing solution.

                                      If you have any questions, please feel free to contact iBill for support.

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                                      • doober
                                        Confirmed User
                                        • Jul 2003
                                        • 6984

                                        #20
                                        Originally posted by Martin
                                        I wish I could use Paycom.
                                        me 2

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                                        • jennycards
                                          Confirmed User
                                          • Feb 2002
                                          • 1124

                                          #21
                                          Originally posted by chupacabra
                                          do you end up using the same .htpasswd file for both processors? i was curious about this as well, as ccBill keeps their .htpasswd in a directory that is nested within the "ccbill" directory, can another billing company's script add/manage members within the same .htpasswd file?

                                          i'm unclear as to whether you would end up w/ two active .htpasswd files, is that even possible..?
                                          On a Linux server it's pretty easy to share the same .htpasswd:

                                          > cd /yourpath/cgi-bin/ccbill/some_cryptic_letters_and_figures/password

                                          > rm -f .htpasswd (assuming it's not in use yet!)

                                          > ln -s /path/to/your/real/.htpasswd .htpasswd

                                          No guarantee. Modifications at your own risk!
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                                          • liquidmoe
                                            Confirmed User
                                            • Mar 2002
                                            • 4994

                                            #22
                                            We've had this setup for one of our clients using MySQL for storing usernames. Both IBill and CCBill writing to the same DB. Just needed to update IBill for inserting rows and add a duplicate username test in case it tried to register a username that was in use by CCBill already.

                                            Take Luck!

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