[SBE] Renewal of membership on line

[Bill Harris]

We've been using Paypal for a while now to
accept payments for seminars, lunches, etc.
It is working out quite well.
Bill Harris
Chapter 48


-----Original Message-----
From: sbe-bounces at sbe.org [mailto:sbe-bounces at sbe.org]On Behalf Of Alan
Kilgore
Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2008 6:07 AM
To: sbe member discussion mail list
Subject: Re: [SBE] Renewal of membership on line


I hear you Larry.

There are some banking hurdles to overcome for what seems like such a 
simple on-line payment task. We are a listener-supported station and 
discovered that the hard way. The more traditional methods we used 
for a number of years were a real pain. So, I understand the 
difficulties with which they struggle for this issue.

Sometimes the method used can make a lot of difference. Finding new, 
untraditional tools that do a better job is a broadcast engineer's 
staple. But, I cannot claim finding our solution to that problem.

Last fall we changed to a new local one-man-show web programming 
service to help spruce up our web site. He put us onto a new service 
provided by Pay-pal that allows user-entered purchases and 
credit-card payments on-line that is very user friendly for the bank, 
web host and end-user. It sends an e-mail of the transactions (orders 
placed) and the proceeds are automatically transferred into the 
web-site owner's bank account specified for such deposits. I was 
initially very skeptical of it but once it was in place became as 
sold on the decision to use it as if it were my own idea. So far, we 
only use it for listener-supported donations. But it allows on-line 
shopping from your own web pages (I do *not* mean using e-bay) and 
the low fees cannot be beat. From what I am told, Pay-pal is 
completely transparent to the web-user's on-line experience.

At 04:27 AM 3/16/2008, you wrote:

>At the risk of sounding like Dr. Spock and a webpage designer, it 

>would seem logical if SBE can accept new members via credit card and 

>having seen that page on the SBE website, it would be a no brainer 

>to put a button that say "renewal" and a place for their membership 

>number. Not much to modify or to ask. Let us know, oh great one, 

>when you find out.   :)

>

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>chscherer at everestkc.net wrote:

>>I don't know the specific answer to this question, and I won't be 

>>able to get it until Monday at the earliest. I believe it has to do 

>>with accessing current membership records in the online form. While 

>>I'm sure some people have plenty of ideas on how this could be 

>>done, suffice it to say that this option is not available right now.

>>

>>Accepting renewals online has been part of the plan since the SBE 

>>moved to its current Web services provider. As you probably know, 

>>the SBE can process and accept payment for new memberships online.

>>

>>Once I have an answer I'll share it. This may also help define when 

>>it might be an available option as well.

>>

>>Chriss

>>

>>----- Original Message -----

>>From: Larry Bloomfield <Larry at Tech-Notes.TV>

>>

>>>Why can't a member renew his SBE membership with a credit card online?

>>>

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Alan Kilgore, CPBE
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