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Payment Platforms

I would appreciate the help of members.I am trying to evaluate Payment Platforms that I could use to purchase goods on the Internet.I heard of a company called Adyen do any of the members have any experience of this company and do I have other options with other payment platforms?[
I would appreciate any input from members before I make a decision.

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  • DCFC79
    DCFC79 Posts: 40,644 Forumite
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    JAZZJIM wrote: »
    I would appreciate the help of members.I am trying to evaluate Payment Platforms that I could use to purchase goods on the Internet.I heard of a company called Adyen do any of the members have any experience of this company and do I have other options with other payment platforms?[
    I would appreciate any input from members before I make a decision.

    Why you asking about payment platforms ?

    Theres a list of the top 20 providers, Ayden are in it and Paypal too.
  • agrinnall
    agrinnall Posts: 23,344 Forumite
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    DCFC79 wrote: »
    Why you asking about payment platforms ?


    Agreed, if you're purchasing good then you have no influence over the payment platform that a supplier has chosen, and there are many other more important factors to consider in selecting a supplier before you come to their payment platform.
  • JAZZJIM
    JAZZJIM Posts: 26 Forumite
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    DCFC79 wrote: »
    Why you asking about payment platforms ?

    Theres a list of the top 20 providers, Ayden are in it and Paypal too.
    I am asking about payment platforms to attemot to exercise choice.
    Who are the twenty you refer to?
    You mentioned 2 in relation to PayPay are there others that I can decide to use?
  • JAZZJIM
    JAZZJIM Posts: 26 Forumite
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    agrinnall wrote: »
    Agreed, if you're purchasing good then you have no influence over the payment platform that a supplier has chosen, and there are many other more important factors to consider in selecting a supplier before you come to their payment platform.
    You have a choice as you can decide not to purchase goods if the seller doesn't have a payment platform that you are willing to use.
    We need to encourage additional platforms to widen choice for consumers.
  • eskbanker
    eskbanker Posts: 39,618 Forumite
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    JAZZJIM wrote: »
    I am asking about payment platforms to attemot to exercise choice.
    Who are the twenty you refer to?
    You mentioned 2 in relation to PayPay are there others that I can decide to use?
    I presume that the poster was referring to https://financesonline.com/top-20-payment-gateway-providers/, which was the top (unsponsored) result when I took a few seconds to type 'top 20 payment platforms' into Google.
    JAZZJIM wrote: »
    You have a choice as you can decide not to purchase goods if the seller doesn't have a payment platform that you are willing to use.
    There's obviously nothing stopping you from conducting in-depth research on the top 20 and the (many) others but, depending on what you want to buy I suppose, I'd humbly suggest that you're making a meal out of this! Are you seriously suggesting that you'd assemble a list of Jazzjim-approved payment processors and use this to filter potential future suppliers, or the marginally more sane approach of reviewing preferred options at the time of evaluating a purchase?
    JAZZJIM wrote: »
    We need to encourage additional platforms to widen choice for consumers.
    Do we? Really?

    More choice is generally considered a good thing but do you have any evidence that there aren't enough players already in this particular space?
  • JAZZJIM
    JAZZJIM Posts: 26 Forumite
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    eskbanker wrote: »
    I presume that the poster was referring to https://financesonline.com/top-20-payment-gateway-providers/, which was the top (unsponsored) result when I took a few seconds to type 'top 20 payment platforms' into Google.

    There's obviously nothing stopping you from conducting in-depth research on the top 20 and the (many) others but, depending on what you want to buy I suppose, I'd humbly suggest that you're making a meal out of this! Are you seriously suggesting that you'd assemble a list of Jazzjim-approved payment processors and use this to filter potential future suppliers, or the marginally more sane approach of reviewing preferred options at the time of evaluating a purchase?

    Do we? Really?

    More choice is generally considered a good thing but do you have any evidence that there aren't enough players already in this particular space?

    I appreciate you identifying the top 20 that gives me a 'heads up' to research the players.
    But lay off the sarcasm it simply undermines your positive input and does nothing for your standing.
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