Re:Braintree is giving $50k in processing to every startup
by vamega on Thursday March 06, 2014 @05:19PM
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Hey, I just tried signing up and the site says I need to enter a referrer. Any chance you could let me see what this is like?
Re:Braintree is giving $50k in processing to every startup
by tomasien on Thursday March 06, 2014 @10:49PM
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Use the code "LAUNCH"
Re:Braintree is giving $50k in processing to every startup
by contacternst on Thursday March 06, 2014 @05:12PM
(#7356977)
Hey, I'm wondering if Knox integrates with Key Bank? Thanks
Re:Braintree is giving $50k in processing to every startup
by RobPfeifer on Thursday March 06, 2014 @08:53PM
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What am I using to login with my bank? Yodlee?
Re:Braintree is giving $50k in processing to every startup
by tomasien on Thursday March 06, 2014 @10:49PM
(#7358419)
Nope - our own custom API that is way faster and (in our opinion) way safer. NOT to say Yodlee isn't safe, we just think we're safer.
Re:Braintree is giving $50k in processing to every startup
by pbreit on Friday March 07, 2014 @01:03AM
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Well, I'm sorry to say, you don't look safer. The URL changes from knoxpayments to paidez which looks super fraud-y! And you're not using good SSL certs. You do realize that you are requesting bank account logins from all your users? I couldn't find any information on your web site to help me determine if I should give you my online banking credentials.
Re:Braintree is giving $50k in processing to every startup
by tomasien on Friday March 07, 2014 @08:54AM
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I agree, we've done a pretty bad job of explaining and presenting ourselves thus far.
I'm not making any excuses, but we spent the last year building, speeding up, and securing the engine that handles the connections to bank accounts and the system to process and guarantee "good funds" ACH payments. We had an opportunity to go to Launch 2014, and even though the front end presentation of everything to the user was, in a word, "fucked", we made the decision to go and do the best we could to make it usable. This thread alone has helped me find a lot of the "anxiety" points people are having, and the customers I talk to everyday are getting me more. You'll see Knox back on HN soon with a much, much improvement experience.
Re:Braintree is giving $50k in processing to every startup
by pbreit on Friday March 07, 2014 @03:29PM
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How do your payments work? ACH or something else? Do you explain it anywhere?
Re:Braintree is giving $50k in processing to every startup
by tomasien on Friday March 07, 2014 @06:33PM
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It's ACH - there are some FAQS on knoxpayments.com/about.html
No but seriously, I'm banging away at documentation right now - the problem is it wasn't clear what exactly we needed to document until we launched and got the deluge of customer feedback that we've now gotten. It's now become clear that we're missing some critical features (for a lot of people) and that's it's not clear how to integrate it. Live and learn!
Essentially though, for 1 to 1 payments, you'll just sign up, sync your bank account, and you'll get a JS snippet and an HTML div. Put those on your site, feed the JS a payment amount, and when someone clicks the button - they'll pay, and you'll get the money. Then, at the end of the payment, you'll get a payment ID that you can store and use our entirely undocumented API to retrieve information you need later.