Storing credit card information with PayPal's 'Website Payments Pro'?

Question

Hi there,

I am developing an e-commerce website where some customers will be making frequent online purchases. With that said, I am trying to find a solution that will allow me to securely store credit card information, using Website Payments Pro, so customers do not need to re-enter credit card information every time that they make a purchase. I am aware of credit card "tokenization" services like Braintree, but they require you to use their entire payment platform. PayPal has confirmed that there are third party shopping carts out there that work with Website Payments Pro, that would securely store credit card information (as long as I am PCI compliant), but would not point me in the direction of one.

Does anyone know of a third party service that would fit my needs for this? Thanks for your time and help!

David

Answer 1

in the past, I have used aspdotnetstorefront, but it is an entire storefront application, including the payment gateway.

Answer 2

It is very, very difficult to securely store credit card information. In fact, it was announced just two days ago that 130 million credit card numbers were stolen from major retail and finance companies that have far more resources than you probably do to secure that data.

I fully understand the desire to easily facilitate recurring payments. However, think though and understand the risk related to storing of credit card numbers before deciding to do so.

If you decide that you need to store the card numbers, I recommend hiring a security expert with a proven track record to help design your solution and then audit it once it's in place.

Answer 3

You can do this with PayPal Express if you don't want to use Pro.

https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=xpt/Marketing/general/RecurringPaymentFAQs-outside#Q9

Is that what you're looking for or are you looking for the actual code that uses their API?