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    From HusTler@VERT/HAVENS to All on Sun Apr 25 22:50:34 2021
    Is there a way to bring shoping to bbs land??

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  • From Arelor@VERT/PALANT to HusTler on Mon Apr 26 04:49:26 2021
    Re: Shoping
    By: HusTler to All on Sun Apr 25 2021 10:50 pm

    Is there a way to bring shoping to bbs land??


    Sure.

    I invite you to purchase any of my digital books, for instance :-)

    OK, my books are in an actual, website based, e-commerce. If you are asking whether we can push the whole sales engine into the BBS universe, that is hard, if only because that means pushing payment processing into the BBS universe as well.

    I suppose you could pay via bitcoin and then have me send you the books or something of that sort.

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  • From Ogg@VERT/TRMB to HusTler on Mon Apr 26 11:52:35 2021
    Is there a way to bring shoping to bbs land??


    What would people be shopping for? Without instant images it may be hard to sell anything without being cumbersome to shopper.

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  • From Tracker1@VERT/TRN to HusTler on Tue May 4 15:32:08 2021
    On 4/25/2021 7:50 PM, HusTler wrote:
    Is there a way to bring shoping to bbs land??

    You *could* ... but short of HTTPS or SSH only, you're going to see
    hurdles to anyone using your system.

    For HTTPS it's pretty easy, easier if you use a 3rd party integration.
    For SSH/BBS, then you'll need to write your own code to integrate with a payment processor, and read up on the storage/security requirements
    (PCI). Even then, you may not get a payment processor that allows you
    to complete transactions with remote clients over SSH.
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  • From Phigan@VERT/HAVENS to HusTler on Sun Jun 13 22:07:22 2021
    Re: Shoping
    By: HusTler to All on Sun Apr 25 2021 10:50 pm

    Is there a way to bring shoping to bbs land??

    I've got a bridge I can sell you...

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