On Fri, Jun 6, 2014 at 11:02 AM, Andrew Gray andrew.gray@dunelm.org.uk wrote:
On 6 June 2014 08:03, aude aude.wiki@gmail.com wrote:
Looks like Eventbrite has made paypal a bit easier to integrate:
http://help.eventbrite.com/customer/portal/articles/426298-use-paypal-to-pro...
(the openstreetmap conferences do this, using eventbrite and also allow
me
to send bank transfer)
and
http://help.eventbrite.com/customer/portal/articles/1267789-use-ideal-to-pro...
I realise it's still perhaps not that simple but think it's also not that difficult.
I recently used eventbrite to handle the (paid) registration for a small professional conference - fees a good bit higher than Wikimania but vastly fewer attendees :-).
It does indeed allow paypal. (IDEAL and SOFORT are offered, but only where the *location* of the conference is in the relevant country.)
:(
However, it would only allow you to select *one* payment method - paypal or eventbrite-hosted card processing.
ugh
It didn't seem to be possible to enable paypal as a backup option.
Paypal allows credit card payment also.
http://help.eventbrite.com/customer/en_us/portal/articles/430152-paypal-acco...
There are some countries where paypal can't be used, which is significant drawback. Don't know if/how this issue applies for the default eventbrite payment option.
(it still wouldn't work well for me, since for some reason (don't ask;) i can't have euro paypal account)
We set up a "free" ticket option to cover people who needed to use alternative methods of payment (bank transfer, cash-on-the-day, etc) but I can see the obvious logistical problems in chasing this up on Wikimania scales!
It can be some of work but not that bad. worth it imho to accommodate on case-by-case basis. (this is how i register for osm conferences)
In the future, we probably want a registration system (like the scholarship app) that reuses more of the fundraising infrastructure (e.g. Global Collect) and so that each year's team doesn't have to reinvent this. Likely Ellie is aware of this, but revamping the scholarships was enough work for this year. :)
Cheers, Katie
Andrew.
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