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Originally Posted by balinor
... X-Payments doesn't send you off site, it simply adds another step to the checkout. The reason for X-Payments is that it would have been next to impossible for Qualiteam to make every prior version of their software compliant - both from a financial standpoint and a labor standpoint. The idea was a good one, it was just not executed well.
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It does send one off-site if they use too many domains on the same database
(over the some how dreamt up magic 10 domains - which can just be language domains, does not have to be multiple stores). The design is also presently one domain takes all the payments for the others - a lot of custom work is needed (and also payment for the X-Payments itself for anyone does SEO seriously and deals in a few countries... and for anyone new who signs up the cart price just jumped).
Personally I see this and the charge of 300++ per extra language / country focus I will add after 10 to make it just not worth it.
In my mind, this should have been a cost that QT sucked up to stay in business - especially given what I know they have earnt in custom programming over even one year etc.
So yes, there is a lot of reason for people to be annoyed and I personally don't find comments anyone makes on this offensive anymore - something needs to get sorted out (in-frame so works with OPC and not so becomes an add-on charge everytime one adds a store or in my case language/country, connector that works for all versions, not a limitation on the number of domains per store or even licensing being apart of X-Payments).
Really if this is not changed, a lot of us will be looking at alternatives quickly (especially those who make a living from store development for customers or went open source in the first place to open more shops and not have to pay pay pay excessively everytime).
So the only sensible option at the moment for many is deal with payment gateways for which X-Payments can be totally ignored (but in reality, I suspect in time, the option of doing this will disappear and we the cost will be borne or one will have to jump ship).
Cheers - Asiaplay
PS: the only reason I am not swearing (and I never do here as people know) is as I don't have to use X-Payments at the moment with out payment gateway... otherwise I would be making peoples hair stand... and yes, I hope QT management are listening and decide to reverse the silly approach in terms of method and charges (especially now they are fully aware that their competitors are).