Ok Flash folks.. this is sort of a ColdFusion related post, but will probably be of interest to a lot of you. Ben Wilson of CFXtras.com gave a great demo of CFX_Nova last night at the CMMUG (Charlotte Macromedia Users Group) meeting. CFX_NOVA is a ColdFusion custom tag that will enable you to do credit card processing without going through the typical middlepeople.
Yep.. your site can accept credit cards and the transaction will go straight to Nova. This cuts out the middleman so your fees per transaction are lower, and the transaction is faster.
This one is definitely worth a look.. check it out here
Here’s a couple of diagrams to make it a little more clear what the fuss is about:
The traditional way of credit card processing:
Using CFX_NOVA:
