Re: the chicken or the egg

From: Anthony DiPierro (anthony@inbox.org)
Date: Wed Jan 26 2000 - 18:35:04 EST


The solution is to check that the domain doesn't exist, authorize the
payment, get the domain, and then charge the card. Yes, if the credit
limit somehow gets reached between 2 and 4 you're screwed, but you're
screwed if they chargeback, which is more likely anyway.

On Wed, 26 Jan 2000, Lars Hindsley wrote:

> We have a case here of what comes first...
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> We have a form now incorporating all info including credit card info.
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> We need to take into account that one of two things can fail.
> If you charge the card first and a domain fails, you have charged for a
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> domain they didn't get if you register the domain and the charge fails,
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> you are stuck paying for a domain you don't need.
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> Anybody know the solution? The fact is we already pace a user through the whois.
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> It drops the domain into the form if it is available. Have we already solved our problem?
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> Best Regards,
> Lars Hindsley | Project Leader
> SpyProductions
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