My friend would like the ability to take deposits for his photography business via his website & i was wondering what the best way to go about this would be? .. based in the UK if that is relevant.

 

I know there will probably some kind of fees involved, so..

 

Has anyone done something like this before? Taken deposits only without any physical or virtual product.

 

If so, what do you find best method? And Why?

 

What are the costs involved per month and/or per transaction?

 

When someone makes a deposit, there details will have to be involved so show who paid when and how much.

 

Thanks in Advance

https://www.paypal-business.co.uk/

Thanks for the link Zed, i looked into paypal a bit and apparently they can be 'iffy' about pre-selling/taking deposits? i don't know how true this is but will look into it more tomorrow, i did not realise it would only be around 3-4% charge with them, otherwise i would have checked them out before hand lol

You could probably look into paypoint and romancart. Both of these work well in the UK region. You could also probably take a look at this site http://www.electronic-payments.co.uk/product_data.jsp which provides various payment gateway services according to specific needs. Hope this helps you!