From 292c01116ff0c6acd34ade5c186b9c981ee52fee Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Christian Grothoff Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2017 15:47:01 +0100 Subject: updates to pages based on discussions with Leon and Sva --- merchants.html.j2 | 164 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------- 1 file changed, 95 insertions(+), 69 deletions(-) (limited to 'merchants.html.j2') diff --git a/merchants.html.j2 b/merchants.html.j2 index 34771b66..a63cd604 100644 --- a/merchants.html.j2 +++ b/merchants.html.j2 @@ -11,113 +11,139 @@ {% include "common/navigation.j2.inc" %}
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{{ _("Advantages for merchants") }}

+

{{ _("Advantages for Merchants") }}

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+ +

{{ _("Taler is a cost-effective electronic payment system + which provides you with cryptographic proof that + the payment worked correctly within milliseconds. + Your Web customers pay with previously unknown + levels of convenience without risk of fraud.") + }}

+ +

{{ _("Fast") }}

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{{ _("Processing transactions with Taler is fast, allowing you - to confirm the transaction with your customer virtually immediately. - Your customers will appreciate that they do not have to type in credit - card information and play the "verified by" game. By making payments - significantly more convenient for your customers, you may be able to - use Taler for small transactions that would not work with credit card - payments due to the mental overhead for customers.") }}

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{{ _("Processing transactions with Taler is fast, + allowing you to confirm the transaction with your + customer virtually immediately. Your customers + will appreciate that they do not have to type in + credit card information and play the "verified + by" game. By making payments significantly + more convenient for your customers, you may be able + to use Taler for small transactions that would not + work with credit card payments due to the mental + overhead for customers.") }}

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{{ _("Secure") }}

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{{ _("You never learn sensitive customer information. You need - to ensure that your website provides the correct account information - for your business, and that you correctly validate the payment - confirmations from the Taler exchange. As a result, you will have - cryptographic proof of payment for the specific contracts you entered - with your customers, and cryptographically signed confirmations from - the Taler exchange about the deposits. Taler does not require you to - undergo any particular security audits, processes or procedures, as - you never handle sensitive customer information. Your systems will - have cryptographically signed contracts which you can use in court in - case of disputes.") }}

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{{ _("You will have cryptographic proof of payment from + the Taler payment service provider. Taler does not + require you to undergo any particular security + audits (such as PCI DSS), processes or procedures, + as you never handle sensitive customer account + information. Your systems will have customer + contracts wih qualified signatures for all + transactions which you can use in court in case of + disputes.") }}

+

{{ _("Free Software") }}

{{ _("Taler is free software, and you can use the - liberally-licensed reference code as a starting point to integrate - Taler into your services. To use Taler, you do not need to pay license - fees, and the free software development model will ensure that you can - select from many competent developers to help you with your - integration.") }}

+ liberally-licensed reference code as a starting + point to integrate Taler into your services. To use + Taler, you do not need to pay license fees, and the + free software development model will ensure that + you can select from many competent integrators for + support.") }}

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{{ _("Low Fees") }}

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{{ _("Taler is designed to minimize the work the exchange needs to - perform. Combined with Taler's strong security which prevents fraud, - exchanges can operate with very low overhead and thus low transaction - fees. Given Taler's free software exchange reference implementation, - competition among exchanges will ensure fair, low transaction fees for - merchants.") }}

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{{ _("Taler is designed to minimize the work the exchange + needs to perform. Combined with Taler's strong + security which prevents fraud, payment service + providers can operate with very low overhead and + thus low transaction fees.") }}

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{{ _("Flexible") }}

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{{ _("Taler can be used for different currencies (such as Euros - or US Dollars) and different payment models limited only by what the - exchange supports in its interactions.") }}

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{{ _("Taler can be used for different currencies (such as + Euros, US Dollars or BitCoins) and different + payment models limited only by what the payment + service provider supports in its interactions.") + }}

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{{ _("Ethical") }}

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{{ _("Taler does not support tax evasion or money laundering, and is - also not a pyramid scheme or speculative investment. Taler's - protocols are efficient and do not waste energy. Taler encourages - competition by providing an open standard and free software - reference implementations.") }}

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{{ _("Taler prevents tax evasion and money laundering. + Taler's protocols are efficient and do not waste + energy. Taler encourages transparency by providing + an open standard and free software reference + implementations.") }}

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{{ _("Taler as seen by merchants") }}

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{{ _("Merchants supporting the Taler system need to integrate - some relatively simple logic into their transaction processing - system. - Typical steps performed by the merchant system are: - ") }}

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{{ _("Merchants supporting the Taler system need to + integrate some relatively simple logic into their + transaction processing system. Typical steps + performed by the merchant system are: ") }}

merchant perspective

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  1. {{ _("The new logic detects when a customer's system - supports Taler and then needs to send a cryptographically signed - version of the proposed contract in a simple JSON format to - the customer. - The message also includes salted, hashed wire details for - the merchant, as well as restrictions as to which exchange operators - the merchant is willing to deal with.") }}
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  2. {{ _("The customer sends a signed response which states - that certain digital coins now belong to the merchant to both - signal acceptance of the deal as well as to pay the respective - amount (bottom).") }}
    3. + supports Taler and then needs to send a + cryptographically signed version of the proposed + contract in a simple JSON format to the + customer. The message also includes salted, + hashed wire details for the merchant, as well as + restrictions as to which exchange operators the + merchant is willing to deal with.") }} + +
  3. {{ _("The customer sends a signed response which + states that certain digital coins now belong to + the merchant to both signal acceptance of the + deal as well as to pay the respective amount + (bottom).") }}
  4. {{ _("The merchant then forwards the signed messages - received from the customer to the exchange, together with its - wire details and the salt (without hashing). The exchange verifies - the details and sends a signed confirmation (or an error - message) to the merchant. The merchant checks that the - exchange's signature is valid, sends a confirmation to the - customer and executes the contract-specific business logic.") }}
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  5. {{ _("The exchange performs wire transfers corresponding to - the claims deposited by the merchant. Note that the exchange may - charge fees for the deposit operation, hence merchants may - impose limits restricting the set of exchange operators they are - willing to deal with, for example by imposing a bound on - deposit fees.") }}
    6. + received from the customer to the exchange, + together with its wire details and the salt + (without hashing). The exchange verifies the + details and sends a signed confirmation (or an + error message) to the merchant. The merchant + checks that the exchange's signature is valid, + sends a confirmation to the customer and + executes the contract-specific business + logic.") }} + +
  6. {{ _("The exchange performs wire transfers + corresponding to the claims deposited by the + merchant. Note that the exchange may charge + fees for the deposit operation, hence merchants + may impose limits restricting the set of + exchange operators they are willing to deal + with, for example by imposing a bound on + deposit fees.") }}

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{{ _("Manuals for merchants") }}

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