The e-gold system provides a method for merchants (large and
small) to accept e-gold payments. Receive notification via email or
HTTPS connection from the e-gold system that you have received payment.
Take a look at
our Interactive Calculator
to compare the cost of doing business with Credit Cards vs. e-gold.
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Prefer to leave the coding to someone else?:
- DLGuard integrates e-gold payments with downloadable digital product delivery and/or membership management.
- Mal's
e-commerce and X-Cart
have integrated the e-gold shopping cart into their shopping
cart products.
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A simple e-gold
sample store utilizing only HTML (no CGIs) is demonstrated here.
Ready
to accept e-gold on your website?
Shortcut
method to use the e-gold SCI
Providing a link like http://000998.e-gold.com
is the quickest way to accept payments in e-gold.
Fill in the items to make a hyperlink you can paste into your own
web page to accept payments.
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Need
more options than the shortcut method?
Here is a full HTML form using all the e-gold SCI input parameters.
Customize the RED fields to match your
own information before using:
<form
action="https://www.e-gold.com/sci_asp/payments.asp"
method="POST" target=_top>
<div align="center">
<input type="hidden" name="PAYEE_ACCOUNT"
value="000998">
<input type="hidden" name="PAYEE_NAME" value="Put
Your Company name here">
Enter Amount You'd like to Donate:<br>
<input type=text name="PAYMENT_AMOUNT" size=4>
<input type=hidden name="PAYMENT_UNITS" value=1>
USD worth of e-gold
<input type=hidden name="PAYMENT_METAL_ID" value=1>
<input type="hidden" name="STATUS_URL" value="mailto:YourEmailAddress@YourDomain">
<input type="hidden" name="NOPAYMENT_URL"
value="http://www.e-gold.com/unsecure/sci_home.html">
<input type="hidden" name="NOPAYMENT_URL_METHOD"
value="LINK">
<input type="hidden" name="PAYMENT_URL"
value="http://www.e-gold.com/unsecure/sci_home.html">
<input type="hidden" name="PAYMENT_URL_METHOD"
value="LINK">
<input type="hidden" name="BAGGAGE_FIELDS"
value="CUSTOMERID">
<input type="hidden" name="CUSTOMERID"
value="0">
<input type="hidden" name="SUGGESTED_MEMO"
value='Thanks for paying with e-gold!'>
<br>
<input type="submit" name="PAYMENT_METHOD"
value="Donate Now">
</div></form> |
You are encouraged
to read the complete
specification to learn about the other features the e-gold shopping
cart offers.
Looking for a simple way to verify your e-gold SCI payment notifications?
Check out our MD5
Hash Checker page. Type in the payment details and the MD5 verification
hash you should receive from e-gold will be displayed.
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The e-gold automation interfaces allow a developer to perform
e-gold functions such as account balance, account history, e-metal preview
and spend. These functions are performing by submitting https requests
to the e-gold system that conform to the specifications contained here.
Sample
Perl scripts demonstrating the use of the e-gold Automation Interface
are available here:
Perl
Script: Preview a spend
Perl
Script: Retrieve e-gold account history
Perl
Script: Display account balances
Third
party GPL
licensed Java wrapper for e-gold Automation interfaces:
Note:
Any automation method that accepts arguments via the command line may
expose those arguments to other users on the same system able to view
'ps' type output. Consider alternative methods of using automation if
this is an issue. For example, examine the
--data @foobar
option supported by cURL.
Disclaimer:
e-gold Ltd. accepts no responsibility for damages to persons, property
or data incurred through the use of this software. To the maximum extent
permitted by law, in no event shall e-gold Ltd. be liable for any damages
whatsoever (including, without limitation, damages for loss of business
profits, business interruption, loss of business information, or other
pecuniary loss) arising out of the use or inability to use this software,
even if e-gold Ltd. has been advised of the possibility of such damages.
This product is supplied as-is, with no warranties express or implied.
Use this software at your own risk.
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