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| 1 | <html lang="{{ _('en') }}"><head> | ||
| 2 | <meta charset="utf-8"> | ||
| 3 | <title>{{ _("GNU Taler") }} - {{ _("Merchants") }}</title> | ||
| 4 | <meta name="description" content=""> | ||
| 5 | <!--# include file="common/header.inc" --> | ||
| 6 | </head> | ||
| 7 | <body class="en" onload="loadLang();"> | ||
| 8 | <div class="container"> | ||
| 9 | <!--# include file="common/navigation.inc" --> | ||
| 10 | <!-- Jumbotron --> | ||
| 11 | <div class="jumbotron"> | ||
| 12 | <h1>{{ _("Advantages for merchants") }}</h1> | ||
| 13 | </div> | ||
| 14 | <div class="row"> | ||
| 15 | <div class="col-lg-4"> | ||
| 16 | <h2>{{ _("Fast") }}</h2> | ||
| 17 | |||
| 18 | <p>{{ _("Processing transactions with Taler is fast, allowing you | ||
| 19 | to confirm the transaction with your customer virtually immediately. | ||
| 20 | Your customers will appreciate that they do not have to type in credit | ||
| 21 | card information and play the "verified by" game. By making payments | ||
| 22 | significantly more convenient for your customers, you may be able to | ||
| 23 | use Taler for small transactions that would not work with credit card | ||
| 24 | payments due to the mental overhead for customers.") }}</p> | ||
| 25 | </div> | ||
| 26 | <div class="col-lg-4"> | ||
| 27 | <h2>{{ _("Secure") }}</h2> | ||
| 28 | |||
| 29 | <p>{{ _("You never learn sensitive customer information. You need | ||
| 30 | to ensure that your website provides the correct account information | ||
| 31 | for your business, and that you correctly validate the payment | ||
| 32 | confirmations from the Taler exchange. As a result, you will have | ||
| 33 | cryptographic proof of payment for the specific contracts you entered | ||
| 34 | with your customers, and cryptographically signed confirmations from | ||
| 35 | the Taler exchange about the deposits. Taler does not require you to | ||
| 36 | undergo any particular security audits, processes or procedures, as | ||
| 37 | you never handle sensitive customer information. Your systems will | ||
| 38 | have cryptographically signed contracts which you can use in court in | ||
| 39 | case of disputes.") }}</p> | ||
| 40 | </div> | ||
| 41 | <div class="col-lg-4"> | ||
| 42 | <h2>{{ _("Free Software") }}</h2> | ||
| 43 | |||
| 44 | <p>{{ _("Taler is free software, and you can use the | ||
| 45 | liberally-licensed reference code as a starting point to integrate | ||
| 46 | Taler into your services. To use Taler, you do not need to pay license | ||
| 47 | fees, and the free software development model will ensure that you can | ||
| 48 | select from many competent developers to help you with your | ||
| 49 | integration.") }}</p> | ||
| 50 | </div> | ||
| 51 | </div> | ||
| 52 | <div class="row"> | ||
| 53 | <div class="col-lg-4"> | ||
| 54 | <h2>{{ _("Low Fees") }}</h2> | ||
| 55 | |||
| 56 | <p>{{ _("Taler is designed to minimize the work the exchange needs to | ||
| 57 | perform. Combined with Taler's strong security which prevents fraud, | ||
| 58 | exchanges can operate with very low overhead and thus low transaction | ||
| 59 | fees. Given Taler's free software exchange reference implementation, | ||
| 60 | competition among exchanges will ensure fair, low transaction fees for | ||
| 61 | merchants.") }}</p> | ||
| 62 | </div> | ||
| 63 | <div class="col-lg-4"> | ||
| 64 | <h2>{{ _("Flexible") }}</h2> | ||
| 65 | |||
| 66 | <p>{{ _("Taler can be used for different currencies (such as Euros | ||
| 67 | or US Dollars) and different payment models limited only by what the | ||
| 68 | exchange supports in its interactions.") }}</p> | ||
| 69 | </div> | ||
| 70 | <div class="col-lg-4"> | ||
| 71 | <h2>{{ _("Ethical") }}</h2> | ||
| 72 | |||
| 73 | <p>{{ _("Taler does not support tax evasion or money laundering, and is | ||
| 74 | also not a pyramid scheme or speculative investment. Taler's | ||
| 75 | protocols are efficient and do not waste energy. Taler encourages | ||
| 76 | competition by providing an open standard and free software | ||
| 77 | reference implementations.") }}</p> | ||
| 78 | </div> | ||
| 79 | </div> | ||
| 80 | <div class="col-lg-12"> | ||
| 81 | <h2 id="overview">{{ _("Taler as seen by merchants") }}</h2> | ||
| 82 | |||
| 83 | <p>{{ _("Merchants supporting the Taler system need to integrate | ||
| 84 | some relatively simple logic into their transaction processing | ||
| 85 | system. | ||
| 86 | Typical steps performed by the merchant system are: | ||
| 87 | ") }}</p> | ||
| 88 | |||
| 89 | <p> | ||
| 90 | <img src="images/merchant.svg" alt="merchant perspective" style="float: right; margin: 50px 5px 5px 5px;" width="50%"> | ||
| 91 | <ol> | ||
| 92 | <li>{{ _("The new logic detects when a customer's system | ||
| 93 | supports Taler and then needs to send a cryptographically signed | ||
| 94 | version of the proposed contract in a simple JSON format to | ||
| 95 | the customer. | ||
| 96 | The message also includes salted, hashed wire details for | ||
| 97 | the merchant, as well as restrictions as to which exchange operators | ||
| 98 | the merchant is willing to deal with.") }}</li> | ||
| 99 | |||
| 100 | <li>{{ _("The customer sends a signed response which states | ||
| 101 | that certain digital coins now belong to the merchant to both | ||
| 102 | signal acceptance of the deal as well as to pay the respective | ||
| 103 | amount (bottom).") }}</li> | ||
| 104 | |||
| 105 | <li>{{ _("The merchant then forwards the signed messages | ||
| 106 | received from the customer to the exchange, together with its | ||
| 107 | wire details and the salt (without hashing). The exchange verifies | ||
| 108 | the details and sends a signed confirmation (or an error | ||
| 109 | message) to the merchant. The merchant checks that the | ||
| 110 | exchange's signature is valid, sends a confirmation to the | ||
| 111 | customer and executes the contract-specific business logic.") }}</li> | ||
| 112 | |||
| 113 | <li>{{ _("The exchange performs wire transfers corresponding to | ||
| 114 | the claims deposited by the merchant. Note that the exchange may | ||
| 115 | charge fees for the deposit operation, hence merchants may | ||
| 116 | impose limits restricting the set of exchange operators they are | ||
| 117 | willing to deal with, for example by imposing a bound on | ||
| 118 | deposit fees.") }}</li> | ||
| 119 | </ol> | ||
| 120 | </p> | ||
| 121 | </div> | ||
| 122 | <div class="col-lg-12"> | ||
| 123 | <h2 id="documentation">{{ _("Manuals for merchants") }}</h2> | ||
| 124 | <p> | ||
| 125 | </p><ul> | ||
| 126 | <li>The GNU Taler merchant backend operator tutorial | ||
| 127 | (<a href="https://docs.taler.net/current/merchant-backend/tutorial.html">html</a>, | ||
| 128 | <a href="https://docs.taler.net/current/merchant-backend/tutorial.pdf">pdf</a>)</li> | ||
| 129 | <li>The GNU Taler Web shop integration tutorial (PHP) | ||
| 130 | (<a href="https://docs.taler.net/current/merchant-shop/php/tutorial.html">html</a>, | ||
| 131 | <a href="https://docs.taler.net/current/merchant-shop/php/tutorial.pdf">pdf</a>)</li> | ||
| 132 | </ul> | ||
| 133 | <p></p> | ||
| 134 | </div> | ||
| 135 | <!--# include file="common/footer.inc" --> | ||
| 136 | </div> <!-- /container --> | ||
| 137 | </body> | ||
| 138 | </html> | ||