Woohoo for Wufoo! – New Integrated Payment App for Cloud
Wufoo is
an online HTML form builder that helps people create contact forms, online surveys and event registrations – including people who don’t know how to write a single line of code.
So, if you design a Wufoo form, it basically does all the heavy-lifting for you and builds the database, backend and all of the scripts needed to collect and understand data (also hosted by Wufoo). So, when you build a form, you can either embed the code on your website or blog or you can provide access to the form via a Wufoo link.
As another example of the explosion of cloud-based apps, Wufoo has now launched
a feature that lets users collect money.
Now, Wufoo has entered the world of payments, and the new feature lets users create forms with payment collection options, including PayPal Payments Pro and USA ePay. Many web shoppers are familiar with being taken to a different page of a merchant site for payment — after depositing items in a shopping cart. But with Wufoo, there’s a seamless transition from data submission to payment collection. No journey to a new page necessary.
That’s a good thing for both consumers and website owners.
For website administrators, Wufoo provides payment summary pages, lists of shipping addresses, and can ensure that all users receive an invoice or receipt of the transaction for their records, among other services.
I’m surprised that, with a useful and innovative product like this, Wufoo so far seems to have flown under the radar. But I’m always intrigued to read and hear about more and varied apps being developed for the cloud – and ultimately making cloud computing easier for both consumers and businesses.
Read more about Wufoo’s integrated payment application for the cloud.