how to make authorize .net support recurring for nopCommerce?

we have a site using nop. recently, we need use it to sell recurring products, kind of like subscription. we are using authorize .net as payment gateway. but, somehow nop seems do not have the ability to process the silent post from authorize .net. it means if the subscription failed/expired, we will not know unless we check it manually.

is this the way nop + authoriz.net for recurring payment? anyone knows how to fix it?

which gateway is better for this purpose? paypal?


thanks

recurring payments are a huge problem.  All the platform (authorize.net, paypal) can do is try to post a payment on the recurring date.  most implementations will try to authorize first and then capture.  If the authorize fails, disable the subscription and notify the user.  Each platform handles recurring payments differently and needs special code/handling.

Sorry I'm not providing an answer, but the solution is further development of the payment plugin.  Let me know if you need more help developing custom support ofr recurring payments.

Don

nop out of the box does not support it, but Authorize.net allows you to send information to a specified URL. This means you could create a web service and have Authorize.net notify the web service when something happens. There is a task created for this to be added to nop, but no time frame.