Hello,

I was just wondering what you (as a hosting company) would do for a age verrification script of some sort?

I have lost more money because of kids that are under age buying dedicated servers and then doing a charge back (because they stole the Credit Card from there mom or dad).

What would you do to stop that from happening?

Please let me know.

Thanks.
Sean.

i think that there isn't a secure script for this kind of thing..
you can change the payment methods after a certain price and you can specify in your sla that if a person under age activate a certain service you take the money for the activation and give back the rest for example

You can request a photocopy of a driver's license, but that will turn off some customers. The only way I can think of that wouldn't turn people off would be to call each person that orders a dedicated server to verify their order. Ask for the person whose name was on the card, and if it sounds like a kid, just ask them to verify their birth date.

Another way is also to fax an authorization request over as well. You cannot request the back of a CC but if you did request a copy of the DL, you can then verify the signatures.

What is "the DL"? What are you verifying the signatures against? Nevermind, driver's license, alright. :)

Sorry - way too many meetings today & all those acronyms have taken over my mind! I left the military to get away from them but seems I keep finding other industries that love acronyms.

http://idresponse.com

On one page:
Please enter your age: <input name="age">

On another page:
<?php if ($age >= 18) echo "Thanks for the business!";

I would call the person who purchases the dedicated server.

Hi Everyone,

Thanks for all your input, i will look into everything everyone posted.

Thanks Again.

HostMeg.

Originally posted by bqinternet
On one page:
Please enter your age: <input name="age">

On another page:
<?php if ($age >= 18) echo "Thanks for the business!";

It's one thing to "ask" how old they are, it's another to actually verify it.