[Bug 804388] [NEW] A credit card is needed to pay in Ubuntu Software Center (Germany)

[Laryllan]

Public bug reported:

To buy software in the Ubuntu Software Center you need to have a credit
card.

As of now, credit cards are not wide spread in Germany at least.
A huge portion of users is therefore not able to buy in USC without applying for a credit card first.
Canonical and Ubuntu are loosing bucks here!

Most online shops in Germany offer to pay by debit transfer, where money
is transferred from a standard bank account.

A possible sollution is allowing payments with services like
https://payments.amazon.de/home or http://www.paypal.com where you pay
with your bank account data. This may be possible in other countries
too.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: software-center 4.0.3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Jul  1 17:41:34 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100429)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=de_DE:en
 LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: software-center
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-04-24 (67 days ago)

** Affects: software-center (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug natty running-unity

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Title:
  A credit card is needed to pay in Ubuntu Software Center (Germany)

Status in “software-center” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  To buy software in the Ubuntu Software Center you need to have a
  credit card.

  As of now, credit cards are not wide spread in Germany at least.
  A huge portion of users is therefore not able to buy in USC without applying for a credit card first.
  Canonical and Ubuntu are loosing bucks here!

  Most online shops in Germany offer to pay by debit transfer, where
  money is transferred from a standard bank account.

  A possible sollution is allowing payments with services like
  https://payments.amazon.de/home or http://www.paypal.com where you pay
  with your bank account data. This may be possible in other countries
  too.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
  Package: software-center 4.0.3
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
  Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Fri Jul  1 17:41:34 2011
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100429)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=de_DE:en
   LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: software-center
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-04-24 (67 days ago)

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