c1rcle opened this issue on May 07, 2002 ยท 42 posts
JHoagland posted Tue, 07 May 2002 at 8:57 AM
I added PayPal to my site a few months back and am very happy with it. Yes, they charge a service fee for every transaction, but it is significantly lower than what VISA or Mastercard would charge. They provide HTML code for creating a "shopping cart" and "checkout" for the customer to purchase items. And since the actual transaction takes place on their server, I don't have to worry about making a "secure browser connection". (Yes, I could probably figure out the code to do all of this myself, but I would rather work on the layout of the site than the transaction-logic.) But, the best part is that PayPal handles the payment part- I don't have to have a merchant account with a bank or each credit card. PayPal accepts debit cards, credit cards, etc., and they have a well-known name. (Remember, some people may be wary about purchasing from "unknown" sites.) --John
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