Paypal recurring payments for membership site

alexei_aus · 07-27-2009, 07:27 PM

we have a membership site setup with paypal as a payment processor.
when someone pays with their credit card for the recurring payment, they are asked to setup a paypal account, i am wondering if there is a way around it as we have people signing up at the seminars by giving us their cc details.

paypal does not allow you to create accounts for others.

so, how can we go about this? should be switch to another system for payment processing?

any advice is appreciated

Johnny Slater · 07-27-2009, 08:24 PM

PayPal requires all recurring billing (subscriptions) to have an account with them. If the customer doesn't have an account already then they are provided with the information to create one.

If you want to manually set up recurring billing you will need your own merchant account I believe.

Scott Ames · 07-27-2009, 08:47 PM

Others who have had success or failure with PayPal as a payment processor for membership sites should chime in here, but....

I've read where some site owner would never use PayPal again. Not because it doesn't work or that it isn't an acceptable form for payment, but that subscribers can easily cancel without notice. The drop out rate is much higher.

Personally I like the power of being able to cancel at will, but it a bit too easy for someone to cancel for a membership site owner.

rlrlphs · 07-27-2009, 08:51 PM

Yes, I suggest you to use Merchant Account if you want your payors to pay you via PayPal.

feixia913 · 07-27-2009, 09:35 PM

Yes. I also think Merchant Account is the best method to accept cc.

07-27-2009, 07:27 PM	#1
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Johnny Slater Senior Warrior Member War Room Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Alabama, USA. Posts: 2,603 Blog Entries: 2 Thanks: 103 Thanked 412 Times in 164 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Re: Paypal recurring payments for membership site PayPal requires all recurring billing (subscriptions) to have an account with them. If the customer doesn't have an account already then they are provided with the information to create one. If you want to manually set up recurring billing you will need your own merchant account I believe.

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Scott Ames Senior Warrior Member War Room Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: West of Rockies Posts: 5,556 Thanks: 363 Thanked 665 Times in 325 Posts	Re: Paypal recurring payments for membership site Others who have had success or failure with PayPal as a payment processor for membership sites should chime in here, but.... I've read where some site owner would never use PayPal again. Not because it doesn't work or that it isn't an acceptable form for payment, but that subscribers can easily cancel without notice. The drop out rate is much higher. Personally I like the power of being able to cancel at will, but it a bit too easy for someone to cancel for a membership site owner.
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07-27-2009, 08:51 PM	#4
rlrlphs HyperActive Warrior Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 111 Thanks: 12 Thanked 5 Times in 5 Posts	Re: Paypal recurring payments for membership site Yes, I suggest you to use Merchant Account if you want your payors to pay you via PayPal.

07-27-2009, 09:35 PM	#5
feixia913 Active Warrior War Room Member Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 88 Thanks: 33 Thanked 7 Times in 7 Posts	Re: Paypal recurring payments for membership site Yes. I also think Merchant Account is the best method to accept cc.
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