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Quick (obvious?) paypal question...

by TimothyW
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Here's what I want to accomplish...

I want to make a paypal button that allows the buyer to pay via paypal WITHOUT JOINING paypal (without getting a paypal account) -- no matter how "instant" becoming a member of paypal, it is STILL an additional hurdle the buyer must jump through.

Is there a way to make such a button?

What's the best way to accomplish my goal? I want buyers to be able to pay via credit card through paypal, WITHOUT getting a paypal acct. themselves. Preferably WITHOUT having to weave their way through a maze of choices before being able to *BUY* using their CC -- again, all without joining paypal.

Yes? No?

Let me know.

Thanks!

-- TW
#obvious #paypal #question #quick
  • Profile picture of the author TheNightOwl
    Any PayPal button should take them to a page where they can either log in to pay or enter their credit card details, no?

    Knock one up, put it on some test page (could just be the button and nothing else), press it, and see what happens!
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  • Profile picture of the author The Launch Manager
    I've heard, but have not played with, another function in PayPal that lets you set up a credit card payment button...and not have it look like they are even using PayPal. I forget with that is called...but a couple of my friends use that and swear by it.

    Remember...if you take in to much to fast with PayPal...you can find
    yourself with the account turned off and your funds frozen for up to
    six months.

    It's no fun...trust me.
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  • Profile picture of the author The Launch Manager
    [Note: Not a new paypal account I'm about to
    discuss...was up for about a year and did take
    in money on a regular basis...just not a ton like
    we saw during our Launch]

    We took in A couple hundred thousand in the
    first couple of days...and they shut us down. We
    then got back up...and 3 days later, after taking in
    a few more hundred thousands...they shut us down
    again.

    Then they waited over a month....while they verified
    thousands of shipments had arrived...

    then they only released half...and said they would
    release the other half in FOUR months...

    Then they also said any new money that comes in
    would have half held for 4 months.

    Try paying affiliates on that. It's no fun. I'll never
    work a large project again that uses PayPal as
    the primary way of taking in money.

    Having said that...if you increase the amount you
    take in over time...I believe that is a much different
    story.

    The person that told me the thing about the PayPal
    'tool'...loves paypal...and her site takes in a lot of
    money every day...but she has a great paypal
    reputation...and has been using them for years.

    On that note...I found the description of what I
    was told about...

    'It's not so much a tool as the type of PayPal account you have and how your shopping cart integrates with it. You need to have PayPal Pro Virtual Terminal which requires a PayPal business account which is your first step.'

    So...yeah...I hope that helped clarify
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  • Profile picture of the author TimothyW
    Bad news: The paypal account I want to use for this is brand new.

    Good News(?): The item will probably bring in less than 100 orders at $25 each -- all within a 2-week period (now through Jan 12, approx).

    Do you think that would trigger them freezing me?
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