Comments on: If you don’t have Paypal, sorry, that’s the only payment option

By: eft payment

eft payment — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:05:19 +0000

I don’t think it’s strictly necessary, but it might be a good idea. From my experience, customers put a lot more trust in paypal than they do other, less branded payment options. More trust means more orders, so I would definitely do it, if only as a secondary option.

By: Simonne

Simonne — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 23:58:01 +0000

Thanks, Tyson, I’ll be very careful.

By: Tyson

Tyson — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 10:41:18 +0000

PayPal is a horrible company, do not do business with them, you will be sorry in the end. Millions of people have been ripped off by them and are on the top 10 most hated companies on this planet. There are several class action lawsuits pending agenst them. Any one who is going to use them need to do some research on the company and see how many businesses and consumers that have been ripped off and had there business destroyed because of paypal. Get a real merchant account from your bank and save yourself from a wold of headache!

By: Simonne

Simonne — Sat, 19 May 2007 08:31:03 +0000

OK Bes, thanks for telling me that. I appreciated your comment.

By: Bes

Bes — Fri, 18 May 2007 22:45:54 +0000

By the way, the anonymous commentor above was me, not sure why or how I forgot to put in my name.

By: Simonne

Simonne — Fri, 18 May 2007 06:57:52 +0000

Ha, ha! Thank you all for the comments. PayPal asks you about your details, then they just open the account. Only when you try to access the restricted options you find out that your account is limited. I think disclosure shows respect for the readers.

LaurenMarie, thank you for letting me know that. I don’t necessarily need PeyPal, but I really want to work with some companies which have this as the only payment option.

By: LaurenMarie

LaurenMarie — Fri, 18 May 2007 02:51:28 +0000

Oh Simonne, you don’t want PayPal. It is a horrible company. I know it’s easy to use and many merchants may only accept PayPal, but you don’t want to leave your bank account open to them. PayPalSucks.com will tell you why. VERY scary.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 17 May 2007 20:32:02 +0000

Does Paypal have different set of requirements for your country when it comes to fully enabling your account? I thought they confirm some things about your name, bank account and address and then go on to allow your account to send and receive money.

The scenario you mentioned with Associated Content is an example of how businesses or services need to have clear disclosures on their site on who can and cannot use the site. Sure, not disclosing such a fact may bring in more traffic, but it also results in more frustration.

“Internet is international”, in theory yes, sure, but in reality, many people treat it otherwise.