Printer Friendly Version
Email this thread to a friend
|
Featured Web Site Template |
|
Reflects user activity within the last 5 minutes
|
|
| Member |
Message |
patrickh
Joined: Oct 05, 2001
# Posts: 2187
|
Posted: 2003-Sep-09 15:11
I am in the process of building a ecommerce site that is just a spare time hobby; I am dealing with drop ship items and really want to put the minimum time/money into this project until I can see if it will actually result in some profit for me. As far as credit card processing goes, I have been looking around at merchant accounts, Y! store and PayPal cart, and have pretty much decided that the cheapest/easiest route (for now) will be just to go with PayPal. I understand it is not the most professional choice, but I don't want to dump $400 setup and $50 a month in fees on a merchant account just yet.
I was just wondering if anyone has delt with PayPal checkout before, and if they found it easy/hard to work with? I am familiar with PayPals pricing schemes and what not, but have not read the documentation for their shopping cart system yet (will do it over the next few nights)... just trying to get a "been there, done that" perspective.
|
 |
thejenn
Joined: Aug 08, 2001
# Posts: 9196
|
Posted: 2003-Sep-10 21:48
I did a site for a non-profit about two years ago as a favor and set them up with a Pay-Pal shopping cart.
It's gone over fairly well and they have a decent conversion rate. In their case, there was the added bonus that anyone who registered for PayPal through their site led to PayPal paying them $5. (So they could play off the whole, sign up and PayPal will give $5 to this non-profit company.)
It took very little time to setup and the pricing isn't outrageous. Worthwhile to play with for a low-budget site until you get to the point where you are willing/able to invest in a merchant account.
|
|
You are not permitted to post messages in this forum or topic, because of one or more of the following reasons:
- You have not yet logged in, or registered properly as a member
- You are a member, but no longer have posting rights.
- This is a private forum, for which you do not have permissions.
If you are a recent member, it's possible that you simply have not yet confirmed your account. Please
check your email for a message entitled 'JimWorld Forums: Confirm Your Account' and follow the instructions
contained within.
If you cannot find this message, click here to Re-Send it.
|
If you are still experiencing problem, please read the
Login Assistance
Article for some advice on what may be causing your login not to work properly.
|
Switch to Advanced Editor and ...
Create a New Topic
or Reply to this Thread
|
|
Inbox
