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Nathan Jerpe
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  		   Posted 4/29/2008 9:25 AM (GMT -4)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
So I am considering integrating a Paypal 'Buy it now' button with my website to accept online donations/payments.
 
I figured Paypal is the logical choice but maybe there are others?
 
If you are using Paypal, what sort of Paypal account do you have: personal, premier, or business?
 
Any gotchas, advice, etc. you'd care to share on this topic?
 
Thanks!

(Edit: FWIW I'm using Wordpress, so any tips, pitfalls, etc. regarding selecting a Paypal plugin or what have you is welcomed too!)

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  		   Posted 4/29/2008 9:38 AM (GMT -4)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
When we were running a business, including online sales, we had a paypal facility for payment and it was 100% reliable. Very simple to set up the links and worked perfectly every time.

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  		   Posted 4/29/2008 10:44 AM (GMT -4)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
Google Checkout is an option as well

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  		   Posted 4/29/2008 9:55 PM (GMT -4)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
PayPal is good in that there are no monthly commitments. If you don't sell anything through them for a month, you don't pay them a dime. All is taken out per transaction. So, if you think your sales will potentially be sporatic and/or low numbers, the slightly higher discount you're paying with them makes sense. If you sell a lot, however, then it makes sense to move to a traditional credit card processing company.

I've used them off and on, and not had any problems. I've not heard of Google check out, but looks like it is worth...checking out. ;-)

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  		   Posted 5/7/2008 11:44 AM (GMT -4)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
Thanks for the feeback! Probably gonna go with Paypal...I'll post further if I come up with any revelations :)
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