PayPal Merchant Account

Chances are, if you've made a purchase or won an eBay auction, you're familiar with PayPal. PayPal is one of the best known and most trusted money-exchanges on the web and any commercial site should accept PayPal payments simply because so many customers prefer to pay via this service than having credit card information stored on a couple of dozen web sites.

The features offered by PayPal are extensive for both buyers and merchants.

  • Buyers can send money to any email address in 103 countries and regions, expanding their commercial reach world wide.
  • PayPal doesn't cost buyers anything so they love it for its cost and convenience.
  • Buyers don't need credit cards to make a purchase. The purchase price is simply removed from their registered bank account. And that means more sales for you.
  • Complete protection from unauthorized payments from your account (buyers and sellers).
  • Merchants can accept credit card orders without a merchant account. PayPal is your merchant account.
  • W3 site owners can be paid by telephone, fax and mail – all through one payment gateway.
  • Easily track payments and shipping with PayPal's tracking function.
  • Because PayPal is so well known, buyers are comfortable and familiar with this payment option.
  • More payment gateways = more sales

Unless you've been living in a hut for the past decade you know PayPal and chances are you have an account, even if it's simply to pay for eBay purchases.

W3 HOSTING recommends PayPal to all its clients and provides servers that are totally compliant with all of PayPal protocols.

This is simply a no-questions-asked, must-have for any commercial site. Don't even think about running a successful site without PayPal. You just have to have it. Period.