Paypal Website Payments Solution

Written by Shanx June 21st, 2005

Paypal Website Payments solution

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Accept payments on your site without redirecting through Paypal’s interface.

Update: June 23 2005
Google confirms its online payment interest but says it has no plans to take on Paypal.

On the heels of Google Wallet comes Paypal’s announcement to launch a web payment system that will allow site owners to offer paid content without their readers having to leave the site. eBay made US$ 233 million with Paypal in the first quarter of 2005 so the business merits are clear.

In plain English, Paypal is now offering payment processing capabilities of a merchant account and gateway, like one from Worldpay or 2Checkout, without the added hassle of redirecting through an external website.

Currently, if you want your site to offer paid content, you can use Paypal but your site’s users have to pass through a Paypal interface. With Website Payments Pro, that’d be unnecessary. Here’s how Paypal describes it:

Paypal Website Payments Pro

The Paypal site provides a handy demo so you can get a good sense for how this works.

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  1. Hi, I’m a jazz musician and I would like to sale direct from my website my last CD through Paypal. Could you please help me and tell me what’s the best option? Please email a copy of the answer to my agent and site administator : Dr. Ana Isabel Ordonez

    blossomlink@internet.lu

    Thanks,
    Herb Robertson

  2. Baron Turner says:

    Website Payments are OK – but there are problems – the field to send item descriptions gets mixed up depending on the landing page at Paypal. See out site on http://www.barondesechecs.com – chess set sales – where checking out has issues. Any solutions welcome.

  3. Rohit says:

    Please someone help me with PAYPAL PRO WEBSITE Integration. I Use Shopping Cart with PHP

    If u some sample code in PHP Please send me .

    Regards
    Rohit

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