Posted by: lenfante
Posted on: 2003-04-02 17:36:00
Hi! I'm using PayPal and their built in cart for my site. I've had enough users complain about PayPal and would like to have an inexpensive alternative.
2Checkout.com has been recommended as a similar service. Does anyone know about them and have any feedback?
Any other ideas would be greatly appreciated!
Posted by: deke
Posted on: 2003-04-23 02:20:00
I keep hearing more and more about them, and I'm about to bite the bullet and go with them.
They are a lot more pricey than PayPal. They charge about $50 to get set up, charge 45c instead of 30c per transaction, and discount the transaction 5.5% instead of 2.9% - and then turn around and keep a reserve as well.
But a sale on those terms is a *lot* more profitable for me than a no-sale on PayPal terms. I have never had any complaints about PayPal, and think the anti-PayPal crowd mostly (not always) consists of scammers that got caught, but I've never gotten very far arguing with the weather.
A guy I know says that when he started offering 2checkout on his site, his business doubled immediately on the same traffic. Half of his customers use PayPal, the other half use 2checkout. So I won't be dropping PayPal - I will offer *both*.
Posted by: dtobias
Posted on: 2003-04-23 05:31:00
I've got some comments about PayPal myself, see:
http://paypal.haters.info/
However, despite my dislike of them, I've ended up using PayPal anyway; it's too hard to escape (Dreamhost only pays affiliate commissions that way, and many Ebay sellers don't accept other payment or make it too inconvenient [like holding sales for weeks if you pay by personal check]).
-- Dan
Posted by: faena
Posted on: 2003-06-30 20:23:00
I use
www.mals-e.com
for a couple sites. You may wish to check them out. (just a satisfied customer!)
Nancy M McKenna