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PayPal for Digital Goods

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  • Started 1 year ago by Strategerizer
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  • digital goods
  • micropayments micro-payments
  • PayPal
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  1. Strategerizer
    Member

    PayPal announced this last fall and released it from beta recently. I am not sure exactly what, if any, advantage it may offer but I am wondering if you support this or if you have any other feedback on the subject.

    One thing that I noticed from looking at the PayPal website is better commission structure with lower costs for products under $10. It was not clear to me if that micro-payment commission is tied to their "PayPal for Digital Goods" or if it is something separate.

    I am hoping you have a deeper understanding of any advantages this new PayPal offering has.

    Posted 1 year ago #

  2. Strategerizer
    Member

    If useful, here is some info I found on another site that provides shopping solutions and have already integrated the new PayPal system:
    http://www.e-junkie.com/ej/paypal-for-digital-goods.htm

    It seems the new system allows for a more seamless shopping experience, with the transaction happening in an overlay. Here is and interesting thread on the E-Junkie forum, talking more about it:
    http://www.e-junkie.com/bb/topic/5044/pg/0

    Posted 1 year ago #

  3. Strategerizer
    Member

    And here is another demo of the transaction workflow using the new PayPal for Digital Goods.
    http://www.e-junkie.com/ej/paypal-for-digital-goods-demo.htm

    Posted 1 year ago #

  4. amin007
    Key Master

    Last time when I checked the "PayPal for digital Goods" did not have the option to pay via credit card. Your customer must have a PayPal account to pay if you use this option. This makes it not very popular among my customers as they prefer to have the option whereby their customers can pay via credit card.

    If I see customer interest then I will definitely look into it.

    Posted 1 year ago #

  5. bookman
    Member

    In the pdf FAQ linked at the bottom of PayPal's
    PayPal for digital goods" page I found this:

    *******
    17. What payment options will my customers be able to use with the Digital Goods solution?
    • Credit cards
    • Debit cards
    • Balance
    • Their bank account (if they have added a backup funding source such as a credit card to their PayPal account)
    • Add cash to their PayPal account with MoneyPak
    *********

    So it appears that buyers can use either their PayPal account or a credit card.

    Bookman

    Posted 1 year ago #

  6. Scott Munson
    Member

    OH!
    I bought and really like your plugin. But am I to understand from the above that one can't take advantage of the micropayments pricing structure in Paypal with WP-estore.....?
    That would really be most unfortunate!

    Thanks
    Scott.

    Posted 1 year ago #

  7. amin007
    Key Master

    You enable the micropayment rate in your PayPal profile. Basically, PayPal looks up your profile to see how they should be charging you for a sale. By default, they will charge based on the standard paypal rate. You can apply for other rates I believe (example: micro-payments, merchant rate etc).

    For example: I have merchant rate approved for my PayPal account (you have to do more than $10,000 in transaction per month to get this) so when I sale via PayPal I get a special rate. It doesn't matter what plugin I am using... when the payment goes via PayPal it will charge me based on what I have in my profile.

    Does that make sense?

    Posted 1 year ago #

  8. hyperink
    Member

    Hi, I'd like to follow up on this post. We'd also like to upgrade from Paypal's standard checkout to having the checkout be completely on-site. Since the digital goods api that Strategerizer mentioned seems to support credit cards, it looks like a very good option. Are there any plans to support this api, or if not, could you give me pointers on how to integrate it? (happy to help out with development)

    Alternatively, does eStore support any other Paypal APIs that enable on-site checkout?

    Thanks,
    Wei

    Posted 1 year ago #

  9. amin007
    Key Master

    The next in line is PayPal payments pro option.

    Update: Added the PayPal Payment Pro option to the gateway bundle
    http://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/forum/topic/wp-estore-and-payment-gateway-bundle

    Posted 1 year ago #

  10. hyperink
    Member

    Just checking to see if there are any updates on this thread.

    I love WP eStore and also interested in testing Paypal Digital Goods Payments.

    Do they work together?

    Posted 8 months ago #

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