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Paypal or Bank account?

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  • 16-08-2010 3:11pm
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    Big Mouth
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    Hi,

    Not sure where else to put this thread so will try here, is it possible to set up a site in Ireland and use PayPal only, as the site will be up and running before all the hoops are jumped for the bank for our merchant account status. Any help appreciated, thanks.


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    lil_lisa
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    Yes, details are here. As long as you have a paypal account!


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    mneylon
    Registered Users Posts: 7,739 ✭✭✭mneylon


    The problem with Paypal is that it won't take Laser

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    Scotty #
    Registered Users Posts: 3,772 ✭✭✭Scotty #


    Big Mouth wrote: »
    Hi,

    Not sure where else to put this thread so will try here, is it possible to set up a site in Ireland and use PayPal only, as the site will be up and running before all the hoops are jumped for the bank for our merchant account status. Any help appreciated, thanks.
    Irish consumers seem to have a real problem with PayPal for some reason. I think it's because it looks like you have to open an account when you get to the payment page.

    I use www.realex.ie for Laser/CC transactions (€29/month inc 350 transactions). I offer paypal also but I'd say less than 10% avail of it.


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    Mr. G
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    If your using an sage accounting system, try SagePay. You should take a look at webpayments.ie too! Thats a great website for starters. Yes, I would say Realex payments is very good.:)


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    Eoin
    Registered Users Posts: 21,257 ✭✭✭✭Eoin


    Scotty # wrote: »
    Irish consumers seem to have a real problem with PayPal for some reason. I think it's because it looks like you have to open an account when you get to the payment page.

    That's sort of true - they do allow you to check out without creating an account, but I've heard a few reports that they only allow 10 or so transactions in "guest" mode before you do have to create an account.

    Not sure if it's just Irish people that don't like Paypal. Consumers in general don't seem to like creating accounts, they just want a once-off transaction a lot of the time. That goes for eCommerce sites as well, even if the only real difference between checking out as guest and creating an account is that you specify a password.
    Scotty # wrote: »
    I use www.realex.ie for Laser/CC transactions (€29/month inc 350 transactions). I offer paypal also but I'd say less than 10% avail of it.

    I find Realex great to deal with.


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    Scotty #
    Registered Users Posts: 3,772 ✭✭✭Scotty #


    Realex also offer 3D Secure... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3-D_Secure. This gives added protection for the merchant against fraud.


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