pageoneresults - 2:45 pm on May 18, 2007 (gmt 0)

PP is primarily for amateur sand part-timers IMHO.

Hmmm, watch out! Brett uses PayPal here for Subscriptions, does that mean he is an amateur or part-timer? I manage a site that is 100% PayPal driven and we don't have any issues, nor are we amateurs or part-timers. It was a business decision at the time to keep operating costs to a minimum and liability issues.

They do provide a good service for those who meet the above criteria but if you are in business then you need your own merchant facilities.

If you are a business, you are going to provide as many payment outlets that you possibly can so that you can cater to your visitors requirements. Not offering PayPal as a checkout option could be costing you a little business. Its another tool for your business.

With PayPal's new Virtual Terminal, you no longer need to be tied into those 3 year Merchant Accounts either. Best thing that could have happened to the small/medium business. I cancelled my Merchant Account and switched to Virtual Terminal. One of the better decisions I made.

In the 8+ years I've been using PayPal, I don't recall "ever" having any issues that were not resolved professionally and there have been less than a few. ;)

Control of my bank account?

While I'm always concerned when someone has direct access to one of my accounts, I'd rather it be PayPal than someone else. Really, I would.