Taking PayPal payments by phone

[printergal]

Hi,
We occasionally have customers who wish to place orders by CC over the phone. Would it be possible (although possibly against PayPal terms) to enter their details myself through PayPal and pay into our account? Or are there any firms offering a 3rd party service in the UK with no set-up fee? This seems similar to
[webmasterworld.com...] .

The customer would be aware of the process we are using. The reason for doing this is because due to only a few possible CC orders per anum it would be impractical to use a full merchant service or even World Pay.

Thanks,
Kate

[Corey Bryant]

With the third party accounts - most do not give you a virtual terminal since there is not that much background investigation done.

And it is against Paypal's TOS to actually do this.

-Corey

[printergal]

Thanks Corey,
Reading between the lines then it sounds as though it would be possible, if against PayPals terms. Obviously this would not normally be suitable, however for a very low number of orders a year and with the customers knowledge I may look into it as an option.

If anybody has any advice on low cost virtual terminal or a work around for a UK based business that would be most appreciated.