Paypal the best or?

Charging trough the internet.

[lazerzubb]

I will start to charge trough internet is paypal best or.
And i am affraid that i will get more than 100$ a month what should i do then?
Is there any other good service?

[mivox]

If you get more than $100 per month, upgrading to a "premium" or "business" account is free... they take a small percentage of each transaction (around 2%) as a fee, but you don't have to worry about the $100 limit anymore.

It's very easy to "upgrade" your account when you need to. :)

[mark_roach]

In a similar vein does anyone known of any services that will provide a low cost (preferably free) credit card processing option for a site which is fundraising for a good cause ?

[mivox]

Paypal also has a "donate" button option... Don't know if that falls under their completely free services, or if they take the percentage.

And of course you can also design your own "button" graphics for use with a PayPal account, if you find their pastel blue designs a little dull, or would like to change the wording...

(disclaimer: I do not work for PayPal... just know they're easy to use.)

[txbakers]

I adore paypal and would highly recommend it.

I cancelled my Bank of America CC account and saved myself the $25-30 monthly fees and the hassles of dealing with fraud and chargebacks.

I've converted several of my clients small eCommerce sites to PayPal, and my main site will use PayPal for subscriptions. It's worth the 2% or so for the convenience.

[Everyman]

> In a similar vein does anyone known of any
> services that will provide a low cost
> (preferably free) credit card processing option
> for a site which is fundraising for a good
> cause ?

www.guidestar.org works with www.helping.org, which works with United Way. Support is from the AOL Foundation. They provide free, secure, private online processing for tax-deductible donations to 501(c)(3) organizations. They accept Visa or Mastercard. Completely free; AOL even picks up the bank transaction fee and forwards the full amount to the 501(c)(3). You can also arrange to have it deposited to your bank via electronic fund transfer. There's instantaneous confirmation of a donation in realtime, but you have to log into your account to see it. Getting the actual money in your account, or by check if you aren't using EFT, make take 30 days or more.

[heini]

Paypal may be a very good choice. Problems arise when dealing with outter US. From outside people have to set up an account, which is a bit of an hassle. You have to be really determined to pay someone to do this. Before this account gets active you have to wait several days for them to charge you a nominal 1$ along with a additional number. Itīs all fine, but itīs not exactly what Iīd call makin it easy on your customers :)
hi brett didnīt forget that donation, tried it for the third time now - one day I will succeed....

[lazerzubb]

If i want to transfer $50 outside US to another outside US credit card and i don't want to wait what's the fastest thing to do then?

[txbakers]

Speaking of PayPal - I just read that they are actually going forward with an IPO very soon. The article mentioned the dotcom bust, and how three companies are pressing ahead anyway.

I have confidence in PayPal and would recommend it. After all - they are the number one payment method on eBay and they are still doing well.

[lazerzubb]

Aren't you able to recive money if you live in Sweden and don't have a bank account in the US?

[Beagle]

Here are some of the ones I have looked at recently... we ended up going with clickbank below and so far they have been quite good... These first two below are really only for non tangible goods such as downloadable software or newsletter subscriptions etc although they do have options for tangible merchandise I believe.

Similar to Merchant Accounts:

clickbank.com : One time fee of $50. No charge per month. No monthly limit on transactions. Up to $250 per single transaction. They take 9% of each transaction which may seem high but they also act as your billing agent and handle customer inquiries.. They also accept all major cards and handle international orders as well.

Similar to them is ibill.com. They have a good rep and have been around a while. They take 15% of transaction with a $100 dollar limit per sale. There is no setup and no monthly fee. Not sure about a monthly cap on dollar amounts.

Similar to Paypal:

propay.com They look interesting. They are more along the lines of what paypal does.. only they DONT require the purchaser to have an account with them. This is a big plus in my book.

c2it.com. This is run by Citibank. Have not heard too much about it.

also to look at...

billpoint.com
moneyzap.com