Richard, you're again completely correct, I just bought myself a new board game because the shop accepted paypal and I could not help myself...
:D On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 2:55 PM, Richard Gaskin <[email protected]>wrote: > Nicolas Cueto wrote: > >> You are right about the "Mom Test", and that PayPal is not as >> straightforward as they'd like us to think. So I had a look at your >> webstore to see how you handle payments, and was curious about how you >> enable Visa card payments. >> > > Agreed: for non-PayPal transactions, PayPal can be a bit daunting. And > since most hosting companies include a free shopping cart (ZenCart and Miva > Merchant are both useful and very extensible) it's not too hard to set up a > good payment system these days. > > But for folks who use PayPal, it's really hard to beat the convenience and > very worthwhile offering it as an option. > > My customers beat me up for many months asking for a PayPal option, and the > whole time I was thinking, "Why does this matter when we already accept most > major credit cards easily enough?" > > Then I added a PayPal option, and I learned: > > Because PayPal accounts are separate from one's banking and credit card > accounts, it doesn't feel like spending real money. It feels like play > money. And the PayPal UI for account holders is dirt-simple and ultra > convenient. > > In short, PayPal makes it very easy and encouraging for other PayPal > customers to give you money. And there are a lot of them. > > Once I added a PayPal option my sales when up about 8%. > > And as a customer, I find myself more inclined to make impulse purchases > when I find a PayPal payment option. With anything else, I need to evaluate > whether it's worth the time to get out of my chair to dig up a credit card > and do all that typing. > > -- > Richard Gaskin > Fourth World > Revolution training and consulting: http://www.fourthworld.com > Webzine for Rev developers: http://www.revjournal.com > > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > [email protected] > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution > -- http://www.andregarzia.com All We Do Is Code. _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
