Paypal Good or Bad?

Seclinix · #1 (**permalink**) 04-10-2007, 02:20 PM

i was looking around for a suitable marketer to help me sell my ebooks and i looked at a few sites that run personally and wouldnt recomend them they have less that 40 people visit a week and yer not good so i looked at paypal instead and found some good results, next step is should i or should'nt i take the chance?

What do you guys think...

Anyhelp would be great Thnaks
Seclinix

lisa · #2 (**permalink**) 04-10-2007, 02:29 PM

Hey Seclinix,

Do you mean marketing or collecting the orders/payments for your book?

Seclinix · #3 (**permalink**) 04-10-2007, 02:32 PM

oh sorry i may have stated wrong, i meant someone that will collect the money for my books...

amybiddle · #4 (**permalink**) 04-10-2007, 07:21 PM

Hi Seclinix,
I use Paypal and no other shopping cart and I've had very few problems at all. My only concern is that my readers from Africa haven't been able to purchase - I ran into that twice.

I sell ebooks and an ecourse on my site. All 100% downloadable stuff. Paypal has made that very easy.

I'm moving toward other types of monetizing soon, and I haven't yet seen where I need anything "more" than Paypal.

One info-marketer I read (doesn't matter who) sent an email yesterday that stated that he has readers who don't like Paypal, who just want to pay with a credit card - so he had to add a shopping cart feature to his purchase area for a launch of a product he's selling.

I was a bit surprised at this- but I know some people don't like Paypal and he was able to easily accommodate these folks. With a large enough profit potential and a big enough readership, I can see how this move could make sense.

One last thing: I haven't tried a Paypal shop yet. I keep thinking I will, but never got around to it. Hard to say if it would be worth it in my case.

Seclinix · #5 (**permalink**) 04-10-2007, 07:54 PM

thanks for the feedback ill look into the paypal stuff and my uncle had problems with it too he lives in the UK and now he uses ebay to sell stuff..

Thanks
Seclinix

beautifuldayahead · #6 (**permalink**) 04-15-2007, 01:11 PM

Hi . I use paypal.. Yes I believe is good, free to join free to send and recieve UNLESS you are doing a business account then it is free to send and they do charge a small fee if you make a sell. BUT they offer great deals and can post there also and can help keep account of your business step by step help and you can earn from them to. Just let me know and I will help ya get on there if you need the help. They have logos you can use to let people pay through paypal to you on your ads. Is good for me...safer and well known and also going places......Big. Have a great day.. yea I am still trying to win that money to. ha ha..come on down let me know what you do . I sell home made jewelry..what kind of books you are doing??

Seclinix · #7 (**permalink**) 04-15-2007, 04:53 PM

ah yes i see lol but you need a credit card and i am only 16 so im not eligeble to sign up for a credit card although i have tested my limits with googlelol shh

beautifuldayahead · #8 (**permalink**) 04-15-2007, 05:04 PM

I do not know to much about that route although I have a credit card but a bank account is good....oh yes take charge........sometimes we might need a helping hand....and you know what that hand could be a hand out...

Seclinix · #9 (**permalink**) 04-15-2007, 05:59 PM

yer i guess it works out good if you have a credit card but in NZ you have to be 18 to get credit card =( so ill find a way.

fs.bb · #10 (**permalink**) 04-19-2007, 05:42 PM

I'm surprised to be the first to give PayPal a negative comment.

I do a limited amount of selling on eBay since not everything I sell is suitable for my website. I think its unfair that eBay forces all their sellers to offer PayPal (providing eBay with more of our profits since they own PayPal) but, thats not really the reason for my response to your question. I've been a PayPal member for years with no problems. That was until this past winter.

They no longer offer the support and help that they started out with. Let me give you an example of a recent experience I had with them. I was printing Global postage and there was a glitch in the PayPal system. This resulted in my being charged postage twice. After a month of waiting for a response and two generic emails, I received a nasty email from them stating that they were going to refund my postage. They also informed me that this was a one-time-only for-the-life-of-the-account courtesy by them. Even though it was their mistake, I got penalized.

This is just one of the latest problems I've had with them. It doesn't matter if you're a buyer or seller. You will eventually be hurt by PayPal. I can guarantee it.

Please, understand that I'm honestly not here trying to bash PayPal. I am a Business Owner trying to help you see EVERY side of PayPal.

For more info you can check out http://www.paypalsucks.com

If you do decide to go with PayPal, its not as if they're going to intentionally be gunning for you. Just be very careful and read their rules carefully.

Good Luck

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