Overview

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Setting Up

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Accepting

Payments

Managing

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Handling

Payments,

Withdrawals,

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Using Advanced

Merchant Tool

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Improved Checkout:

PayPal Account Optional

PayPal’s payment flow makes it optional for new buyers to sign up for a

PayPal account. That choice makes the purchase process more convenient,

resulting in an increase in completed sales and higher customer satisfac

tion.

The streamlined new payment process applies to both Website Payments

Standard and Email Payments. It’s included with these features: Buy

Now Buttons, Donations, PayPal Shopping Cart, Request Money, PayPal

Invoicing, and Payment Request Wizards for both Outlook and QuickBooks.

(It does not apply to Subscriptions.)

This checkout takes your customers through four easy steps:

• Shipping — Customers enter their name and shipping address.

• Billing — Customers enter credit card information, email address,

phone number, and an optional message to you.

• Review — Customers make sure their payment information is cor-

rect. They can either edit the information or complete the checkout

process.

• Save Information (optional) — Customers can save the informa-

tion that they’ve entered into a PayPal account for future purchases.

To create an account, all they need to do is choose a password and

answer a few security questions.

To turn off this new feature, simply go to the Profile subtab, click on

Website Payment Preferences under the Selling Preferences column, and

check the yes/no box under PayPal Account Optional.