posted on December 26, 2001 01:33:53 PM new
I'm a small volume seller and my present schedule doesn't allow me to be very consistant with listing. My question is...Do online payments really make much difference in the sell thru or amount people will pay for an item? Is there a hassle free option out there? I just think Paypal wants everything short of my first born for the service and reading these posts scares the heck out of me. Any help appreciated. Thanks.
posted on December 26, 2001 01:41:17 PM new
paypal is probably your best bet The issue as to wheather or not you get better sales as a result has been debated here in the past with both sides making some valid points
I am off the opion that accepting online payments will result in more money to you in the long run thru higher Sales , fewer deadbeats and a higher net at the end of the year.
posted on December 26, 2001 02:11:46 PM new
I would advise you to sign up with paypal for a standard personal account and not pay the added fee's for the Premier account.......then state in each of your auctions that you accept NON CREDIT CARD payment thru Paypal only......this way your buyers still get the added convenience but you don't end up paying extra fees that small volumn sellers don't need.
posted on December 26, 2001 07:39:45 PM new
I think that you should offer both BillPoint and PayPal. I get quite a few BillPoints now. BillPoint works just fine and there's no obnoxious FUD email like PayPal.
posted on December 27, 2001 05:31:42 PM new
We are using PayPal (my favorite), plus Billpoint, c2it (have never received any payments this way) and BidPay. We also accept money orders. I have become rather disappointed with the money order part, since I have 15-20 items "sold", packaged, addressed, and waiting to ship. Some of these sit for 2-3 weeks with several reminders to the buyers about payment. My question, does anyone accept ONLY electronic payments and succeed? I still get a about one-third of purchases with money orders, personal checks or even cash.
