PayPal (http://www.paypal.com) is an eBay company,
offering service to users in 55 countries including the United States. They have
over 25 million registered users, including more than 3 million business
accounts. PayPal is the most popular online Payment Gateway choice, and is the
easiest Payment Gateway to use. It has a free sign-up and you can be up and
running with a PayPal account within no time at all. PayPal accepts members only
from a given set of countries, and it is important to note that members outside
these countries will not be allowed to transact at all, using PayPal.
PayPal has three types of
Accounts - Personal, Premier and Business. You need to have a Premier or
Business account in order to be able to integrate your PayPal account with our
system.
Sign-up for a Business/Premier Paypal Account at
https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_business-register. Follow their
steps to activate your Account and confirm your Membership.
You are advised to browse through
the PayPal documentation, policies and interfaces in detail before attempting to
integrate the same with our System. The specific items you ought to check with
PayPal are
-
Cost of RECEIVING Payments via
PayPal
-
Withdrawal Fees and Countries
supported
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Tracking Payments
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Limits on
Sending/Withdrawal/Receiving
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Chargeback Policy of PayPal
Some of the useful links are
listed below -
Help:
https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_help&source_page=_profile-summary
Business Resource Center -
http://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=p/sell/small-biz-intro-outside
Manuals and Demos -
http://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=p/sell/small-biz-manuals-demos-outside
PayPal Developer Network (PDN) -
http://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=p/pdn/intro-outside
List of countries where PayPal accounts are available -
http://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_display-approved-signup-countries-outside
