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Source: PayPal
PayPal, the global online payment service, today announced new micropayments processing fees for digital goods. The new pricing will provide merchants with a more affordable way to process payments for low-cost digital content. PayPal’s micropayments pricing is designed to give customers the convenience of a-la-carte purchases, such as 99-cent downloadable ringtones, without having to […]

Source: PayPal
PayPal [has] launched PayPal Website Payments Pro, a new product suite for small- and medium-sized businesses.
Website Payments Pro features three new functions: Express Checkout, Direct Payment API and Virtual Terminal. With these functions, merchants can offer shoppers more choice in how they pay for items - with their PayPal accounts, their credit cards, […]

Source: Computer Business Review Online
Google just might be launching an electronic payment service that would directly compete with PayPal, which is now owned by eBay.
Observers claim that Google is developing the new service in order to boost its revenue from the online shopping market. The company is currently only able to make money from its […]

Source: Topix
PayPal…announced the launch of a new PayPal site in Spain, designed for Spanish users. The new site, https://www.paypal.es, is written in Spanish, offers information customized for Spanish PayPal account holders, and enables payments in Euros, the common currency in Spain.
“The Spanish eBay community has been requesting a local PayPal site for some time now,” […]

Source: MSNBC
I’ve received several of these emails at my three different email accounts. I only use one of them when I am buying or selling on eBay.
When I received an email from PayPal at my other two email accounts, I knew it was a scam. Unfortunately many other folks don’t know it’s a scam. […]

Source: Reuters
According to Reuters, eBay suffered from a power outage on Tuesday, May 10. The outage occurred in the San Francisco area, where the company is headquartered.
PayPal experienced a power outage for about a half hour on Monday, May 9th due to a hardware failure in its Denver, Colorado data center.
Both companies are now up […]

Source: Yahoo Business
This comes as a pleasant surprise to me after reading some of the negative articles and publicity surrounding PayPal. I am, however, very happy for PayPal because perhaps this will give the payment service some much needed positive reinforcement.
The Webby People’s Voice Award was selected by more then 200,000 users that cast their […]

Source: PayPal
Check out PayPal’s Enterprise Solutions and expand your customer base.
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With 64 million accounts in 45 countries, PayPal is one of the world’s largest online payment services, preferred by online shoppers.
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PayPal drives customer acquisition. Both TigerDirect.com and Overstock.com found that over 80% of their buyers who paid with PayPal were new customers.
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Source: Pocket-Lint
Trying everyway possible to get people to buy tracks online, Napster has announced that you will now be able to purchase music from the download music store via your Paypal account.
Napster and Napster Light members can still choose to pay by credit/debit card or purchase one of Napster’s pre-paid cards, which are available in […]

Source: PayPal
PayPal Buyer Credit gives your buyers increased purchasing power, and the opportunity to take advantage of promotional financing that you choose to offer them (including deferred interest or fixed payments). It’s a convenient, flexible, and secure way to boost your sales on higher-priced items.
Use promotional financing to make items more affordable. Deferred-interest or fixed-payment […]