PayPal Without PayPal For All Sellers
Ok, so you’ve got your online store (or are planning to start one) and you contemplated the idea of accepting PayPal as a payment method.
But.
You are probably concerned about the large amount of PayPal scammers, frauds, and PayPal’s inexistent seller protection that could make you loose your hard earned money.
What can you do?
At first, the most obvious solution is to accept other payment methods instead of PayPal.
And that’s great, except it has been shown that conversion rates increase dramatically when you accept PayPal, especially when you are targeting a more “tech savvy” crowd. So, by not accepting PayPal, you’re loosing money as well.
Ouch. Is there any other options?
Fortunately, yes. There are some ways you can accept PayPal without accepting PayPal! You keep your conversion rates on the roof, and avoid scams and fraud.
Awesome! What are my options?
This is where the fun begins. In “PayPal Alternatives For E-Commerce” I showed you the best services that allow you to process payments aside from PayPal. I must say I left behind a few other services I felt would be better on this list.
So, without any further delay, let’s see what your options are!
- ClickBank (http://www.clickbank.com)
You probably know ClickBank already. They are a major player in the e-commerce field.
ClickBank is more targeted at digital goods, but you could also use Clickbank as a regular payment processor for physical products by simply creating an order form on your website, and having ClickBank redirect the buyer to that page. You just have to setup separate payment buttons for your different products or services, and setup an appropriate return page on your website for when your customer has paid.
ClickBank is perfect for credit card processing, but they also accept PayPal as a payment option. So, if your customers prefer paying through PayPal, they just choose PayPal as a payment option, and ClickBank processes the payments.
They keep your money until your balance reaches a certain amount (which you can set through the account manager), and then they send you a check for the amount specified, always on time.
Also, you can setup an affiliate program for your products, so you can bring even more income through affiliate sales if you wish to.
And best of all, it’s a free service, though you’ll have to pay them a certain percentage of each sale (but PayPal does that, anyways).
ClickBank is available in most countries, but if your country is not supported, don’t worry. You can either ship the checks to a friend or a family member on another supported country (ClickBank actually supports that), or you can check out your other options…
- 2CheckOut a.k.a 2CO (http://www.2checkout.com)
2CheckOut is another wonderful payment processor. I personally have had a great experience with them, and their support is blazing fast (unlike PayPal: where I submitted 2 questions, and one request about… 8 months ago and still haven’t gotten an answer).
2CO, like ClickBank, is mainly a credit card processor, but they also accept PayPal as a payment option. The process is similar to that of ClickBank, except that whereas ClickBank is more for digital products (although you could use it for physical goods by tweaking your website a little) 2CO supports both digital and physical products by default, and they have an native shopping cart (which ClickBank doesn’t have, but it can be done using third party programs and services).
So, 2CO is pretty neat: not only in features, but also in simplicity and ease of use. And it’s easy on they eyes as well.
The only drawback? you’ll have to pay a $49 one-time fee to get your seller account. It may seem a bit too much for some at first, but I think it’s worth it.
- Give your products away for FREE, And Get Paid Through PayPal!
HUH?! WHAT THE!
You’re probably thinking “That guy has lost his mind!” while your mouse pointer is hovering over the “close” button.
But now, I’m not writing this from a mental center. Rather, I’m going to talk about a new payment system that will surely become very popular.
It’s called TrialPay (http://www.trialpay.com).
What TrialPay does is offer your products or services to your customers for free in exchange of them signing up for free trials or whatnot from more than 2000 companies like Blockbuster, Skype, eBay, McAfee, GAP, etc.
This is how it works:
- You setup an account at TrialPay.
- You add a product that has a price of, say, $20.
- You setup the payment button on your website.
- Your customer sees they can get your products or services for free, in exchange of signing up for a free trial at Blockbuster, for example.
- If they sign up at Blockbuster, they get your product for free.
- You get paid through PayPal every month, always on time.
Awesome!
I personally tried TrialPay on an ebook I used to sell, and I have to admit I saw pretty good conversions, and I got paid in time. That has been the only time I’ve used them, but I truly recommend them.
Although it doesn’t count as “accepting PayPal without accepting PayPal”, I thought it would be worth adding it to this list, since your money goes to your PayPal account, anyways 
So, maybe you’re confused about one thing…
How does all of this protect me from scammers? Well, for scammers, it’s a lot harder to deal with a company like ClickBank or 2CO when it comes to complaints, etc. After all, most of PayPal scammers file a complaint with PayPal in order to get their money back.
And companies like ClickBank and 2CO have a strong legal department: far more powerful than just a single customer.
Now, in a way, you’re still vulnerable to scam attacks and fraud, but it is much more safer to have an intermediary deal with a scammer, than dealing with the problem yourself. And it will lower your stress levels dramatically, trust me.
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