Pay Pal Pro vs Stripe
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anonymous-user

Original Poster:

85 months

Monday 16th March 2020
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We've been using Pay Pal Pro for a decade now, why? I really don't know! I'm looking at Stripe, what's not to like?!

Pay Pal :- 3.40% + £0.20 per transaction plus a £20 monthly fee.

Stripe :- 1.4%+ £0.20 per transaction ZERO monthly fee.

Seems like a no brainer?

Any others to consider?

TIA smile

Road2Ruin

6,532 posts

247 months

Monday 16th March 2020
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I can't comment on others, but we have used stripe and find it very efficient.

anonymous-user

Original Poster:

85 months

Monday 16th March 2020
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Thanks. I think we'll give it a go if we can get it integrated (can't see why not). Pay Pal are pissing me off with their "support", fees and constant problems (every week some system seems to break somewhere).

C2Red

4,377 posts

284 months

Monday 16th March 2020
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We use Stripe, customer service quite good as well.

Happy customer here.


morrisk1

650 posts

274 months

Monday 16th March 2020
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Thumbsup for Stripe here too. Good integration with WooCommerce.

mickytruelove

426 posts

142 months

Tuesday 17th March 2020
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also from the 5th of this month Paypal stopped refunding paypal fees when you refund an order. Even if its to cancel an order that never shipped.

Ebay will be switching to their own payment system this year so im not sure where that will leave paypal.

anonymous-user

Original Poster:

85 months

Tuesday 17th March 2020
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mickytruelove said:
also from the 5th of this month Paypal stopped refunding paypal fees when you refund an order. Even if its to cancel an order that never shipped.
Yep!! Which for me was the final nail in their coffin! IMO it takes the piss, they get their fee no matter what! They are already expensive. My only "fear" with Stripe is Google have an interest in them. Having said that there is no getting away from Google anyway and IIRC card vendors (Mastercard?) share customer data with them anyway!!

Edited by Dave_ST220 on Tuesday 17th March 15:28

buggalugs

9,292 posts

268 months

Tuesday 17th March 2020
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I use Stripe, tied in with my Xero. Works well I like it.

Road2Ruin

6,532 posts

247 months

Tuesday 17th March 2020
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mickytruelove said:
also from the 5th of this month Paypal stopped refunding paypal fees when you refund an order. Even if its to cancel an order that never shipped.

Ebay will be switching to their own payment system this year so im not sure where that will leave paypal.
Unfortunately Stripe are doing this also. A bit annoying.

okenemem

1,493 posts

225 months

Tuesday 17th March 2020
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mickytruelove said:
also from the 5th of this month Paypal stopped refunding paypal fees when you refund an order. Even if its to cancel an order that never shipped.

Ebay will be switching to their own payment system this year so im not sure where that will leave paypal.
really bad news


rfn

4,609 posts

238 months

Wednesday 18th March 2020
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We use Stripe - no complaints whatsoever.

anonymous-user

Original Poster:

85 months

Wednesday 18th March 2020
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Thanks everyone. Those who are using them, are you using their API or Elements? Does their dashboard display the buyers details like Pay Pal does?

C2Red

4,377 posts

284 months

Thursday 19th March 2020
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Dave_ST220 said:
Thanks everyone. Those who are using them, are you using their API or Elements? Does their dashboard display the buyers details like Pay Pal does?
I use a piece of code that works via Stripe Terminal; though I use it less frequently now; I usually charge customers by logging directly into Stripe and creating charges. Our business has flexible pricing so this works better for us this way

Road2Ruin

6,532 posts

247 months

Thursday 19th March 2020
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Dave_ST220 said:
Thanks everyone. Those who are using them, are you using their API or Elements? Does their dashboard display the buyers details like Pay Pal does?
Yes it's fully comprehensive. You can bring up all details of payees whether online or created by you. It also has a full suite of risk mitigation tools too. More than I would ever need.

anonymous-user

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85 months

Thursday 19th March 2020
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Great, thanks again smile

anonymous-user

Original Poster:

85 months

Friday 24th April 2020
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Stripe now done thanks to a fantastic PH'er! Now adding Apple and Google Pay to keep the millennials happy!! 😁