paypal question

Hello,
is it mandatory for the customer to have a paypal account to pay the membership through Paypal? I ask because I read the customer is notified via email, using the email associated with his Paypal account. I need Paypal payment maethod, but without the need of having a Paypal account for the customer, cause this condition will make customers not to finalize the checkout in a considerable number of cases.

Thank u.

Hi Oriol,

If you upgrade to s2Member Pro and you get a PayPal Pro account, you can accept payments on your website without a PayPal account being required. Otherwise, customers who checkout using PayPal will be sent to PayPal’s website to make their payment.

Hi Raam,

“Otherwise, customers who checkout using PayPal will be sent to PayPal’s website to make their payment.”

Does this imply that when sent to PayPal’s website it is needed to have a Paypal account? Is possible to make a payment through paypal standard without having a paypal account, i.e., using a credit card?

Thanks for your support.

is it mandatory for the customer to have a paypal account to pay the membership through Paypal? I ask because I read the customer is notified via email, using the email associated with his Paypal account. I need Paypal payment maethod, but without the need of having a Paypal account for the customer, cause this condition will make customers not to finalize the checkout in a considerable number of cases.

The thing is that PayPal will require the user to have a PayPal account if you’re selling him a subscription. If it’s a one-time buy-now purchase, then the PayPal account isn’t required.

The only way to not require a PayPal account to sell a subscription, is if you get their paid service for that; I think it’s called DPRP (Direct Payment Recurring Payment), not sure if it has different names depending on whether you’re using PayPal Standard, Express Checkout or PayPal Pro. If you really need this feature, you should contact PayPal to get more information on it and, if you choose to, activate it.

I hope that helps. :)

Cristián, yes your info helps, I’ll take a look at what you say. Lots of thanks!

Glad to help. :)