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Whether you're a small business, ecommerce platform, marketplace, enterprise, or developer, PayPal Commerce Platform offers what you need to run your business and help it grow.

What Is PayPal?

Over 26 million businesses choose PayPal to power their online payments both home and abroad. With easy setup, world-class fraud and seller protection tools, youll be able to reach more buyers and driver higher sales with PayPal. Whether youre selling on your own website or on marketplaces or via social media you can receive and send payments anywhere in the world with your all-in-one business account for online payments

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Overall rating

4.7/5

From 20,851 users reviews

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Ease of Use 4.7

Customer Service Software 4.3

Features 4.6

Value for Money 4.6

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Josh C.

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Design, Self Employed

Used the Software for: 2+ years

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Ease of Use
Features & Functionality
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Unrated
Value for Money
Likelihood to Recommend

9/10

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Reviewed on 14/09/2021

"Great online payments system with many features"

Comments: My experience has been great and I use Paypal all the time for many online purchases and have places that send me payments right to my paypal account.

Pros: There are very few places that do not take paypal. You can easily add multiple ways to pay. It also easily integrates with many things like woocommerce, zapier and wordpress to take payments if you would like. It is easy to get money from friends or people who owe you for business.

Cons: There is really only one annoyance that I have with paypal. If I have a say $10 visa or mastercard gift card and say I want to buy something for $15 most places online don't take 2 forms of payment for the same item so I need some way to put the gift card into my paypal account, but they don't allow you to easily send money from a credit card or prepaid gift cards. So the work around is to make an invoice and send it to another email and then pay with the gift card. There are 2 things with this the first is then that you must pay a fee which I understand and would be fine paying the fee. The other is that the whole process is a pain in the butt. They should just allow prepaid gift card amounts to be added to your balance and then just charge you the fee. Annoying but not a deal breaker.

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Reviewed on 14/09/2021

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Music, Self Employed

Used the Software for: 2+ years

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Ease of Use
Features & Functionality
Customer Support Software
Value for Money
Likelihood to Recommend

10/10

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Reviewed on 30/09/2021

"PayPal is an Essential Payment Provider with Amazing Features for Every Business"

Comments: Overall, my experience with PayPal has been very positive. From the ease of use, convenience and safety of transferring money, PayPal remains one of my top choices for business transactions, especially when dealing with customers and merchants overseas.

Pros: PayPal takes the globe and makes it feel small. Through the payment services PayPal offers, anyone can do business from anywhere, and know that their money, as well as the money of their customers, is safe and secure. PayPal makes it easy to send and receive money. I love PayPal's ability to convert currency easily, as well as the "instant transfer" feature where you can receive money instantly into your bank account from PayPal. I also love that when you receive money, you can use it as "PayPal cash" to pay for other transactions, or deposit it into a linked checking account. While there are several other payment providers available, the features and ease of use that PayPal offers makes it a top performer, and must-have for any business.

Cons: PayPal is truly amazing, and overall has great features. The one downside is the excessive fees. From the instant transfer fees, to the payment fees, etc, PayPal certainly takes its share of revenue. If the fees were lowered, or even eliminated in some cases, PayPal would be the top choice for just about every business.

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Reviewed on 30/09/2021

Ericka M.

Owner

Veterinary Software, 2-10 Employees

Used the Software for: 2+ years

Overall Rating
Ease of Use
Features & Functionality
Customer Support Software
Value for Money
Likelihood to Recommend

0/10

Alternatives Considered:

Shopify POS

Square Point of Sale

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Reviewed on 02/01/2020

"PayPal Uses Your Money To Make Money!"

Comments: My problem with PayPal is they try to be like a parent is to a child. Saying it’s my money they are just holding it for me. If it’s my money then give me my money PayPal.

Pros: My clients felt their payment information was safe and secure with a well know company that PayPal is.

Cons: That payments for services were held no matter what for three or more days unless clients called them to confirm services were done or being done. Even then my company had to wait on client payments of services rendered.

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Reviewed on 02/01/2020

Md mahbub A.

Digital Strategist

Computer Software, 2-10 Employees

Used the Software for: 6-12 months

Overall Rating
Ease of Use
Features & Functionality
Customer Support Software
Value for Money
Likelihood to Recommend

10/10

Reviewer Source
Reviewed on 15/09/2021

"When it comes to choosing the best payment system, Paypal is the most perfect solution!"

Comments: PayPal is one of the most popular online payment systems around the world. It allows users to transfer funds electronically and also provides the ability to make payments without divulging financial information since it can process payments via credit card or bank account without any direct link between the consumer's bank account and the merchant's PayPal account. In addition, PayPal offers a buyer protection guarantee for unauthorized purchases made with a user's credit card on its network.

Pros: As i work with digital marketing and serve globally so it's mandatory for me to find the best solution. Paypal did the job for me. I can take payments anytime securely, from any country of the world (although Paypal doesn't support in few countries yet). Besides i can buy digital goods easily with the help of paypal. Its supported to all the global platforms which is great. In the same country, transferring money has no fee! Gift card system is also useful sometimes. In a word, i'm in love with Paypal.

Cons: Paypal usually gives the most priority to the senders. Sometime clients ask for dispute illegally, Paypal can't guarantee your money. I saw few buddies, their account has been limited by Paypal for the illegal dispute requests by their clients. Paypal should come up with the solution and serve properly to the both parties.

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Reviewed on 15/09/2021

Sarah B.

Digital Marketing Consultant

Marketing & Advertising, 2-10 Employees

Used the Software for: 2+ years

Overall Rating
Ease of Use
Features & Functionality
Customer Support Software
Value for Money
Likelihood to Recommend

10/10

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Reviewed on 28/09/2021

"Every Business's Best Friend"

Comments: Paypay is our one-stop-shop. We use it for billing, paying virtual assistance who reside in different countries to creating invoices that can be downloaded in PDF or send a link to customers.

Pros: Paypal Business is a no brainer, from setting up new customers, adding products to sell online to invoicing both reoccurring or new customers or using it on your website as a card payment gateway. We advise our clients to include it as a payment system if they already had one elsewhere. For nearly five years now, we have had no issues except for one time and that was quickly resolved.

Cons: Sometimes clients struggle to find the developer integration key that they end up having to give us login details to collect it and then they change their PW.

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Reviewed on 28/09/2021

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