Comments on: New year, new store http://roobasoft.com/blog/2008/01/01/new-year-new-store/ If I write it down, I might not forget Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:29:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: BrianC http://roobasoft.com/blog/2008/01/01/new-year-new-store/#comment-36926 Wed, 02 Jan 2008 00:09:06 +0000 http://roobasoft.com/blog/2008/01/01/new-year-new-store/#comment-36926 <p>John, I tried setting up google checkout and it was causing me trouble. I spent less than 5 minutes debugging it before deciding to not offer it yet. I wanted to focus on other things so google checkout got bounced. I'll likely get around to it at some point, I just didn't want it to be a requirement for my initial deployment.</p> John, I tried setting up google checkout and it was causing me trouble. I spent less than 5 minutes debugging it before deciding to not offer it yet. I wanted to focus on other things so google checkout got bounced. I’ll likely get around to it at some point, I just didn’t want it to be a requirement for my initial deployment.

]]> by: John McLaughlin http://roobasoft.com/blog/2008/01/01/new-year-new-store/#comment-36916 Tue, 01 Jan 2008 21:07:08 +0000 http://roobasoft.com/blog/2008/01/01/new-year-new-store/#comment-36916 <p>Congrats on the store --I switched to the potion store about a month ago and I've been very happy with it. For me the switch was also a money saver as it is a less expensive payment option than esellerate.</p> <p>I noticed you aren't offering google checkout -- Any reason? (It's got even better rates than Paypal and is free until feb)</p> Congrats on the store –I switched to the potion store about a month ago and I’ve been very happy with it. For me the switch was also a money saver as it is a less expensive payment option than esellerate.

I noticed you aren’t offering google checkout — Any reason? (It’s got even better rates than Paypal and is free until feb)

]]> by: Daniel Jalkut http://roobasoft.com/blog/2008/01/01/new-year-new-store/#comment-36911 Tue, 01 Jan 2008 18:58:07 +0000 http://roobasoft.com/blog/2008/01/01/new-year-new-store/#comment-36911 <p>Congratulations on the new store! It looks great.</p> <p>I was curious about your sales tax issue. It doesn't affect me, because I present users with the same checkout UI regardless of whether they chose to pay with PayPal or Credit Card. In other words, they're encouraged to supply their address, even if they're using PayPal.</p> <p>I can see the argument that this defeats the anonymity of PayPal, but it doesn't seem to have been an issue for me. I've not once had a customer complain about being asked to enter an address after selecting PayPal.</p> <p>I like the idea that PayPal is "just a payment choice" and doesn't affect the scope of the information I ask the customer for. The payment experience is largely identical regardless of whether the customer is using a PayPal account or a credit card.</p> Congratulations on the new store! It looks great.

I was curious about your sales tax issue. It doesn’t affect me, because I present users with the same checkout UI regardless of whether they chose to pay with PayPal or Credit Card. In other words, they’re encouraged to supply their address, even if they’re using PayPal.

I can see the argument that this defeats the anonymity of PayPal, but it doesn’t seem to have been an issue for me. I’ve not once had a customer complain about being asked to enter an address after selecting PayPal.

I like the idea that PayPal is “just a payment choice” and doesn’t affect the scope of the information I ask the customer for. The payment experience is largely identical regardless of whether the customer is using a PayPal account or a credit card.

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