Tag: Payment Services

eBay have backed down in Australia and will no longer require PayPal to be offered as a payment option on eBay listings. In the future it will be sufficient simply to offer one of three safe payment methods, with one option to sellers being to offer PayPal. Following highly publicised criticism and investigation by the [...]

Amazon have today launched Amazon Payments to enable sellers to accept payments from buyers using their Amazon log on credentials. Amazon Flexible Payments actually launched in limited beta back in August 2007 and Amazon have rolled this in with their new product offerings which are Amazon Simple Pay and Checkout by Amazon. Checkout by Amazon [...]

There’s this company which I adore because they’re one of the most unlikely companies you’d expect to embrace the Internet. Topskips (yes a skip hire company) have a website, they have a blog, they even have their own online company TV channel, and back in July 2007 Topskips started to accept PayPal. The reason I [...]

Sellers today can breathe a collective sigh of relief when receiving payment by cheque. From today any cheque will clear six days after it’s paid into a bank account and on the seventh day it can no longer bounce. Previously cheques never really cleared and banks could reclaim funds from their customer bank accounts weeks [...]

You wouldn’t think it possible, but PayPal almost got me excited! Yes I know payment services are a little dull, but they’ve introduced a fantastic feature in the US and it appeared in my PayPal account so of course I subscribed immediately. Sadly it’s a mistake and PayPal are in the process of removing it [...]

The Irish are making it easier to open eBay and PayPal accounts by accepting prepaid credit card style vouchers. 3V, the voucher issuer, say they will enable users to open PayPal accounts and buy and sell on eBay or indeed anywhere that accepts Visa payments. Vouchers can be purchased in local shops around Ireland, so [...]

eBay are introducing a Misleading and Discouraging Payments Policy which they’ll begin enforcing from mid October in Australia. This is an update of the PayPal Payments Policy which is effective on eBay.com, but which currently doesn’t exist on eBay.co.uk. The new policy insists that you must accept all payment methods offered from all buyers with [...]

Google Checkout have eased ahead of PayPal in the race to attract business. They’ve offered to waive all fees for US charities, at least until 31st December 2008. eBay have always donated fees to charities where products are sold on the site through eBay for Charity. They match the percentage the seller donates by donating [...]

It’s been rumoured all week, and now it’s official: Amazon have announced the launch of their new Flexible Payments Service. FPS is now in “limited beta”: I’d better say up front that possibilities for those outside the US are currently pretty limited, but nonetheless, this looks like a very interesting product. “Designed from the ground [...]

PayPal can now be used for skip hire with 100% satisfaction money back guarantee! Topskips say they’ve listened to their customers and given more payment options including PayPal. They’re also the first to offer a 100% satisfaction promise that if your skip arrives more then 24 hours late or causes damage when delivered you’ll get [...]