paypal shopping cart

[upstreamcreations]

Hi

I am looking for opinions on the paypal shopping cart. Would you recommend it.

Sheena

[steve0]

Hey there,

Opinions with regard to which aspects of the cart in particular?

Integration is easy and simple for mainstream products... for those clients that do not want to get a merchant account.

It is a breeze to create the cart links dynamically ..and the IPN system is convenient to post transaction information back to a client's database..

Downside is the whole sign-up requirement.. and refunds can be a hassle if the customer is not a regular paypal user..

-Steve

[jestep]

I agree, if you not wanting to get a merchant account, this is one area that paypal has actually done something right. The cart is easy to integrate, and works well. I cant really say much for paypal itself but the shopping cart is good enough.

[wen_laat]

You could also use Mals (mals-e.com) It's free. just as easy as Paypal, but it looks more professional. You can also integrate Paypal as a creditcard processor. We use this system, and we're very content with it!

[jestep]

Thanks for the resource wen_laat, I'll definately have to check it out.

[upstreamcreations]

Thank you all for your suggestions and comments. I will look more into paypal and research the Mals shopping cart that wen_laat recommended.