Struggles with PayPal Integration

September 28th, 2009

So, if you’ve ever purchased anything on eBay, I’m sure you are familiar with their wonderful brainchild called PayPal. A completely digital way of exchanging money, no banks involved. A perfect dream right? More like a security nightmare, as history as proved. But I will give them credit for getting on the ball in recent days.

Regardless, if you operate a business with an online presence, PayPal has a number of unique features which the average business owner will find useful. As we all know, processing credit cards is something that is almost required for any organization operating in the 21st century. You can’t get by without it. So, when my fraternity came to me to inquire about coming up with an online way to make payments – PayPal was my recommendation. Little did I know that integration with PayPal is a little harder than the sticker price. Read the rest of this entry »