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I love Paypal because it redirects me to the lovely paypal.com, so I don't have to input my credit card details in whateversite.com. I very rarely subscribe to

I love Paypal because it redirects me to the lovely paypal.com, so I don't have to input my credit card details in whateversite.com. I very rarely subscribe to or buy anything from Stripe-only sites, and others like it, because who really knows if my credit card number and secret will get stored in yet another database or stolen by some javascript.

osrec 9y ago
Having A/B tested both on-site and Paypal payments, customer opinion appears to be divided on this (almost 50/50 according to my tests). Some prefer going directly to Paypal, others seem to like checking out on-site. I know from a UX perspective I prefer checking out on-site as it feels more seamless. Privacy and security are definite concerns which the Paypal brand does alleviate, however checking out with Paypal was a clunky process (it has improved in recent years, especially on mobile). My reason for not choosing Paypal (as a vendor) is that their API doesn't feel as well thought out as stripe's and I've had my Paypal funds frozen without any clear explanation as to why!