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> Current paypal users who have been long term users, I wonder what they have to say. I opened my PayPal account in July of 2000 and they were my primary proce
by dangrossman 13y ago
> Current paypal users who have been long term users, I wonder what they have to say.
I opened my PayPal account in July of 2000 and they were my primary processor for 11 of the 13+ years since. They've never given me a reason to hate them, or even dislike them. None of the "horror stories" I've read about others seemed irrational once all the facts were on the table. I never understood the integration gripes either, particularly before all the newer offerings came about (express checkout, paypal pro, etc). It was always just pasting in a payment button, defining a notification URL, and an IPN script comprised of 20 lines of code in any language -- it's just POSTing back the same POST you received.
- jarrett 13y agoI tried them in the early 2010s. My biggest gripes: * Hard-to-find, outdated, labyrinthine documentation. * Confusing web front end. * Flakey login. I had trouble accessing my account more than I should have. * Flakey POSTing back to my server. Notifications came through late or not at all. All of that together was a deal killer for me. Granted, a few years have passed. So perhaps these issues have been corrected. But it would be hard to persuade me to use PayPal again.
- zengr 13y ago>> Hard-to-find, outdated, labyrinthine documentation You should check the current documentation, up there since 2012: https://developer.paypal.com/ https://developer.paypal.com/