Shopsite and PayPal: NEED HELP Processing credit cards

[Lassy]

Hi Guys,

I'm fairly new at this. I'm setting up an online store and I am using ShopSite. I have a PayPal Premier account and I had thought I would be able to use that to process credit card payments. But it's not working.. Or maybe I'm missing something?

Facts:
- I am a start-up, home-based business
- I don't have a merchant account
- I am only able to process paypal to paypal payments

Need:
- i want to accept cards and be able to process payments (using my paypal account hopefully?)


Please, please HELP. I'd appreciate it very much! Thanks! =)

[Lassy]

I'd like to add, it's not really feasible for me to get a merchant account right now. In the 3 weeks that I've put this up, I've only gotten 3 orders so far. I am doing custom-made mahogany models of aircrafts, ships, tanks, etc.. I've had inquiries already but those customers do not have paypal. SO I was hoping there was a way that paypal could accept credit cards and serve as a payment gateway without me having to get a merchant account. Any help is appreaciated. THanks very much! =)

[davidmamal44]

Paypal gateways offer more then just accepting paypal, they accept all forms of payment. Just refer to their official website to get more info.

[Angela]

Call PayPal and upgrade to a Business Account. Phone # 1-888-221-1161. When your call is answered, of course, it's automated so after the voice asks you what your phone number is just say "technical support" and you will be connected to a human. Or say "sales" and you will be connected to sales to get the Business Account. Also call your host and purchase a SSL security certification and dedicated IP which will run you $45.00 annually for the certificate and $2.50 a month for the dedicated IP. No doubt you have already done this because if you haven't, Reports has a warning alert.

If you give PayPal your URL of your ShopSite account, they can get into your form and walk you through. Also call ShopSite and they can help you also.

http://www.shopsite.com/help/current/en-US/sc/pro/index.htm?page=/help/current/en-US/sc/pro/payment.paypal.html

Although I filled out everything correctly so far only the people that used their PayPal accounts have been processed, everybody else who used a credit card is still being processed in cyberspace. So I'm really not very helpful because I need help with processing credit cards.