The Best Ways to Take Payments with WordPress – WPCAST005

In this episode, we give an overview of some of the best options to take payments with WordPress, on or off your site.

The Changelog

• David:
  • In Barcelona
  • “Easy Pricing Table” in WP.org, better branding with FatCatApps
• Doug:
  • In New Jersey
  • Live (in person) web design

The Core

Easy, Hosted Solutions (External Checkout):

• PayPal
  • PayPal Express (get PayPal button) or PayPal Standard
  • Deposits into PayPal account
• Gumroad
  • For digital products
  • Very simple, you don’t have to worry about anything
  • 2 week deposit cycle, but can deposit directly into bank accounts
• SendOwl
  • For digital products
  • Monthly fees instead of per transaction fees
  • Is not a payment processor
  • More features (affiliate program, integrates with payment processors)

Self-Hosted Shopping Carts (might need SSL):

• WooCommerce
  • Powerful e-commerce shopping cart, better for physical products
  • Lots of extensions
• Easy Digital Downloads
  • For digital products
  • By Pippin Williamson, respected developer and co-host of Apply Filters
• Payment processors for shopping carts:
  • PayPal Payments Pro (SSL)
    • Deposits into PayPal account
    • Monthly fee
  • Stripe (SSL)
    • Deposits direct to bank account, 2 day transfer
    • No monthly fee
    • Lots of integrations
    • Better than Authorize.net, which is harder to set up and has more fees
    • If not available, consider PayMill

Tips & Tricks

• Freshbooks
  • Invoicing platform for freelancers and agencies
  • Recurring invoices, payment reminders, time tracking, basic accounting
  • Integration with Stripe, PayPal, and other payment processors
• Promoting New WordPress Plugins post by Thomas Höfter
• Simple Stripe Checkout plugin (in the plugin repository) by Phil Derksen