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The Best Ways to Take Payments with WordPress – WPCAST005

July 9, 2014

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

http://media.blubrry.com/wpcast/wpcast.fm/wp-content/blogs.dir/483/files/episodes/WPCAST005.mp3

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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
http://media.blubrry.com/wpcast/wpcast.fm/wp-content/blogs.dir/483/files/episodes/WPCAST005.mp3

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 21:53 — 20.2MB)

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Filed Under: Podcast • Tagged With: e-commerce, easy digital downloads, gumroad, paypal, sendowl, stripe, woocommerce

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