Paypal instead of Merchant's account and will the site still move up?

[BobGW]

Hello,

Will an Ecommerce site still move up in a niche if it only accepts PayPal and doesn't have a merchant's account on it?

Thanks.

[EGOL]

I don't believe that payment method is a factor in the algo.

We have switched from Merchant Account to PayPal without seeing any rankings change.  We have also switched from PayPal to Merchant Account without seeing an ranking change.  And, we have gone to giving customers the option of using their choice of either PayPal or a credit card.  Never any ranking change.  The only change is that we discovered that we really don't like PayPal. 

[BobGW]

That's funny Yes, Paypal is for the birds as far as Ecommerce. Thanks EGOL

[Chris661]

Hi EGOL -

Curious why you don't like PayPal? We find some customers feel more secure using it and offer it as well as a merchant account for cc payment. It is an additional accounting task to manage.

[EGOL]

You are right about the additional accounting task.  We mainly didn't like the delays between the transaction occurring and approvals.  And, some transactions were approved and then, the next day, after the package was 1/2 way to the customer, we were told not to ship.

You are also right about customers wanting PayPal.  The ones using a mobile device especially like it because they don't have to type in credit card and address details.