What payment methods go thru Ebay Checkout?

Mr_Clingford

I am selling a few items on ebay and would like to know by what methods a purchaser can pay through Ebay Checkout, ie, avoiding Paypal (to avoid fees). I am finding it a bit difficult to find my way around Help Pages on Ebay.

tigermatt

I think all of them go through eBay Checkout, but after reading this useful article: http://pages.ebay.com/help/sell/payship_ov.html I am not sure.

angeluk69_2

Just to let you know... alot of people are put off if they cannot pay via paypal, and are concerned about scams. Personally Paypal does cover you and the buyer and also means that you don't get the excuse of 'I sent the cheque ages ago, wheres my item' it happens alot!!

If you really don't want to use paypal cos of fees, then make sure you get buyers to send a postal order via recorded delivery and state that it is at their own risk if sent via any other method (not recorded).

Hope that helps

cougar_3

Paypal does not cover you as a seller, they are very one-sided. You have to have registered delivery on anything you send and they are very expensive. They are insecure too in that you leave yourself open to chargebacks by buyers using fraudulent credit cards.

I would not make buyers send postal orders with recorded delivery because that really is too much hassle and the warning will definately put people off. I wouldn't make a big thing about not accepting paypal, and would try and get buyers to pay with a BACS transfer. It's the same as a cheque but without the paper and it will be instant if your buyer is with the same bank as you.

There are some alternatives that still use credit cards - take https://www.nochex.co.uk as an example. It's slightly cheaper than paypal and there's no risk of a chargeback.

Bernie

...is easy!

Just do what every shop and business does and build the additional Paypal charges into your selling price.

Personally, I do this via the p&p charge - and offer a discount for using payment processes that do not incur costs.

I prefer to show my buyers what they're paying for the item and what they're paying for the priviledge of buying through ebay and PP by separating the two. It makes it clearer for me anyway.

A lot of people bang on about this infringing the "rules" but ebay/PP have not bothered me since I started doing this since in 1999.

For free payments, I too encourage payments via BACS or electronic transfers. This method is slower but, for the seller, far safer than PP with its infamous chargeback system. This system is going to be revamped soon with BACS transfers being completed in hours rather than days (and long overdue that is too - but that's another subject).

The next alternative is the cheque - but that's slower than a slow thing on National Slow Day!

I will not accept payment via Paypal from newbie account holders - too many unscrupulous people out there. Polite, diplomatic emails to newbie bidders and winners has been the effective way of ensuring the newbie gets the goods - and I get the money.

Just completed a sale to a complete newbie - took 10 days to fully close the deal but we're both dead pleased with the outcome.

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