PayPal Purchases Payflow Pro
First off I am not sure when this took affect but it is on their website so I assume it is public knowledge by now. If you have ever looked into accepting payments online than you have probably either heard of or implemented Payflow Pro. The Payflow Pro gateway was owned and operated by Verisign. PayPal had a system similar to this called Website Payments pro that would give you the ability to integrate real time processing using your PayPal business account. I am not sure what the final reason to abandon that product was but I can tell you that many developers, including myself were having major issues with integration of it.
Ok, so now that Website Payments Pro is out of the picture and Payflow Pro is in what is it and what can we expect. For starters Payflow Pro is a proven gateway and has been around a while so ease of use and stability are defiantly it’s strong points. So what will does this mean to you, well it will let you do the following.
- Accept credit cards, debit cards, more. Plus accept PayPal too (U.S.only).
- Optimize the customer experience by letting shoppers complete the checkout process without leaving your website.
- Stay secure with access to one of the most powerful risk-management systems.
One of my favorite features of this gateway is it's easy integration. This has to be one of the easiest gateway's out there that seamlessly integrates into a new or existing application. Another great feature and new is the ability to use PayPal as the merchant (duh!). The only requirement is that you need to have a business account which is fairly easy to setup or upgrade your existing account to. If you end up going with PayPal as the merchant then they will wave the $250 setup fee that comes with the product.
Below are some links to help get you started with PayPal's Payflow Pro. I will also be writing a quick integration how to next so be on the look out for that. Also if anyone has anything I should add to this post please let me know, I wrote this very quickly!.
