maybe we don't even need a shopping cart?

davidle

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we have a single non-digital product. we're looking for a simple way to accept payments. we need to be able to control the look of the checkout process. we need everything to function effectively with PayPal Website Payments Pro, our merchant + payment processor.

we would like to be able to:

1) accept payments with PayPal Website Payments Pro.
2) let customers change the quantity of said product (should they wish to purchase more than one unit).
3) it's important that we're able to keep visitors on our website so they have a seamless experience from landing page through checkout. we want to control the look of the checkout process. we want to be able to track the checkout process. in theory, we would like to design the look of the checkout process (entry-fields, buttons, etc.) in photoshop. hopefully that's viable/common.
4) we need to be able to block payments coming from certain countries (we can't ship everywhere). at the same time, we would like to collect their email info. hopefully this is common and easy to setup.

what we don't need to do:

1) we don't need a traditional Amazon-esque cart where the "cart" remembers every item you've placed in the cart. we only have one product, so if they customer clicks buy, they'll do it right away.
2) we don't want or need customers to create accounts in order to be able to make a purchase. they can buy on the order page they are directed to if they wish to buy. if they don't, they leave.
3) customers won't have to select a shipping option since shipping is free!!

so we're looking for a simple, fast way to accept payments for our product where we can control the look of the checkout process. we need this to function effectively with PayPal Website Payments Pro. what do we need to do it?
 


At minimum I would probably make a single page order form that was custom to the website and only asked for information you need. Like you said, with a single product you don't need a ton of stuff to order the product, but I have found that a quick and easy "Buy Now" PayPal button sometimes scares people away.
 
we don't want to use PayPal's stock buttons if that's what you mean! we've created our own big, nice call-to-action buttons in Photoshop and would like to use them as well as text-links that say "Purchase XXXXX" or "Buy XXXXX now." we want to keep visitors on our site for the payment process, not direct them to PayPal for payment.
 
If you know a little php look at paypals web payments pro api. I created exactly what you are talking about a few months ago. It was very easy.
 
At minimum I would probably make a single page order form that was custom to the website and only asked for information you need. Like you said, with a single product you don't need a ton of stuff to order the product, but I have found that a quick and easy "Buy Now" PayPal button sometimes scares people away.

what info do i need to collect? can i collect their card information on my site if i have an SSL cert (or whatever it's called)? i assume PayPal Website Payments Pro requires billing address/shipping/their name/email...that should cover it right?
 
If you know a little php look at paypals web payments pro api. I created exactly what you are talking about a few months ago. It was very easy.

i guess i could hire somebody to do this since i know no PHP, what would i look for..or what would be the job post title? aren't there solutions in place for this sort of thing, would have thought this is really standard.