Hi Mel,

one big drawback for PayPal in a business setting, is that PayPal cannot take Corporate Amex, for a reason they attribute to Amex.

Hank

>Hi Rick,
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>I am sure you know way more about all this than I do.
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>The only thing I am saying is in my personal experience in setting up Authorize.net, the issue wasn't really with Authorize.net but rather with the merchant bank that you must also use.
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>With PayPal, all this was a non-issue, and setting up of the account was instant. So, it is at least a workable alternative, and to 'smaller companies' might be all they require.
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>Also, thanks for the link you gave on PayPal.
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>Mel Cummings
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