Enable Guest Checkout for a French Business account
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Hi,
I would like to use Paypal for Donations on my website for a Freeware that I'm proposing. I have noticed that if the people want to pay by credit card, they have to register. I would like to avoid this registration. After some reading on this forum, I have found this thread:
/t5/About-Business-Archive/How-to-Enable-Guest-Checkout/td-p/607988
This "Guest Checkout" is exactly what I want.
- I do have a business account (my bank is in France)
- I have enabled this:
Go to your Account Profile.
Select: My Selling Tools
Under: Selling Online
Locate: Website Preferences
Click on: Update
Locate: PayPal Account Optional
Click: On
Click: Save
- I have flushed the cookies on my browser.
However, when I use my donate button for test, I'm always asked to register.
Do you know what I could have done wrong?
Here is my website:
http://auroraborealissoftware.jimdo.com/english/donate/
Thank you for your help
Regards
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Is your PayPal account set up to accept credit cards or just PayPal funding? There is a way to change it in PayPal settings, but I don't know if that works for buttons.
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Hi,
I think that it accepts the payment by credit card because, when the users click on my donate button, they do have the choice between:
- paying through their paypal account
or
- paying by credit card.
The only problem is that they have to fill a form with their name, address...etc
I would prefer that they only have to fill their credit card information. That seems possible with Guest Checkout but it doesn't work for me.
Regards
Olivier
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What is the problem with donors providing name and address for legal and accounting reasons?
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That's the first time that I propose a Freeware. I was thinking that if some people donate, I should not bother them with too much questions.
Since it is a donation, I thought that I don't need to know their name and other information (address, e-mail...)
If I come back to the original question, why don't I succeed to use the Guest Checkout mode?
Thank you
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