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Re:Patrick McKenzie (patio11) interviewed for an hour on SEO... by patio11 on Tuesday April 06, 2010 @10:50AM (#1244706)
When I started my business, my level of web programming expertise was "I can create a page in HTML in Notepad." Dealing with Paypal callbacks causing key generation, accounting, etc was way the heck out of my capabilities. Enter e-junkie. As I gradually improved in my web programming abilities, it always made more sense to extend e-junkie than it did to rip out and replace, particularly since they wrap both Checkout and Paypal in a consistent interface.

It works, costs $5 a month, is reliable like you wouldn't believe, and their lead developer literally sends me Christmas cards. Why would I ever change?

It is likely that my next product will not use e-junkie, though -- subscriptions, blech.

Re:Patrick McKenzie (patio11) interviewed for an hour on SEO... by webwright on Tuesday April 06, 2010 @11:31AM (#1244798)
Interesting-- So assumption no subscriptions, you'd use ejunkie for a new product? I always assumed that it would ultimately carve out a bit more of your revenue than a standard merchant account.

By the by-- good post on subscription commerce options here: http://www.untitledstartup.com/2010/02/accepting-payments-on...

Re:Patrick McKenzie (patio11) interviewed for an hour on SEO... by jeff18 on Tuesday April 06, 2010 @12:20PM (#1244940)
I noticed you support Google Checkout. Have you thought about adding Amazon FPS? From my experience, about 20% of people choose Amazon versus 10% for Google. It seems like a really small change to capture a few more percent on conversion.