Introducing PayPal’s open-source cross-domain JavaScript suite

Re:Introducing PayPal’s open-source cross-domain JavaScript ... by vim_wannabe on Monday October 16, 2017 @04:40AM (#15481725)

I love Paypal because it redirects me to the lovely paypal.com, so I don't have to input my credit card details in whateversite.com.

I very rarely subscribe to or buy anything from Stripe-only sites, and others like it, because who really knows if my credit card number and secret will get stored in yet another database or stolen by some javascript.

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Re:Introducing PayPal’s open-source cross-domain JavaScript ... by osrec on Monday October 16, 2017 @07:44AM (#15482515)

Having A/B tested both on-site and Paypal payments, customer opinion appears to be divided on this (almost 50/50 according to my tests). Some prefer going directly to Paypal, others seem to like checking out on-site.

I know from a UX perspective I prefer checking out on-site as it feels more seamless. Privacy and security are definite concerns which the Paypal brand does alleviate, however checking out with Paypal was a clunky process (it has improved in recent years, especially on mobile).

My reason for not choosing Paypal (as a vendor) is that their API doesn't feel as well thought out as stripe's and I've had my Paypal funds frozen without any clear explanation as to why!

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