The Best Ways to Take Payments with WordPress – WPCAST005

In this episode, we give an overview of some of the best options to take payments with WordPress, on or off your site.

The Changelog

* David:

* In Barcelona

* “Easy Pricing Table” in WP.org, better branding with FatCatApps

* Doug:

* In New Jersey

* Live (in person) web design

The Core

Easy, Hosted Solutions (External Checkout):

* PayPal

* PayPal Express (get PayPal button) or PayPal Standard

* Deposits into PayPal account

* Gumroad

* For digital products

* Very simple, you don’t have to worry about anything

* 2 week deposit cycle, but can deposit directly into bank accounts

* SendOwl

* For digital products

* Monthly fees instead of per transaction fees

* Is not a payment processor

* More features (affiliate program, integrates with payment processors)

Self-Hosted Shopping Carts (might need SSL):

* WooCommerce

* Powerful e-commerce shopping cart, better for physical products

* Lots of extensions

* Easy Digital Downloads

* For digital products

* By Pippin Williamson, respected developer and co-host of Apply Filters

* Payment processors for shopping carts:

* PayPal Payments Pro (SSL)

* Deposits into PayPal account

* Monthly fee

* Stripe (SSL)

* Deposits direct to bank account, 2 day transfer

* No monthly fee

* Lots of integrations

* Better than Authorize.net, which is harder to set up and has more fees

* If not available, consider PayMill

Tips & Tricks

* Freshbooks

* Invoicing platform for freelancers and agencies

* Recurring invoices, payment reminders, time tracking, basic accounting

* Integration with Stripe, PayPal, and other payment processors

* Promoting New WordPress Plugins post by Thomas Höfter

* Simple Stripe Checkout plugin (in the plugin repository) by Phil Derksen