Changing from PayPal Standard to PayPal Payments

Hi @adamrj01,

Yes, card payments can be taken directly on your site, with different options depending on your region.
PayPal Standard provides only basic PayPal functionality by redirecting the buyer to a full-site PayPal page for PayPal or card payments.
PayPal Payments provides the checkout flow via popup window and card payments with on-site card fields. New features include, for example, PayPal smart buttons and Pay Later messaging on (non-)Checkout pages. PayPal Payments also implements alternative payment methods for regional offers like Venmo, or Vaulting for subscription support.
Example screenshots and more details can be found in the documentation:
https://woocommerce.com/document/woocommerce-paypal-payments/#customer-experience

In short, PayPal Payments is a full-stack solution that implements the latest PayPal features and will be supported for years to come. By following the setup guide in the documentation, your account can be connected in just a few steps.

The integration is free and can be used by anyone with a PayPal casual or business account. So the best way to find out how it works for your particular setup is to give it a try, for example, on a staging site.

Since PayPal Payments is relatively new and substantially more complex than the Standard integration, there is more room for potential compatibility issues with other plugins, especially with heavily customized sites. Please refer to the documentation if you encounter any issues and let us know if any questions remain.
https://woocommerce.com/document/woocommerce-paypal-payments/#faq-paypal-smart-buttons-not-loading

Feedback about your experience with the setup is also always appreciated, especially if there’s anything we could improve on. We try to assist if any questions arise in any case.
Thanks!

Kind regards,
Niklas

Thank you for such a great explanation.

If we use PayPal option (not the card options) can people pay by card through the PayPal pop up or does that mean they have to login?

Also, any additional things we should consider for security seeming the data is entered on the website instead of a third party page? We have SSL.

Thanks

Hi @adamrj01,

Credit card payments are also an option with the PayPal popup checkout flow. But whether or not “guest” credit card payments are allowed depends on a few factors.
For example, if Vaulting is enabled, PayPal would always require the user to log in with a PayPal account for card payments. Checkouts to certain regions may also cause PayPal to request an account for additional security. So this behavior may not be consistent for every single buyer.

The only option to ensure credit card guest checkouts with no PayPal account required is by enabling the PayPal Card Processing: https://woocommerce.com/document/woocommerce-paypal-payments/#paypal-card-processing-acdc
This feature provides on-site card fields, independent from the PayPal gateway itself.

PayPal Payments helps you automatically meet global compliance standards, such as PCI, SCA, and PSD2, etc. so there are no special requirements on that front.
Every website should provide SSL either way. The only requirements to use the plugin are mentioned here: https://woocommerce.com/document/woocommerce-paypal-payments/#requirements

The best way to make sure it works for you is to give it a try on a staging site with a sandbox account connected to see how the checkout flow behaves. While we can’t rule out potential issues, we don’t anticipate any major problems and are here to help either way.

Kind regards,
Niklas

Hi there

We have not heard back from you in a while, so I’m marking this thread as resolved.
Hopefully, the above information helped you out.
If you have any further questions, please feel free to reopen this topic or create a new one.

Cheers! ??