Comments on: Paypal Launches Storefront Widget

By: Karen

Karen — Sun, 10 May 2009 13:11:05 +0000

I think its a really great litle widget and idea. Well done PayPal.
However some of the things don’t work like the ability to add user reviews. Also the link for viewers to go and get thier own widget doesn’t work. It could be something to with my social network and a compatibilty challenge.
I can also only hope that multiple shopfronts ( as planning to have) don’t conflict. However they will be in seperate text boxes so maybe not.

It’s all beta testing they say…so plenty room to overcome challenges in the near future.

By: taige

taige — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 00:42:30 +0000

forgot to say. it’s on the right hand side.
http://www.inte...igentshare.com/

By: taige

taige — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 00:41:35 +0000

has anyone seen this in action a live version. i just added it to my site. can someone buy my non existant product for 0 dollars

By: Joe

Joe — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 14:38:25 +0000

Sounds like a useful thing. Not sure about completing the transaction at the PayPal site. Surely there’s a way of making sure the transaction on the widget is secure?

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By: Zwischendurch@Thorsten Boersma

Zwischendurch@Thorsten Boersma — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 07:03:08 +0000

Mach Deinen eigenen Shop – mit dem Storefront Widget von PayPal in 10 Minuten …

PayPal hat die Betaversion seines Shopping-Widgets “Storefront” veröffentlicht. Mit diesem Widget kann man in 10 Minuten seinen eigenen Shop eröffnen und als Widget überall einbinden.
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By: StephenBauer

StephenBauer — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 18:07:14 +0000

Delete the store by removing the widget or creating a new store (and new HTML code).

Remove items by adjusting inventory down to zero. Although if you no longer sell the item!!? Send in a comment.

By: The Magnate

The Magnate — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 18:01:45 +0000

MagNet is coming -

By: Paul

Paul — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 16:54:24 +0000

This thing is not even half baked yet. There is no way to delete products from the store and you can’t delete the store entirely once you create one.

By: MP

MP — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 08:45:48 +0000

Why is PayPal publishing this on a website called http://storefro...paypallabs.com/ ? This totally looks like a Phishing scheme (even if I assume that Michael double-checked their identity), especially as
- the Login button directs to an unsecure, non-paypal domain and
- the bottom navigation linl labeled PayPal labs goes to http://x.com/ (how did they get this great domain name, anyway?)
Not something which increases trust in online transactions, and not worthy for someone with PayPal’s visibility and impact on the marketplace.

By: Kat

Kat — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 23:58:26 +0000

I’d like to see it useful to those who sell digital downloads and services, not just shippable products.

By: The Opinionated Blogger

The Opinionated Blogger — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 23:54:47 +0000

I personally think this is a great idea. With the amount of blogs and online sites that use widgets now it could be quite useful. I am quite pleased with PayPal’s innovative way to re brand themselves.

By: StephenBauer

StephenBauer — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 21:31:32 +0000

SEO incompatible? Not totally. You can tailor your page a bit to create the effect.

However, I did just send them a suggestion about allowing an entry in the HTML code to suggest what the first item to display should be (thusly you could [programmatically] adjust this per page the widget is on making it more contextually relevant to the page). Hopefully they can implement it.

By: file2fone

file2fone — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 18:24:41 +0000

I think there would be good amount of standard cut from the sale paypal will take out for providing this additional feature.

By: Anglictina

Anglictina — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 17:11:58 +0000

WOW, this looks really cool

By: Seth

Seth — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 16:23:37 +0000

“The difference with the Paypal widget is that like any Paypal transaction payment is made on the Paypal website itself to guarantee a secure transaction”

this is a deal killer for me. If the transaction could be seamless on my site, then i’d care.

By: Steve Ballmer

Steve Ballmer — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 14:01:33 +0000

This is a ripoff of the MSN BuyMeGadget, nothing new here, except the we will sue!

By: Jon

Jon — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 13:08:11 +0000

Great idea but from a SEO perspective, useless. Will keep using paypal as a gateway for my sites though… they are the best!

Jon

By: Skorch

Skorch — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 12:58:12 +0000

I’m surprised MySpace hasn’t already launched a payment service/marketplace for artists who want to sell music. This seems like a perfect match since every independent artist under the moon have samples of their music on MySpace. It’s becoming the defacto place to go when you want to hear a sample of an artist you’ve never heard before.

By: :-)

:-) — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 09:32:37 +0000

paypal is NO first:

http://agentnano.com/

By: gregory

gregory — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 07:45:52 +0000

not interested unless it deals in euros… the percentage paypal takes is high, got to blance that out somehow… and just think of the future

By: Google Addict

Google Addict — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 06:20:25 +0000

Hi !

You mean right now it is only for USA users when does it come to the rest of the world i can not find it in my settings?

By: Roy (Magento)

Roy (Magento) — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 06:00:31 +0000

This is a great component that will have a wide adoption for the users that need a quick / no fluff solution. It doesn’t get an easier than this.

Roy
Magento (open source eCommerce)

By: Alex

Alex — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 05:59:25 +0000

100 M of PP users with less than 10 transactions per year on average are NOTHING close to approx 10 billion purchase transactions made every year with ordinary cards and processors. That’s how it is a ‘default standard’.

By: Aaron

Aaron — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 05:55:51 +0000

Interesting and somewhat cool that its not doing the selling using eBay. In a way this thing competes with eBay’s widget that lets you embed an auction in your blog. Seems like a no brainer to go with the PayPal flavor if you think you blog can sell the item via native traffic.

Kudos to PayPal for taking the risk of allowing a blogger to choose and avoid the eBay fees.