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Thanks for signing up! Check your inbox for a welcome email. Email required. Beyond enhancing the customer experience and likely winning more business and controlling the process so it can better serve not only itself but buyers and sellers alike, eBay will also be able to build a business model out of the payment process.
Since PayPal provides a global payment method it adds a lot of service and value which explains the high fees involved.
As a result, eBay will probably be able to provide lower payment fees to its sellers and still secure a margin for itself in the process given its large volume. Replacing payment options is a normal process for international retailers. The first signs of the new checkout should appear in the U.
It has a significant challenge ahead that will bind many resources for several years as the company notes in its own press release. So we have discussed the benefits — and potential challenges — to eBay of making this change, but how will this impact PayPal in the grand scheme of things?
First, PayPal is not going away on eBay. It will still be one of many other payment options available on the site even after the changes are in place.
In fact, many buyers might still prefer to use PayPal as it has emerged to be a very important payment method in ecommerce, right alongside Visa and MasterCard. For example, at Computop we can see PayPal processing a third of all payments in industries like fashion and shoes.
Given that PayPal will still be a payment option available on eBay and that it is continuing to grow in online retail the future still looks bright for PayPal. Those payment brands that make things easy for customers and that they have confidence in will be the ones that help retailers win in the battle for conversions.
And those will include options like e-wallets from PayPal, AliPay , MasterPass and WeChat , as well as tried and true options like domestic credit cards. So rather than completing payments through an external provider like PayPal, eBay wants to keep everything in-house and on-site with Adyen. Currently, eBay sellers pay a transaction fee of 2. So it can be expected that most sellers will be paying less than that once eBay makes the transition to Adyen.
It sounds as though eBay is working on an integrated business dashboard for sellers to manage all aspects of their online stores in one place. While eBay is light on details at this stage, it seems as though sellers can expect a raft of new tools to help them manage their business on-site. This is a bold claim for eBay to make.
Also, having greater flexibility and a more streamlined process at the checkout may reduce cart abandonment rates and increase conversions. The legitimacy of this claim is yet to be tested, but eBay seems confident that by making shopping easier for buyers, it will make business better for sellers. PayPal will remain as a payment option on eBay until July , allowing plenty of time for sellers to transition to the new system.
The company says that sellers will be required to complete these steps in order to continue selling on eBay. The move from PayPal to Adyen has, for the most part, been met with uncertainty within the eBay community.
Sellers have shared concerns about eBay potentially taking control of their money, fees, and sharing payments-related data with a foreign company. In the same year, eBay also told sellers that they would no longer be able to use alternative payment processing services Skrill formerly Moneybookers , ProPay, and Paymate. This is why the announcement that eBay is breaking away from PayPal is so significant and, perhaps, why many sellers are upset about it.
However, there are very few verified reviews of these alternative services online, suggesting that most sellers have been opting for PayPal. Also, some of these alternative online services are restricted to specific countries. For example Allpay. Remember me on this computer. By Simon Slade. A central place to manage business It sounds as though eBay is working on an integrated business dashboard for sellers to manage all aspects of their online stores in one place.
Greater reach and more sales This is a bold claim for eBay to make. It seems that PayPal will continue to have a place on eBay, it will just be less prominent. Sharing more data It will be business as usual for sellers on eBay during the transition process. With an estimated 25 million sellers on eBay, this transition will take some time to complete.
Rob Clymo has been a tech journalist for more years than he can actually remember, having started out in the wacky world of print magazines before discovering the power of the internet. In the rare moments he's not working he's usually out and about on one of numerous e-bikes in his collection. North America. Rob Clymo.
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