- We used PayPal for two years running a hookah ecommerce site. We did about $3000-6000 in revenue per month. We chose paypal because no other payment processor we knew of would work with a "tobacco" related website. We had no problems with PayPal. It was easy to implement, 95% reliable, and no problems getting the money out.
- With that said here are some tips: Don't ramp up with paypal right away. Start running a small business out of it, somethings doing a few hundred dollars a month and ramp it up. If you are going to do an odd amount of business (like a product launch) than call them up and give them a heads up. They will make a note in the system.
- Alternatives: We found another payment processor through a drop shipping company we use. Because they have a much larger account, they we're able to get a cheaper payment processor to look the other way in regards to tobacco sales.
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- We used PayPal for two years running a hookah ecommerce site. We did about $3000-6000 in revenue per month. We chose paypal because no other payment processor we knew of would work with a "tobacco" related website. We had no problems with PayPal. It was easy to implement, 95% reliable, and no problems getting the money out.
- With that said here are some tips: Don't ramp up with paypal right away. Start running a small business out of it, somethings doing a few hundred dollars a month and ramp it up. If you are going to do an odd amount of business (like a product launch) than call them up and give them a heads up. They will make a note in the system.
- Alternatives: We found another payment processor through a drop shipping company we use. Because they have a much larger account, they we're able to get a cheaper payment processor to look the other way in regards to tobacco sales.