Quote Originally Posted by charmedbytina2 View Post
This is not related to the above issue, but I have a question about Payflow Pro.
Does Payflo Pro have to installed in order to process cc payments thru PayPal? It was my understanding that it didn't as long as the PayPal account is verified and at a "business level".

Thanks for clarifying this for me.

Tina
Payflow Pro is a payment gateway service previously run by Verisign, until it was bought out by PayPal. In its purest sense, it has nothing to do with your PayPal account. However, PayPal is slowly linking the features together.

Website Payments Pro is quite similar to Payflow Pro, in that both are gateway services which can process credit cards directly from your website, without the customer even knowing that the PayPal network is actually the one clearing the card through the banks. Both services require the payment of a monthly service charge, as well as a credit check before the service can be available to you.

A regular PayPal "premier" or "business" account can accept payments via Credit Card. The customer does all the credit card data-entry on the PayPal site after selecting the items to purchase from your store. They "know" that PayPal is processing the transaction.