Comments on: Are You Getting the Most out of Paypal? http://www.whydowork.com/blog/wdw-insider/146/ blog covering making money via the Internet and telecommuting employment topics Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:04:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: George, Dallas TX http://www.whydowork.com/blog/wdw-insider/146/#comment-38100 George, Dallas TX Tue, 11 Mar 2008 12:18:30 +0000 http://www.whydowork.com/blog/wdw-insider/146/#comment-38100 I've used the Merchant Referral Program 3 times with websites that I designed for friends of the family. Each time, getting PayPal to actually honor the referral program has been a pain in the rear. I don't think they have a dedicated department for administering this program, and it shows because PayPal never pays out without me first escalating a customer service claim. The CSRs always try to convince me that I must have made a mistake setting up the account (ie; "maybe your friend didn't click your referral link" or "perhaps they haven't had enough sales to qualify yet") but since I get paid an additional commission from the friends websites (and do the coding myself) I have all the info I need to call shenanigans on PayPal. Has anyone else been jerked around with this program? I’ve used the Merchant Referral Program 3 times with websites that I designed for friends of the family. Each time, getting PayPal to actually honor the referral program has been a pain in the rear. I don’t think they have a dedicated department for administering this program, and it shows because PayPal never pays out without me first escalating a customer service claim.
The CSRs always try to convince me that I must have made a mistake setting up the account (ie; “maybe your friend didn’t click your referral link” or “perhaps they haven’t had enough sales to qualify yet”) but since I get paid an additional commission from the friends websites (and do the coding myself) I have all the info I need to call shenanigans on PayPal.
Has anyone else been jerked around with this program?

]]> By: Lizard Wisdom http://www.whydowork.com/blog/wdw-insider/146/#comment-6856 Lizard Wisdom Wed, 17 Oct 2007 22:20:06 +0000 http://www.whydowork.com/blog/wdw-insider/146/#comment-6856 Oh, minor problem with our situation, educating people about selling on eBay. We just visited the PayPal site that you link to above and noticed the following: Note: The Merchant Referral Bonus program is designed to reward referrals of non-eBay merchants. As a result, payments received for eBay items will not contribute toward the Merchant Referral Bonus. That puts a crimp in our plans to talk up PayPal and include our affiliate links as the payout does not apply to eBay payments. We guess that this is another way for them to drum up business for PayPal outside of eBay. Oh well, it is still good information to have. Oh, minor problem with our situation, educating people about selling on eBay.

We just visited the PayPal site that you link to above and noticed the following:

Note: The Merchant Referral Bonus program is designed to reward referrals of non-eBay merchants. As a result, payments received for eBay items will not contribute toward the Merchant Referral Bonus.

That puts a crimp in our plans to talk up PayPal and include our affiliate links as the payout does not apply to eBay payments. We guess that this is another way for them to drum up business for PayPal outside of eBay.

Oh well, it is still good information to have.

]]> By: Lizard Wisdom http://www.whydowork.com/blog/wdw-insider/146/#comment-6855 Lizard Wisdom Wed, 17 Oct 2007 22:11:07 +0000 http://www.whydowork.com/blog/wdw-insider/146/#comment-6855 Yes, we too thank you for the heads up as we also didn't have a clue about PayPal's referral program. OK, now we are going to have to write a post about using PayPal as your preferred payment method and use an affiliate like so that people can sign up for the service. Of course, this will fit in perfectly with our theme about teaching people how to sell on eBay. We will also have to add PayPal to our Resources page, which is full of affiliate links. Thanks again for the heads up! Yes, we too thank you for the heads up as we also didn’t have a clue about PayPal’s referral program.

OK, now we are going to have to write a post about using PayPal as your preferred payment method and use an affiliate like so that people can sign up for the service. Of course, this will fit in perfectly with our theme about teaching people how to sell on eBay.

We will also have to add PayPal to our Resources page, which is full of affiliate links.

Thanks again for the heads up!

]]> By: WhyDoWork http://www.whydowork.com/blog/wdw-insider/146/#comment-6838 WhyDoWork Wed, 17 Oct 2007 14:52:33 +0000 http://www.whydowork.com/blog/wdw-insider/146/#comment-6838 Sometimes we can get so wrapped up in the hot ticket item of the day that its easy to forget "the old standy-by's" :D You can read more about it here: http://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_web-referrals-mrb-outside Sometimes we can get so wrapped up in the hot ticket item of the day that its easy to forget “the old standy-by’s” :D

You can read more about it here:
http://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_web-referrals-mrb-outside

]]> By: Courtney TURTLE http://www.whydowork.com/blog/wdw-insider/146/#comment-6837 Courtney TURTLE Wed, 17 Oct 2007 14:46:55 +0000 http://www.whydowork.com/blog/wdw-insider/146/#comment-6837 I had no idea PayPal had an affiliate program. Thank you for the heads up! I had no idea PayPal had an affiliate program. Thank you for the heads up!

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