Does PayPal include payment integration options that do not require showing PayPal to the user?

Question

We are looking to replace our usage of Authorize.net. I've spent a good deal of time looking into the PayPal documentation but can't find a clear answer to my question:

Using the thousands tens of different PayPal APIs is it possible to have a checkout process that is hosted on our site, where we capture and process the credit card information from the customer without the customer ever leaving our site and without the customer ever having to see anything PayPal related (so PayPal is 100% invisible).

I'm confused by this PayPal documentation page: "Please note: Direct Payment API is not a stand-alone product. You are required to use Direct Payment API and Express Checkout together as part of the Website Payments Pro solution." as Express Checkout requires you to show PayPal logos, etc.

And this page makes it pretty clear that you have to offer the branded Express checkout option to use the Direct Payments API.

I guess I'm just looking for confirmation that there are people on SO that use PayPal in this way and have not had problems keeping PayPal 100% invisible to the customer?

Answer 1

Yes you can.. We use PayPal on our website,PerqWorks and only allow payment by credit card. The PayPal product is Website Payments Pro. I did the integration, it was fairly easy, and the cost is low if your sales are under $10K a month..

EDIT:: I need to clarify this -- we received an exception from PayPal to allow us to not have the PayPal button on our site. I missed this information because someone else in my office actually made this arrangement. My advice is that you ask your PayPal Integration Account person, that is who made the exception for us..

Answer 2

The only way I know of to fully integrate and take the PayPal branding out of the process is to use their Payflow Pro gateway service. I've used it before and it's pretty similar to dealing with any other payment gateway (such as Authorize.net).

However, this is entirely up to you but I've found that there are still some people who prefer to use their PayPal account. They might be afraid of the potential lack of security on small-ish or unknown e-commerce sites. Or perhaps they're ordering from another country, in which case a PayPal account offers abundant funding options and automatic currency conversion. So it's nice to at least offer the option of a PayPal Standard Checkout process, or something similar.