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by robotmay 4686 days ago
I've had so many issues with PayPal that it's just unreal. First up, they have something like 10 separate API interfaces for taking payments. Second, the documentation is -terrible-.

We implemented one of the APIs (can't remember the name, it was something stupid at least) recently, and half way through our implementation the parameters we received back changed name for no apparent reason, and the PayPal sandbox was entirely changed; this resulted in our account becoming broken, constant errors where code was previously working, and it was never resolved.

WorldPay is incredibly outdated, underfeatured, and rarely improved. Their support is pretty decent, however.

With Stripe and Paymill now available, I don't see any reason why people should continue to use what we've been struggling by on for the past few years. They're so much better that I can't even really draw a comparison.

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I just had a look at Stripe, and it does seem like a good service. If I was building a new site I'd probably consider it. The annoying thing about paypal is that it doesn't allow you to change subscriptions.