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Hi!


I really love this plugin and its ease of use, it has made my life a lot simpler and made it possible for me to realise a long time idea of mine. So thank you for that!

But there is one thing that I noticed in the tutorial video on restricted pages that I didn't quite understand.
When PayPal handles a one shot, one time only, payment for page access, you briefly say that credit card payment is possible and that they need not be members of paypal.

Now what I don't get is this, was that comment in regard of the free version or was it a feature of the pro version?

Could you please clarify this for me ?
Thank you in advance and thank you for the very informative and easy to understand tutorial videos!

Sincerely

Chris Vighagen

Hi Chris. Thanks for the excellent question.

When PayPal handles a one shot, one time only, payment for page access, you briefly say that credit card payment is possible and that they need not be members of paypal.

Now what I don't get is this, was that comment in regard of the free version or was it a feature of the pro version?

With s2Member Pro, your Customers are NEVER required to have a PayPal® account, under any circumstance. What I was referring to was the free version of s2Member. In the free version of s2Member ( i.e. with PayPal® Standard integration ), any time you are using a "Subscription" Button, your Customer will be required to have a PayPal account. However, if you choose one of the "Buy Now" options provided by s2Member's Button Generator, then Customers can checkout through PayPal® without being forced to signup for a PayPal® account at the same time. They'll still go through PayPal®, but they can use a credit/debit card without being required to register for a PayPal® account at the same time.

If you would like to bypass PayPal® all together, and keep Customers on your site throughout the entire checkout process, then you'll need s2Member Pro for that.

Hi Jason,

Thank you for clarifying that for me, this means that s2member is an even more awesome plug-in than I first thought.

It fits perfectly for what I am going to do on a very little budget (no budget at all actually) and the pro level is a no starter for me until I have a stable customer base. We all have to start out somewhere right?

Again thank you for clarifying and for making such an incredibly cool plug-in available for free!

Sincerely

Chris Vighagen

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Thank you VERY much for reporting back on this topic.
- My pleasure.