Need definitive answer about recurring billing with PayPal

[blogjunkie]

Merry Christmas everyone! I'm spending my Christmas break getting to know S2Member, and now I have some questions.

I've spent time reading the Support & FAQ but I would really appreciate someone just giving me a direct answer for my question:

What are the caveats of only having PayPal Website Payments Standard for recurring billing?

Add-ons to the question above..

1. Are my members able to cancel their membership from my website?
2. What happens if they cancel their subscription from PayPal?
3. Does Express Checkout make any difference?

I understand that I am only limited to PayPal subscriptions, which are different from recurring payments. However, I can't justify the $30/mo fees and SSL just yet, so PayPal subscriptions are the way to go for me.

Thanks!

[Cristián Lávaque]

Caveats: The user will need a PayPal account to subscribe.

1. No, they'd do it from their PayPal account. s2Member lets you generate a Cancellation button that the user can click to reach the right page with ease.

2. PayPal notifies s2Member and s2Member will set an EOT time.

3. Express Checkout will require the user to have a PayPal account for Buy Now transactions as well, but you'll be able to use s2Member Pro's pro-forms without PayPal Pro.

Does that help?

[blogjunkie]

Thanks Cristian, that really helps. 1 final thing about Express Checkout with Pro Forms.

As I understand, Pro Forms allow me to keep my customers on site while checking out. So am I understanding correctly that Express Checkout + Pro Forms means my customer doesn't have to go to PayPal to create a subscription?

(I understand that my customers need a PayPal account and I only want to do subscriptions).

[Cristián Lávaque]

If you're using Express Checkout, the user will be taken to the PayPal site. You can't get payments on your site without PayPal Pro and SSL.

[blogjunkie]

Ok thank you very much Cristian, you've been really helpful!

[Cristián Lávaque]

You're welcome! Glad to be of help.