PayPal is a global leader in online payments with a total payment volume of US$71 billion in 2009 – approximately 15% of global ecommerce and 16.5% of US ecommerce1. PayPal accepts online payments in over 20 currencies, and has more than 81 million active accounts worldwide. Businesses get an average sales increase of 14% when they offer PayPal.
Benefits
Increase Your Sales
- Businesses get an average sales increase of 14% when they add PayPal2
- Receive payments from more than 81 million active accounts worldwide3
- 57% of online shoppers who purchased from a small/medium-sized business would not have done so if PayPal had not been a payment option4
Expand Globally with PayPal
- Accept a variety of local payment methods worldwide with one solution
- Sell to customers in 190 countries in over 20 currencies
- Diversify and reduce dependence on local markets
- Alleviate seasonal market fluctuations
Attract more buyers with PayPal
- 1 in 3 US online shoppers has a PayPal account
- Active PayPal buyers in the US use PayPal on average for over 50% of their online spending5
- In Australia and UK, PayPal is the most preferred payment service on the web6
- 90% of US shoppers who prefer PayPal cite security most often as the reason for their preference
Stay Secure with PayPal
- No worrying about storing sensitive customer data - leave it to PayPal
- Over 2,000 specialists working 24/7 to prevent fraud and identity theft
- Highest available data encryption keeps transactions secure
- Advanced fraud prevention tools keep PayPal’s loss rates extremely low < 0.2%
"PayPal is committed to making sure that the transactions are secure. This really seems to reassure buyers."
- Kurt Denke, BlueJeansCable.com
Notes
- Based on Forrester’s estimates of US e-commerce, with the addition of eBay Inc. internal metrics totaling approximately US$256B.
- Based on Q1 2006 PayPal phone survey of US small- and medium-sized businesses doing a minimum of $120,000 in annual sales online.
- Active accounts are those that have had activity in the past 12 months. PayPal has a total of 210 million accounts worldwide.
- Based on Q4 2007 survey of PayPal shoppers, conducted by Northstar Research.
- Based on Walker information Inc.’s February 2006 Customer Relationship Assessment (Buyers); sample frame: used PayPal once in past three months, twice in past year.
- PayPal Brand Tracker Q4 08.



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