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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
  1. Based on Forrester’s estimates of US e-commerce, with the addition of eBay Inc. internal metrics totaling approximately US$256B.
  2. Based on Q1 2006 PayPal phone survey of US small- and medium-sized businesses doing a minimum of $120,000 in annual sales online.
  3. Active accounts are those that have had activity in the past 12 months.  PayPal has a total of 210 million accounts worldwide.
  4. Based on Q4 2007 survey of PayPal shoppers, conducted by Northstar Research.
  5. 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.
  6. PayPal Brand Tracker Q4 08.