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In this section we are going to make one recommendation on who to use for payment processing and two recommendations on which system to use in conjunction with that processor.

The first thing you need to do in this section is go to PayPal and sign up for a BUSINESS or PREMIER account, or UPGRADE your PERSONAL account.

Step 1A.3: When the page loads, look for the SIGN UP link or graphic image on the top of the PayPal web site, like these, then fill in the sign up form.

Although getting set up with PayPal is relatively easy, we've created step by step videos that walk you through all the steps.

After you've signed up you will receive an email from PayPal asking you to CONFIRM your email address. You MUST follow the link in the email to confirm your address because it's one of the steps necessary in becoming a VERIFIED PayPal account holder.

Step 1A.4: Once you've confirmed your email the next step is to login to your PayPal account and edit your SETTINGS. To do this just login and from the main page you will see a link that says PROFILE. Click that to proceed.

After you've edited the PROFILE settings, it's time to create your first "Buy Now" order links so go to the next step and watch the video.

WATCH VIDEO: Creating Buy Now Buttons

Step 1B.3: When you're done creating your first "Buy Now" button, copy the code from PayPal and paste it into a .txt file that you create using NotePad or Microsoft Word and save it as "orderlink.txt" then save that .txt file in your "My Web Site" folder.

The reason we're doing that is to save time. You're not yet ready to actually add the order link to your sales page but when the time comes, you'll have the code on hand, ready to use.

How To Withdraw Your Funds from PayPal

Step 1C.1: How To Withdraw Your Funds from PayPal

Watch this video to discover exactly where your money goes when you take an order by PayPal and find out how to withdraw your PayPal order funds directly into your bank account.

WATCH VIDEO: Withdrawing Your Funds

Helpful Tip: In addition to the option of withdrawing the funds to your bank account, certain PayPal account holders are eligible to request a PayPal Debit Mastercard.

Using the debit card you can withdraw up to $400 a day from any ATM, or spend up to $3000 a day at a point of sale terminal, all funded from your PayPal account.

There are specific requirements to get the debit card, such as having a PayPal account for 60 days or more.

You also need to be verified and confirmed, so you have to add a bank account and a credit card, or debit card with a Visa or Mastercard logo.

When your account is eligible for a PayPal debit card you will see a link at the bottom of the page that says "PayPal Debit Card". Just click that to apply.

WATCH VIDEO: How to setup your PayPal Profile and Payment Receiving Preferences.

If you want to use PayPal or another merchant account provider and are looking for more than order processing capabilities, check out: http://www.automateyourwebsite.com

• Take orders from multiple web sites
• Process credit cards in real time
• Spit out follow up letters to your customers
• Send email to your newsletter subscribers
• Automates digital delivery of your products, ebook or software!
• Runs your associate program
• Sets up your order forms for new products
• Takes electronic check orders for your products
• Tracks your website visitors, sales and conversions
• Automates all associate program tracking
• Full ad tracking shows you real time clicks and sales
• Provides real time statistics to your resellers
• Follows up with your prospects
• Automates your entire mailing list and customer database
• Creates pop up windows for your web site
• Delivers your customer orders and associate commissions
• And much, much more!

Step 2.1: The first thing you need to do is to sign up for the 30 day fully functioning free trial of the Ultimate Automation service.

Step 2.2: After signing up check your email right away for your confirmation message. It will contain your account details and information on how to access the 30 day trial.

Step 2.3: Once you've logged into your free trial account just click "CART SETUP" on the left hand side navigation bar.

Step 2.4: The navigation panel will expand downwards so you need to click "BASIC OPTIONS":

That opens the options on the right. The same occurs for each of the options you choose from the left hand nav bar. When you click one of them, the corresponding information opens on the right.

Order Notice Email – When you get a new order, the system sends an email receipt with all the order info except the payment information. If your ISP/email host rejects the order notice for any reason, you may not know about an order until the customer complains! Therefore, it may be a good idea to enter a Secondary Order Notice address and check your orders on a daily basis. The system will send out notification emails to both addresses. If you’re using a fulfillment house or similar service, you could also enter that email address here.

Default Autoresponder (Autoresponder, Basic, or Professional Package only) – This is the Autoresponder series that you would like all new customers to receive. You can also set Autoresponders for each product individually.

Thank You URL – This is the page that customers are taken to when their approved order is complete. By default, this field has the URL for a page that Automate Your Website generates automatically. We highly recommend you create your own Purchase Thank You page and enter the URL here.

Catalog URL – This is the default URL for the “Catalog” area on your website. This is where the customer is taken by default when they click “Continue Shopping” or when they clear the Shopping Cart or Cancel their order. If this is blank, the system defaults to your main website URL entered in your Profile Info. (also see Destination URLs and Upsells in More Cart Features).

Currency Symbol – Automate Your Website supports the use of any currency in the world, but you can accept only one currency per Shopping Cart account. Enter the symbol you use here, and all the prices on pages generated by Automate Your Website will have that symbol to the left. Any character or combination of characters is valid: $, ¥, £, US$, AU$, etc.

Step 4.1: When you're done with the basic options, go back to the nav bar on the left and choose "Customization". Here you can configure the way your cart looks by adding some optional HTML code.

Step 4.2: If you don't know much about HTML you can completely skip this step and use the default data.

For example, if you've signed up with PayPal, you just enter your PayPal email address into the form field. In our example we've selected PayPal as our payment gateway.

Please Note: Some of the 3rd party payment processors do come and go. I remember using PaySystems.com (formerly Revecom.com) for quite some time then without much notice at all, they informed me they were moving to providing only full blown merchant accounts, so I moved all my products back to PayPal as a result. It's my understanding that they are no longer functioning in the same capacity as they were, due to too high of chargebacks from Visa or something else similar.

Using more than one processor means now we can accept orders from one or both of those merchants. All you do is enter your merchant ID into the form fields to finish this section.

At this point you've set up the shopping cart with the basic minimum of information and you've got a PayPal account with which to take orders.