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On one of our websites, www. andopay.com we run an online payment system for mainly conferences, or other websites that need online payment, but do not want to setup a web shop.
The payment process runs through PayPal (or other payment gateways, like Pay.nl, iDeal,…) and allows the user to pay with credit card without logging in to or creating a PayPal account.
Most of the times the payment process goes smoothly, however, sometimes PayPal insists on logging in to an account.
This is not an error of the customer site, neither at our payment website, just PayPal makes it difficult for some reason. PayPal (and other payment gateways as well) has lots of policies to guarantee the safety of the accounts and payments.
So, even if it is a bit cumbersome, it is good for us.
The problem is basically, that the customer has some history with PayPal. His email address might be known at PayPal, he might have an account with PayPal, or there are some cookies stored on his computer related to earlier payment attempts.
If you experience this on one of our payment sites, please, try one of the steps below, or the combinations of them to get to the page where you can pay with credit card without logging in to PayPal:

1. Delete the email address on the PayPal screen where it asks you to login instead of requesting credit card data, and refresh the browser page.
2. Delete the web browser's cookies, temp files and history, then close the web browser, reopen it and try again.
3. Open a New Private Window (in case you use Firefox) or a New Incognito Window (for Chrome) using the menu on the top right and try again.
4. Use a different credit card;
5. Use a different email address.

I could solve the same problem in a stubborn case by executing the following steps in that order: 2, 3. and after running through the steps to get to PayPal in the order system: step 1.
But maybe step 1 would solve it for you and that is fairly easy.
If you already ordered something on one of our payment sites, you can retry payment after logging in into the payment site.
Login to your account -> on the top: My account -> on the left side menu -> Orders -> on the right side of the order -> Details -> Retry payment button
This button should take you to PayPal where you should be able to execute your payment.

You are requested to register your domain name with a different extension in mail or by phone

Tip: Call your own webmaster!

It happened to me as well as to many of my customers who owns a website and a domain name that they were approached by phone or mail and asked to register the domain name with a different extension. Like someone with a website with the domain name e.g. aabbcc.nl was asked to register the domain name aabbcc.com.

What comes to your mind, when you hear the term” wish list”? The application of this feature is exactly how it sounds like: a list of things that you wish to get. As an online store owner, would you like your customers to be able to save products in a wish list so that they review or buy them later? Would you like your customers to be able to share their wish list with friends and family for gift giving?

Offering your customers a feature of wish list as part of shopping cart is a great way to build loyalty to your store site. Having the feature of wish list on a store site allows online businesses to engage with their customers in a smart way as it allows the shoppers to create a list of what they desire and their preferences for future purchase.

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Do you know having a blog for your online store can be very helpful? Many businesses do not understand the importance of having a blog because they don’t have time to post quality content.

Today, we will talk about how a blog can play an important role for the growth of your e-Commerce business. Later, we will also discuss some tips that will be helpful to you for writing business related blog posts.