What Does Etsy Have Against PayPal?

By Ina Steiner
EcommerceBytes.com
August 26, 2013

Etsy has confirmed that it conducted a test in which it suppressed the option to pay with PayPal for sellers who had opted in to Direct Checkout. Sellers were upset that buyers might have abandoned their purchases upon finding they could not pay with PayPal, and some sellers opted out of Direct Checkout in protest.

After EcommerceBytes reported the story in Monday's newsletter, Etsy responded to our inquiry sent over the weekend.

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