Monday, May 14, 2012

Paypal Sites UPDATED

Anyone who buys via the Internet a lot has run across mention of Paypal.  Paypal (now owned by eBay) is a way to pay for purchases without giving your credit card number to an online shop whose security you know nothing about.    You set up a Paypal account at https://www.paypal.com/ and give Paypal your credit card number and mailing address.  Then when you shop at a website that accepts Paypal, you simply click on the Pay via Paypal button, sign into your Paypal account, and authorize payment.  Paypal charges your credit card and sends the money to the online store without the online store ever seeing your credit card number.   A lot of eBay auctions now accept nothing but Paypal in payment and smaller shops are now adopting it as a payment method.  This system is only as secure as Paypal's security but I have a credit card with a $500 limit that I use as the only Paypal credit card to further limit damage to my bank account.  I've never had any problems with a Paypal sale, but I am not the trusting kind.

All this is a very long introduction to a list of needlepoint-related online shops that accept Paypal.  I thought it would be nice to keep such a list for those who like using Paypal and are looking for a shop to buy needlework supplies that uses the system.  This is a partial listing of just the places I know about, so help me out and either comment below or email me directly at chilly hollow at hot mail dot com with names of other online shops that take Paypal.  Thanks!

Here's my list so far, in alphabetical order. Please note I have conflicting information about Bristly Thistle, so I'm not certain they take Paypal.  I've just been too busy to double check with Michelle.

http://www.abcstitch.com


http://www.oneoffneedlework.co.uk

http://sj-designs.net/news.html

http://www.stitchtherapyneedlepoint.com


Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com

2 comments:

Napa Needlepoint said...

I take PayPal as payment for all my books, ebooks, stitch guides, classes, and clubs. You can find these on my blog (http://www.nuts-about-needlepoint.com) and on All about Needlepoint (http://www.aboutneedlepoint.com), my reference site.

Keep Stitching,
Janet

The Chilly Hollow Needlepoint Adventure said...

Thanks, Janet. I'll update the article.