PayPal payment option

akumarjain · Staff · Sep 8, 2017 at 3:14 pm
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Does PayPal payment option appear based on Geo location of the user? I do not see PayPal as a payment option in my account.

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timethief · Member · Sep 8, 2017 at 6:05 pm
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Hopefully, what I post below will help you. Please forgive me if it doesn’t.

The only accepted means of payment are in this support doc.
http://en.support.wordpress.com/payment/

WordPress.com uses PayPal as the payment processor, and as such, can only accept payment from countries they support: https://www.paypal.com/worldwide/

If for whatever reason, they have chosen to block payment from your country, you will not be able to purchase an upgrade here unless you have a source of payment outside of your country. Note: You can buy a prepaid credit card from an approved country.

In addition to major credit cards Mastercard, VISA, American Express, Discover, and PayPal https://www.paypal.com/worldwide/ WordPress.com can accept echecks and some debit cards.

The debit card must have a VISA or Mastercard symbol on it, and should work just like a credit card when selecting the VISA or Mastercard option on the payment form, even though it’s a debit card.

More about echecks here:
https://www.paypal.com/us/webapps/helpcenter/article/?solutionId=13054&topicID=11500008&m=TCI

NOTE: Payments for WordPress.com subscriptions are recurring you will still need a card connected to your PayPal account, even if you have funds in that account. See also: Payments Using a PayPal Account

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kokkieh · Staff · Sep 9, 2017 at 2:46 pm
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Hi there,

It depends on your currency. Currently the PayPal payment option is not available for Indian Rupees, but the team who have been adding new currencies to WordPress.com are working on that.

For now, if you want to pay directly via PayPal, we’ll need to set your account to USD instead.
akumarjain · Staff · Sep 9, 2017 at 4:11 pm
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Hopefully, what I post below will help you. Please forgive me if it doesn’t.

@timethief, you are always welcome to share your knowledge and wisdom. Don’t hesitate to post on my topics. :-)

Currently the PayPal payment option is not available for Indian Rupees.

Thank you for the details @kokkieh. Does this mean if I am paying through credit card I’ll be paying in INR and not USD?
kokkieh · Staff · Sep 9, 2017 at 6:37 pm
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Does this mean if I am paying through credit card I’ll be paying in INR and not USD?

That is what your account is currently set to, yes. That should also be the currency you see on the Plans and checkout pages.
timethief · Member · Sep 9, 2017 at 6:59 pm
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@kokkieh @akumarjain

Thanks :)

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