Big Cartel and PayPal

Help maximize your conversion by offering PayPal, Pay Later, Venmo (US), card processing, and country-specific payment methods.

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Boost conversion with PayPal

46% higher checkout conversion with PayPal.¹

PayPal’s brand recognition helps give customers the confidence to buy. Your all-in-one checkout solution can offer PayPal, Venmo, Pay Later options, card processing, local payment types, and more — all through a single PayPal integration.

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Help drive sales with Pay Later

55% higher AOV with PayPal Pay later (as compared to standard PayPal AOV) for merchants with upstream messaging.²

Allow customers to pay in installments with Pay in 4 and Pay Monthly³ while you get paid up front. If PayPal Checkout is enabled in your Big Cartel store and PayLater is supported in your country, Buy Now, Pay Later is available to your customers for eligible purchases. With repeat customers making up 66% of all US Pay Later transactions⁴, it’s no surprise that Pay Later can help attract and retain customers.

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Tap into 92 million active Venmo accounts⁵

Venmo is already part of your integration. Gain appeal to Venmo customers by letting customers pay for purchases the same way they pay their friends. And help bring more visibility to your business with a payment method customers can easily share.

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Take charge

95% checkout completion rate for credit and debit card payments.⁶

With PayPal, you can process all major credit and debit cards at a competitive rate. By bringing payments under one roof you can simplify reporting and consolidate your settlements to better understand your business.

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Make repeat purchasing easy

PayPal enables you to securely save your customers’ payment methods, including PayPal, Venmo, and credit and debit cards, providing a quick and easy checkout experience.

  • Create a fast checkout
  • Reduce card declines
  • Elevate security
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Go global, make it local

With country-specific payment methods, you can reach international customers while making your business feel local. Build trust with local payment options that correspond to the shopper's location.

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Setting up PayPal is easy

Once you have an account, just navigate to the edit payments section and go from there.

Setting up PayPal

More reasons to offer PayPal

    $1.36T

    Total payment volume in 2022

    400M

    Active PayPal accounts

    150+

    Currencies⁷

    35M+

    Active merchant accounts

    200+

    Markets⁷

    20B+

    Transactions annually

Venmo is available only in the US.

* Pay Later is available in US, UK, DE, FR, IT, ES, AU. Product availability subject to local requirements. Merchant and consumer eligibility varies depending on status. Credit checks, fees and other requirements apply and vary depending on product and jurisdiction. See product-specific terms for details.

¹ Nielsen Behavioral Panel of USA with 29K SMB  monthly average desktop purchase transactions, from 13K consumers between April 2022-March 2023. Nielsen Attitudinal Survey of USA (June 2023) with 2,001 recent purchasers (past 4 weeks) from SMB merchants, including 1,000 PayPal transactions & 1,001 non-PayPal transactions.

² About Pay in 4: Loans to CA residents are made or arranged pursuant to a CA Financing Law License. PayPal, Inc. is a GA Installment Lender Licensee, NMLS #910457. RI Small Loan Lender Licensee. Pay Monthly is subject to consumer credit approval. Term lengths and fixed APR of 9.99-35.99% and vary based on the customer’s creditworthiness. The lender for Pay Monthly is WebBank. PayPal, Inc. (NMLS #910457): RI Loan Broker Licensee. VT Loan Solicitation Licensee.

³ Based on PayPal internal data from Jan 2022 - Dec 2022.

⁴ Based on an internal data analysis of Pay Later retailers, October 2020 through August 2023. Data inclusive of transactions using PayPal Pay Later products across 7 markets (US UK AU DE FR IT ES).

⁵ PayPal Internal Data – 2023.

⁶ Based on PayPal internal data from 1st Jan 2022 – 31st Dec 2022.

⁷ PayPal Earnings-Q3, 2023, based on PayPal internal data.