PayPal Wizard for Microsoft FrontPage Makes E-Commerce Easy as 1-2-3; PayPal and Auction Messenger Deliver Simple One-Click Payment Processing for FrontPage Users.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 30, 2002 PayPal, Inc. (Nasdaq:PYPL), a leading Internet payment service See Web payment service. , today announced integration of its popular e-commerce e-commerce, commerce conducted over the Internet, most often via the World Wide Web. E-commerce can apply to purchases made through the Web or to business-to-business activities such as inventory transfers. payment solution with the Microsoft FrontPage Microsoft FrontPage (later full name Microsoft Office FrontPage) was a WYSIWYG HTML editor and web site administration tool from Microsoft for the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems. It was part of Microsoft Office application suite from 1997 to 2003. 2002 website creation and management tool, enabling simple credit card processing and subscription billing services for FrontPage web developers. The "1-2-3 PayPal Purchase Button Wizard Instructional help in an application or system development environment that guides the user through a series of multiple choice questions to accomplish a task. For the most part, wizards are more effective than the help menus found in most applications, which often border on the atrocious. for Microsoft FrontPage" is a free FrontPage add-in wizard developed by Auction Messenger, a leading developer of Windows-based utilities for managing eBay(TM) auctions. The wizard is now available for download To receive a file transmitted over a network. In any communications session, "download" means receive, and "upload" means send. The download/upload often implies a big/little scenario, in which data is being downloaded from the "big" server into the "little" user's computer. from the PayPal Developer Network site (www.paypal.com/pdn) and from the Microsoft FrontPage Add-in Center (http://www.microsoft.com/frontpage/downloads/addin/). "Millions of people use PayPal to accept credit cards and sell their products and services online. Now anyone with an email address See Internet address. can open an online business quickly and easily using FrontPage and PayPal," said Dave McClure, director of the PayPal Developer Network (PDN (1) (Packet Data Network) See packet switching. (2) (Premises Distribution Network) The network that connects a customer's ADSL transceiver (ATU-R) to the Service Modules (PCs, routers, set-top boxes, etc.). See DSL. ). "In just six months, more than 50,000 developers have joined PDN and are now building PayPal-compatible solutions for their online businesses and customers." "The 1-2-3 PayPal Purchase Button Wizard for Microsoft FrontPage is a great way to get started selling products and services on the Internet," said Giovanni Mezgec, FrontPage lead product manager, Microsoft (Nasdaq:MSFT MSFT Microsoft (stock symbol) MSFT Movimento Sociale Fiamma Tricolore (Italy) MSFT Multi-Stage Fitness Test MSFT Master of Science in Family Therapy MSFT Macalester Students for Fair Trade ). "PayPal has made it extremely easy for FrontPage users to build inexpensive e-commerce solutions and add credit card processing to their websites." The wizard enables FrontPage users to make their websites e-commerce-ready in just three quick steps: (1) specify an email address to receive payments, (2) use the wizard to create a PayPal payment button for the product or service for sale, and (3) publish the new website using FrontPage. In addition to one-click purchasing and a built-in shopping cart, the wizard also provides functionality for collecting donations, subscriptions and recurring re·cur intr.v. re·curred, re·cur·ring, re·curs 1. To happen, come up, or show up again or repeatedly. 2. To return to one's attention or memory. 3. To return in thought or discourse. billing. "We are excited to be working with PayPal in developing an e-commerce wizard for FrontPage users," said Patrick Husting, founder of Auction Messenger (http://www.auctionmessenger.net). "By combining PayPal's easy payment button solutions and FrontPage 2002, web developers can set new speed records for building e-commerce websites." About PayPal PayPal enables any business or consumer with email to send and receive Internet payments securely, conveniently and cost-effectively. PayPal's network builds on the existing financial infrastructure of bank accounts and credit cards to create a global payment system. As of June 30, 2002, PayPal had 17.8 million member accounts, including 3.7 million business accounts. More than $3 billion was sent through the PayPal network in the first half of 2002. Based in Mountain View, PayPal is available to users in 38 countries including the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . Further information about the company can be found at www.paypal.com. About PayPal Developer Network The PayPal Developer Network (PDN) provides web designers and developers with a central resource for technical information about PayPal products and services. PDN also contains a directory of more than 150 eCommerce solutions that use PayPal, including shopping carts, storefronts, affiliate software, and subscription management services built by PayPal developers. |
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