My web designer is asking for my paypal password to set up my online store.  Is this necessary?  I'm nervous.
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Actually he does need your password to build the 'buy now' buttons to add the HTML code to your web site shopping cart. This makes the pay pal so easy for a web designer, all you do is copy and paste the HTML code that pay pal generates. This code links the item you are selling to your pay pal account.\n\nWhat you can do is change the password after the shopping cart is built. If you still feel uncomfortable, call pay pal to discuss.
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Yes, I have purchased many items, over the internet..I pay with a credit card number..If you are going to do that, make sure that it is a secure website..To verify that it is secure, after the http, at the beginning of the web address, make sure that there is an "s" after http..It will look like this https, which means it is a secure website..Also at the bottom of the page, will be a picture of a paddlock, that means the page is secure, and you can put your credit card number in..I have purchased many items over the web, and I never had any problems..
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Lots of things. Be careful with your e-mail. Don't respond to e-mails if you aren't sure where they came from. Never give out your password online. For that matter, never click on a link that says you need to update your password or bank account number. If you want to update your ebay account (for example) go directly to ebay.com. Never give out bank account numbers or other identification over the phone. Good luck with all of this!
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It's okay to do but probably not your safest option.  Paypal is convenient because your account numbers or credit card numbers are not provided to the seller.  If you pay directly to the seller, then you pose a risk of identity theft or sales fraud, and seeing that Paypal is free, I don't know why anyone would pay any other way.
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building such a website from scratch, would be a tough as well as time consuming task..to make it professional and secure, and to debug, it will take a months to build a website like e-bay..\nthe easier way would be to use CMS desinged to handle online shopping.. some of CMS are free while some are available for purchase.
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Java chat code\nPhoto hosts\nIM of some type\na news scroller\nsome type of pass word protect for some pages.\nA tut on how to set up a pay pal membership\nand you should have a tut on how to embed vid's\nand other stuff.\nAlso a tut on how to add more than one script to a page.\ngood luck...
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You can design the store in Dreamweaver, but you'll need a script to process your forms, in asp, php, perl, or whatever. There are solutions you can buy, or there are freeware ones out there. You will need to do at least a little modification to adapt any third-party scripts you get. To make it secure you'll need to purchase an SSL certificate, from Thawte, Verisign, or other.\n\nIf you don't want to bother with scripts, you can use something like coolcart.com to do the processing. \n\nYou'll also need a credit-card processing gateway service, a merchant card account (or at least PayPal), and a bank account to send it to.
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Not sure, but all I know is when I receive a Email from Paypal (which it aint paypal) I dont go to paypal from the link in the email, I log in to paypal by typing in the URL myself.
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If the site have popups - don't touch it with a bargepole!\n\nIs the company reputable in the first place, well established, highly regarded by consumers? If yes, thats a measure of trustworthiness.\n\nThe purchase page with the order and billing forms should be done over SSL (Secure Socket Layer) a padlock symbol should appear on the status bar on the bottom.\n\nTo avoid falling foul of phishers, don't access the site from links in unsolicited emails. Type in the company's url into the address bar of the browser.
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I've gotten many phishing emails...but each time I get an email (like the one I got the other day saying my payment for $400.00 had been sent to someone through Pay Pal) I check my account immediately to be sure...if you ever get an email like that and you know you didn't buy anything for that amount do not respond! Open another browser and log on to the account that way...never use the link in the email...that's how you get screwed. After confirming that the transaction didn't happen forward the bogus email to pay pal, eBay, or whoever else it was supposed to be from. Yahoo, Pay Pal, and eBay have forwarding address for phishing emails...good luck.
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Hi Trishka,\n\nBelieve it or not this is common practice and is not necessarily dodgy. Check in the address bar, is the address https:// and not http://? HTTPS means the transaction is a secure one. If you're unsure about the company you're buying from, a quick google search of the company name will reveal everything you need to know
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Well, there are things that make consumers feel secure that aren't, but here are a few pointers:\n\n-Putting secure on secure pages to remind customers that their data is safe puts people at ease.\n-Those verisign "click to verify" buttons, however useless, convince many people. Put them at the bottom of every page.\n-Many people feel more secure if you offer PayPal as an option.\n-If your store looks professional, it will put customers at ease.\n-Jokes tend to put people off.\n-Putting little locks on secure pages (next to words like "Secure Area") puts people at ease, however useless.\n-Reminding people of this stuff in FAQ's and mention of the Fair Credit act (Unauthorized transaction, only liable up to $50, blah) puts people at ease.\n-Listing your policies helps.\n-Finally, having a real contact page with email, address and phone puts many at ease- a place where you can reach the store.
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Could be a friend, hacker, spyware, keylogger or anything of this sort.   The best way to defend against these would be to up your defenses.  I use ad-aware se personal, ewido antispy, spybot search and destroy, and Kaspersky antivirus and firewall.  Run these types of programs and run them frequently (at least once a week).  If you visit shady websites, try not to.  If you must, DO NOT click on any type of download at all!  \n\nAs far as your password, make sure it is comprised of letters (uppercase and lowercase), numbers and symbols.  The longer your password is with the more of the aforementioned items incorporated into them the harder it becomes to acquire you password.  Make sure your paypal account and the email address you have associated with ebay and paypal have good password also.  Change your secret question on your email.  Don't use something like what is my dog's name b/c all your best friends know who fluffy is!  \n\nSomeone just recently hacked into my wifes myspace account and posted all kinds of obscene blogs.  I kept telling her to change her password from the same 7-letter password she had been using on email and everything else for the last 8 years.  I guess that's part of being married though because she didn't listen to me and it took being hacked for her to realize this!  \n\nIn short though, use a good, strong password and change it every now and then.  Don't get complacent when it comes to security of your personal information!
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I do not understand your question. But if you are receiving this question via email from a credit card company, ebay, or any other company requesting you to type your username and password, make sure you don't click any links within the email. Rather, open up a new web browser window and manually type in the company web site's address and log into your account from there. There are many scams going around where identity thiefs will attempt to trick you into entering your login information into their site by sending you an email that appears legitimate
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Hi,\n\nThere are really simple website builders that can help you with what you want to do - but you need to subscribe to their hosting services.  One of the cheapest I know is at \n\nhttp://www.powerpill.com.sg/BestWebHosting.html \n\nThese website builders are also integrated with Paypal.  What you need is to sign up with Paypal for an account.  Once you have this, the rest is simple.
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For me, it would be if the store does not have a fully secured check-out. It amazes me how many online stores either do not have a secure check-out, do things through e-mail or send me off to another service like PayPal that I have to sign up for.
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Did you ever think to ask PayPal????  Or I'm I missing something???