Why don't you take PayPal?
PayPal is so universal, we considered using it. We decided against it for these reasons:
Privacy: PayPal allows us to see your name and address. In our experience, people don't like to share this information.
Terms: PayPal has you forever once they have you. There would be no way for us to move to another provider should their services no longer prove adequate.
History: PayPal has been known to treat their customers unfairly. Frozen funds, misidentified fraud and other reports of heavy-handed behavior gets covered in the press too often for our tastes.
Stripe appears to be doing their best to support their customers, both vendors and consumers. They're a
PCI Service Provider Level 1 so they adhere to the strictest security measures possible.
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