PayDotCom?
First, I respect the marketing genius of Mike Filsaime. This is not a personal attack of anything like. Just my honest opinion … everybody’s entitled to one, right?
Now, here’s what I think about PayDotCom. I feel that some info about it is kinda misleading. When you read information on their website, you see that PDC is comparing itself with 2CheckOut and ClickBank. Those two are credit card processing company. They can accept payment online on behalf of you. But here’s the thing — PDC is not. For payment processing, PDC will still use Paypal and StormPay for that.
So what is PDC?
To me PDC is an affiliate management system. Some similar products or services are like the ones listed here. PDC is like MyAffiliateProgram or GroundBreak or any other affiliate software.
So why is PDC comparing itself with 2CO and ClickBank?
Frankly, I don’t know. Maybe it’s a positioning thing. Maybe that way, they’ll have a better chance.
What bothers me is that they compare costs side by side with ClickBank and 2CO. At a certain level, maybe they are at the same class … but in a whole, they are not.
What would make a better comparison is if you combine PDC and Paypal, and then compare it with ClickBank. You can’t even compare it with 2CO because 2CO does not have affiliate management. So I add in Plimus, which I am using right now with DIYeBookCover.com and BlackBeltJVBroker.com. And yes, Plimus has affiliate feature like ClickBank.
| PDC + Paypal | ClickBank® | Plimus® | |
| Sale Price | PDC, Paypal | $1 + 7.5% | See here |
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| $10 | $1.59 | $1.75 | $1.00 |
| $20 | $2.88 | $2.50 | $2.00 |
| $47 | $4.66 | $4.53 | $4.70 |
| $97 | $6.11 | $8.28 | $6.79 |
| $197 | $9.01 | $15.78 | $9.85 |
**NOTE - for PDC costs, I am using the standard costs. 25% discount available when you purchase $100 credits up-front. For Paypal, fees varies according your merchant status and type of transaction. I am using the standard fee for cross-border transaction for this comparison.
It seems that it maybe wise to go with PDC if you are selling high-ticket items. And what if you are selling products ranging from $5 to $30? Are you suppose to use something else for that? Well, to me, you should just go with the one that you are comfortable with. It’s not that economical when you are juggling 2-3 accounts just to accept credit card payments.
I go with Plimus because of its wide range International support. While Paypal is great, you are limited to sell to people from only a few countries. I am not very sure about StormPay. I have no experience with them.
Anyway, this post is not really to say about which you should go with. I just thought there are somethings that need to straighten out. Just want to get the facts right for you guys.
