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I'm contemplating using Website Payments Pro with CiviCRM, and I have a few questions I'm hoping someone can answer.

1)  How easy is it to integrate with CiviEvent?
2)  How much control do you have over the payment page?  I understand the payment page (where CC information is entered) is on the CiviCRM server rather than on Paypal's site.
3)  Did you have to get a security certificate to run WPP?
4)  Any other tips you might have.

We've been using Website Payments Standard with CiviEvent for a couple of years now, and one frustration for me is that Paypal keeps screwing around with their landing page.  Some of their designs sort of "hide" the credit card payment function and play up the Paypal login.  Plus, if someone uses a CC but Paypal recognizes them as a member, Paypal will try to steer them to their Paypal login, and it confuses a lot of people.  We end up with more "Pending incomplete transaction" entries in our registration logs than we'd like.

I'm not crazy about the fee Paypal charges for WPP, but it would be worth it to have more user-friendly transactions.

Thanks!

Tracey