I think that 3rd-party online payment systems have a ways to go before they are reliable enough for common use; that said, to be fair I am looking into how secure, insured, and convenient they actually are [I personally have no idea].

w/r/t Paypal: assuming that I go through the online paperwork of opening an online account, and the next week I decide to buy a pet cat online: what is the process, specifically? About how many data fields do I have to fill in during the process, beginning to end?, I mean,

1) Press "Pay using Paypal"

2) Enter the following data: ________???

3) Click accept/complete/agreed (w/e).



I have the same question for other online payments [Wirecard, Moneybookers, etc.]: assuming that I go through the online paperwork of opening an online account, and the next week I decide to buy something, About how many data fields do I have to fill in during the process, beginning to end?, I mean,

1) Press "Pay using (whatever)"

2) Enter the following data: ________???

Creating a PayPal account is easy if you have a credit card or checking account. It takes less than 5 minutes. Once you have an account, you log in to the PayPal website to make a payment. This usually takes less than one minute. Ebay provides a url link directly to PayPal. When I buy something on ebay, I can usually make the payment in about a minute and the seller is paying all the fees.

Even more convenient than how much you like the sound of your own voice.