PayPal Website Payments Pro, PayPal’s version of a payment gateway that is reasonably priced and does not require a merchant account, has now been released in the UK.  It was previously only available to US merchants.  I am not sure when it became available, one of our customers in the UK who is keeping us very well informed gave us the tip.

At first glance this is great news for UK merchants who have had difficulty finding UK payment gateways that operate as seamlessly as their US counterparts.  Unfortunately for FreshBooks users, the UK Website Payments Pro API is slightly different from the US Version, so it is not yet available with your FreshBooks account. Our development team has not yet committed to integrating with the UK version, but as long as they meet our requirements, I don’t see any reason why we wouldn’t build the integration.

Thanks to Marcus for tipping us off to this.  We will keep you abreast of our plans.

Now a note to PayPal…get on the Canadian version…STAT!