Announcements

27 April, 2006: Change in Express TT Fees

	From Australian Bank Accounts	From non-Australian Bank Accounts
Buyer	Free	Free
Seller	AU$0.99 (incl GST)	AU$5.50 (incl GST)
		Introductory price expires 31 May, 2006 Fees will be AU$9.90 (incl. GST) effective 1 June, 2006.

24 February, 2006: Paymate #1 Site in Hitwise Awards

Paymate was judged the #1 Site in the prestigious Business & Finance – IT & Internet category based on Internet traffic reporting by Hitwise. At the Online Performance Awards in Sydney on 24 February, 2006, the Paymate team received the award at a ceremony for the most popular websites in 2005. We would like to thank all our clients for their support and look forward to improving our services to you in 2006! Learn more

28 Oct 2005: Paymate secures Australian Financial Services License

Paymate secures Australian Financial Services License Paymate’s clients and partners can trade more confidently via Paymate given our authorization by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission to offer non-cash payment products, foreign exchange contracts and general insurance. Learn more.

05 May 2005: New! Paymate TrustMark for sellers to increase buyer confidence and online sales!

Consumers and businesses can now trade more confidently online by looking for websites that display Paymate's 'TrustMark' logo. 'TrustMark' sellers need to have established a reliable online trading history via Paymate and also conform to safe trading guidelines to reduce risk and increase buyer satisfaction. Learn more.

10 Mar 2005: New! Paymate Express TT to receive bank account payments from US buyers!

Australian Sellers can now increase sales with buyers able to pay from their overseas bank accounts in the USA, New Zealand, Hong Kong and Singapore. With no buyer fees and a flat fee of AUD 5.50 for the seller, avoid expensive credit card fees and fraud risk for larger transactions. Learn more.

11 Nov 2004: Paymate Rewards launched!

Clients can earn Reward Points by referring a friend or business associate, who also receives Reward Points for registering with Paymate. Rewards can be redeemed for prepaid accounts.

11 Nov 2004: Increased Limits and Reduced Fees

Standard Account Sellers can receive up to $5,000 per month to cater for increasing sales. Fees have been simplified and reduced for both AUD and USD credit card payments.

30 Jun 2004: Recurring Payments Service Launched

Paymate now offers a Recurring Payment service in response to client requests. Buyers can set up a Recurring Payment option with any Express Payment, via credit card. Payments can be weekly, fortnightly or monthly and normal fees apply. For details, see Recurring Payments.

13 Apr 2004: 'New, Improved' Paymate Express Payment Service

Paymate's popular Express Payment service that buyers can use without registration is now even better! With a 'wizard' approach to making an Express Payment in three simple steps, the page can be pre-filled by sellers with order and buyer data if available. The service is faster and returns transaction results to the seller's nominated URL for more automated processing. These features have been designed in consultation with website developers and providers of shopping cart products and should better meet the needs of our wide range of clients. Your feedback is welcome! For details on website or shopping cart integration, click here.

13 Apr 2004: Tools to insert Paymate logos into eBay auction listings

eBay sellers can now more easily insert the popular Paymate Express Payment logos into their listings. The new tool allows sellers to generate the required (HTML) code by entering their Paymate username and selecting the (eBay-certified) logo of their choice. The code includes the seller's username so that payment is made correctly by the buyer. For details, click here.

15 Dec 2003:Paymate Express Shipping Service Launched

In partnership with DHL, the world's largest logistics company, Paymate now offers an Online Express Shipping service! You can take advantage of Paymate's Preferred Shipping Prices negotiated with DHL, order and track a shipment worldwide - all online! Both buyers and sellers save money and time with Paymate's secure shipping services.

11 Sep 2003:All Sellers are now able to absorb Buyer Fees

Sellers on Paymate can now elect to absorb buyer fees. This feature now applies to ALL sellers. To absorb buyer fees please just log in to your Paymate account and go to change profile and then merchant status. Then tick the absorb buyer fee box. Finally save the changes.

4 Sep 2003: Link Third Party Shopping Cart into Paymate Express

Website merchants can now prepopulate the Paymate Express page with variabledata from a (third party) shopping cart. Please use the instructions below to allow your buyers to pay with Paymate by clicking on a Checkout Button when they are ready to check out after adding all of their items to your shopping cart. Note that Paymate does not provide shopping cart software, you will need to procure this via your website developer. We do not warrant that any or all third party shopping cart software will work with the Paymate interface described here and cannot provide testing facilities or support services to enable you to implement this interface
Adding Paymate Checkout to Third Party Shopping Cart

11 Aug 2003: Make and Accept US Dollar Payments

Buyers can now make payments in US Dollars (as well as Australian) to Australian sellers. This is convenient and easy to understand for overseas buyers, increasing sales for sellers. Sellers will receive Australian dollars, converted and deposited directly into their Australian bank accounts up to four business days later.

24 Jul 2003: Register Multiple emails

You can now register up to 5 email addresses in your Paymate account. To do so , please login and click Change profile/ registered emails

03 Apr 2003: Paymate eBusiness Account

This is an Account tailored to meet the needs of our small business users. It has the flexibility to offer a credit card facility with no pre-set monthly limit if required and also some other valuable features.

20 Mar 2003: Warning on Password Security

Please ensure you never provide your Password to anyone in response to email requests. You will never be asked by Paymate to disclose such information legitimately.

14 Aug 2002: Paymate Express Seller-Link feature

You can now add your Paymate Username to the Paymate Express URL and have your seller email address automatically inserted into the Paymate Express form for your buyer. When your buyer clicks on a seller-linked logo then your email address will be locked into the Paymate Express form so that your buyers will always get your address correct.
For example, say your Paymate Username is birdman1. All you need to do is add
?mid=birdman1 to the Paymate Express URL link.

The correct URL would be:

https://www.paymate.com/PayMate/ExpressPayment?mid=birdman1

Try it yourself by just typing this URL (with YOUR Paymate username replacing birdman1) into the address area of your browser and see how it works for you.

27 Mar 2002: Buyers now welcome in 37 countries!

Buyers in 37 countries can now use Paymate, extending markets for Australian sellers.
Credit card payments can now be made by buyers in: American Samoa, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Chile, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guam, Hong Kong, Iceland, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, U.S.A., Virgin Islands(U.S.).

If you have any questions that are not answered in our Site Help, just email clientservices@paymate.com.au for assistance.