It is so refreshing when something goes smoothly online, when a service does what it promises or better yet, actually impresses you by doing more than you expected.

I have been working for the Kids of Widney High for lots of years now. They are a group of students from Widney High School, a special ed. high school in Los Angeles, who write and perform original songs. Part of what I do for them is maintain their site (which they helped design).

Today I decided to look into our use of PayPal and check out a link I saw for a shopping cart. And you know what? Not only was it super easy to get set up, I was actually really impressed with all the options they gave me for customizing the cart, the redirects and even the look of the payment page. I haven’t had a chance to get too deep into all that yet, but it was so intuitive and simple to do that I look forward to spending a little more time getting it all set up.

Thanks, PayPal! I often get very frustrated with online services that just don’t live up to their promises. Yesterday I spent who knows how long just trying to find a manual for my cell phone because of bad design, bad organization and even worse customer service. So, just thought I’d give a little shout out to the folks that are doing it right.

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