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# A Payment Button That Could Change the Web

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[by Walter Fine](https://www.websitemagazine.com/marketing/author/walter-fine) 16 Jan, 2023

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**Being able to accept credit and debit cards is an essential element to the success of digitally minded enterprises and it is getting simpler each and every day.**

**[Automattic](https://automattic.com)*** (parent company of WordPress)*, for example, recently announced the launch of a "Simple Payment" button that will allow users of its hosted service to accept [PayPal](https://paypal.com) payments.

While limited to users on paid Premium and Business accounts and costing $8.25 and $24.92 per month respectively, the feature/functionality does bring professional class payment processing to a potentially enormous new audience (perhaps even those using Stripe or Braintree).

This announcement closely follows another recent announcement that introduced those on paid Business plans to use third-party plugins and themes, making it somewhat of a competitor to a range of solution providers already offering hosted WordPress installations (such as GoDaddy or Dreamhost).

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