We selected PayPal as our first mechanism for payment management for a variety of reasons.

  1. user-centric. control over subscriptions
  2. 23 currencies in 190 countries and regions
  3. only need to enter PayPal email address if already have account, otherwise relatively easy to set up a new account or use a credit card
  4. 75M active users
  5. good match between early Kachinglers and PayPal users
  6. PayPal account can be set up without a bank account or credit card account — more on this in a future post.