Apple® and PayPal today announced that the iTunes® Music Store in the US will now accept PayPal for purchases of music downloads, audiobooks and gift certificates. Starting today, iTunes Music Store purchases can be funded through PayPal’s virtual wallet, allowing customers to pay in the way they prefer—using a credit card, bank account or stored account balance. The first 500,000 customers to open a new iTunes account in the US using PayPal as their form of payment before March 31, 2005, will receive five free songs.
“We are thrilled that PayPal users can now buy their music on the world’s number one online music store,” said Todd Pearson, general manager of PayPal’s Merchant Services. “PayPal’s virtual wallet offers iTunes customers the convenience of paying in the way they prefer.” With Apple’s legendary ease of use, pioneering features such as iMix playlist sharing, seamless integration with iPod® and groundbreaking personal use rights, the iTunes Music Store is the best way for PC and Mac® users to legally discover, purchase and download music online.
News source: Apple Press Release
“We are thrilled that PayPal users can now buy their music on the world’s number one online music store,” said Todd Pearson, general manager of PayPal’s Merchant Services. “PayPal’s virtual wallet offers iTunes customers the convenience of paying in the way they prefer.” With Apple’s legendary ease of use, pioneering features such as iMix playlist sharing, seamless integration with iPod® and groundbreaking personal use rights, the iTunes Music Store is the best way for PC and Mac® users to legally discover, purchase and download music online.
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> paypalsucks.com
Anyhoo, glad to see that iTunes is providing an alternative to Credit Cards... though with some of the horror stories (and outages) Paypal has been witness to, you begin to wonder if it's really ALL that more secure than your raw credit numbers floating around Google's cache...
EDIT:
This is in no way an attempt to discredit the PayPalSucks site, but you can find "sucks" websites about just about everything... BestBuySux is my favorite.
I agree. I downloaded itunes and got to the payment page and I had to verify my paypal account and it asked for a CC or DC. It makes no sense. I have my bank account registered to my paypal account. Looks like it times to uninstall itunes and find a good file sharing program
Status: Verified (5)
On the paypal site:
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Use PayPal on iTunes—Get Five Free Songs!
iTunes and PayPal—More Music Instantly
Good news: You can now use PayPal to securely and easily buy music from the massive iTunes catalogue, including lots of exclusive tracks and videos.
But you won’t have to buy all your music. For a limited time, when you start using PayPal with your new, free iTunes account, you’ll get five songs free (while supplies last).*
Click Learn more to take advantage of this offer.
*The First Five Hundred Thousand (500,000) eligible participants who successfully open a new iTunes account and specify PayPal as their primary iTunes account funding source during the Promotion Period will receive five (5) free iTunes music downloadable songs. Promotion open to registered members of www.PayPal.com (the "PayPal Site"
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Last edited by 18711 on 14 Dec 2004 - 07:13
did you have a CC registered to your paypal account?
cus i'm having a hard time getting my napster to work with paypal!
cus i'm having a hard time getting my napster to work with paypal!
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