MYOB Atlas website service gains PayPal transactions for ecommerce

Stephen Withers
Tuesday, 08 November 2011 16:51

Business IT - Technology

MYOB and PayPal are aiming to make it easier for Australian small businesses to get involved with ecommerce.

MYOB Atlas provides Australian businesses with an ecommerce-enabled web site at no charge for the first 12 months, and then just $5 per month plus domain name fees. The company claims a MYOB Atlas site can be set up in 15 minutes, or an hour if the ecommerce features are needed.

"These enhancements to MYOB Atlas and the Getting Aussie Business Online initiative [between MYOB and Google] provide further incentives for small businesses to establish an online presence, open their brands to new markets, and tap into global ecommerce growth," said MYOB CEO Tim Reed.

Payment for online transactions is collected via PayPal. "MYOB Atlas enables businesses to create a professional and appealing online retail experience with very little start-up investment, and importantly it allows these businesses to immediately sell through their websites," said Frerk-Malte Feller, managing director of PayPal Australia.

According to MYOB officials, MYOB Atlas will be fully integrated with the company's forthcoming cloud-based business platform which will include all the functionality of MYOB AccountRight.

Early MYOB Atlas adopter Hans Van der Donk of Orara Valley Beef Jerky said "The website is easy to use and was easy to set up. As soon as the PayPal function came in, we had a few sales."

And Andrea Souter of Day Craft, a retailer of notebooks, sketchbooks and diaries, remarked "the PayPal function was extremely easy. I was very surprised. I had no issues with it."