Shopify Paypal losing customers - how to? don't require users to "Create Account" ?
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I am losing a lot of customers, because they are confused by the Paypal "Create Account" button, if I could rename that to "Pay with Credit Card" that would be much less confusing,
or is there anyway to not force users to create a Paypal account?

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Good day @arron51,
Thank you for contacting PayPal community.
Our sincere apologies for the inconvenience caused.
Guest payment checkout(i.e payment via credit/debit without PayPal account) feature is not available for all Customers/Buyers.
It's important to remember that guest checkout is not guaranteed for every transaction.
To receive guest checkout payments :
Enable the PayPal Account Optional option in your account settings.
Login PayPal.com >> Settings >> Account settings >> Website payments >> Website preferences >> PayPal Account Optional >> toggle "yes" .
If you have integrated PayPal Express Checkout legacy product, please contact your website developer (or) support of your third-party platform(eCommerce) to pass the variables "SOLUTIONTYPE=Sole" and "LANDINGPAGE=BILLING" in the SetExpressCheckout payment API request call to make sure guest checkout is offered as often as possible.
Guide link - https://developer.paypal.com/api/nvp-soap/set-express-checkout-nvp/
PayPal runs a risk check to determine eligibility for guest checkout. There will be times when guest checkout is not available.
This is intended behaviour of the product. Customer/buyer need to create PayPal account to process the payment.
Thank you so much for your patience and understanding.
Sincerely,
Chiranjeevi
PayPal/Braintree MTS
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