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We occasionally get asked how to check out from the store without having a PayPal account. The good news is that we’re here to help!
We’ve now added Direct Bank Transfer and Square to our payment methods which let you use a card without an account, did you know that you can also use PayPal without an account?
Here’s a step-by-step guide to paying with either a Direct Bank Transfer or with your debit/credit card without a PayPal account.
Adding items to your basket and saving your address details for later
- Add your items to your basket
- Click on the “View Cart” button in the top right hand corner
- Click “Proceed to Checkout” if you’re happy with your basket contents
- Choose whether you’d like to create an account with us so we can save time in the future by remembering your address details, or whether you’d like to check out as a guest. If you want to save time later then add your email address and choose a password and click “Register”. If you’d like to check out as a guest then choose “Check out as Guest”
- On the “Billing Details” screen, add your details and check the checkbox if you’d like to subscribe to our mailing list. Click “Shipping Address” to continue
- Click “Payment Method” to take you to the payment method selection (we only ship to your billing address)
Paying with paypal
- The default “PayPal” option is already selected
- Click “Order Review” to bring you to the Order Review screen
- Review our Terms & Conditions of Sale, and if you accept them then check the checkbox and then click “Place Order”
- Sign in to PayPal if you already have an account, if you don’t have an account then choose “Pay with credit or debit card” or “Check Out as a Guest” and enter your details
- Click “Pay Now”
- You’re done – thank you!
PAYING WITH A CREDIT/DEBIT CARD WITHOUT PAYPAL
If you want to use a credit/debit card to pay for your order but you don’t want a PayPal account then you can use PayPal without the need for an account as a PayPal “Guest”
- The default “PayPal” option is already selected
- Click “Order Review” to bring you to the Order Review screen
- Review our Terms & Conditions of Sale, and if you accept them then check the checkbox and then click “Place Order”
- Choose “Pay with credit or debit card” or “Check Out as a Guest”
- Enter your payment details into the “PayPal Guest Checkout” screens, read and choose whether to accept the PayPal Privacy Policy. If you accept the policy, then check the check box and click “Pay Now”
- Click “Pay Now”
- You’re done – thank you!
PAYING WITH A CREDIT/DEBIT CARD WITHOUT PAYPAL
If you want to use your internet banking (or branch bank) to pay us directly then we have a Direct Bank Transfer option. In this option you will receive an order confirmation email with our bank details. You’ll then need to pay our bank with your order total amount before we can ship you your order.
- Selecr “Direct Bank Transfer” instead of “PayPal” if you want to pay us by bank transfer. Please remember that we will only ship you your order once we receive your bank payment to our bank account
- Click “Order Review” to bring you to the Order Review screen
- Review our Terms & Conditions of Sale, and if you accept them then check the checkbox and then click “Place Order”
- You will now receive an email with our bank details and order value. Please pay for your order using your internet or branch banking to our bank account and sort code. We will ship to you on receipt of the funds
- You’re done – thank you!
For those of you who haven’t already guessed, I am really into my soapmaking! I have been a member of an american online soapmaking forum for several years and for the last year or so I have been helping to host soap challenges for the other members. A few times a year I make a challenge video demonstrating a technique for the other users to try. This month I have chosen peacock swirls and you can see my tutorial in the video below.
I chose to make a beer soap using Tribute ale from the local brewery at St Austell and matched my swirl colours with the branding on the beer bottle.
If you are ever down in Cornwall I would recommend a visit to the brewery, it was a really nice day out and our guide was really friendly.
I love to take part in soap challenges as it allows me to really express my creativity and at the same time enhance my soapmaking skills. I don’t get much chance to do this within my business as I have to stick to my strictly regulated cosmetically certified recipes for the soap I sell via my website.
This month’s challenge required you to find a friend or family member to make soap with, who you don’t normally work with. I asked my friend Anna as she was really keen to make soap and had tried on her own previously but was unhappy with the resulting soap.
Anna is an artist; you can see her work here:
http://www.annaventuraartist.com/
http://www.facebook.com/annaventuraartist
When I asked Anna what kind of soap she would like to make, she asked if it was possible to recreate one of her gannet drawings within the soap. Anna originally wanted to embed the design within the soap log, but we only had a single day to work together so I advised her that an ebru style soap would work better and allow her more freedom of design. I thought her painting skills would really work with this style.
We made a white soap base in the bottom of the mould and I suggested scenting it with a marine fragrance called sea spray as it went well with the overall soap theme. We allowed it to set, and then poured a thin layer of soap batter on top (about 50mm thick). As you’ll see in the video below, Anna then created her design in this top layer using plastic pipettes and wooden skewers. The design was coloured using yellow iron oxide, activated charcoal and blue mica.
The soap recipe was a mix of palm, coconut, olive and sunflower oils with a superfat of 5% using 40% lye concentration.
As the challenge was all about collaboration, I thought it would be great to show what we’d each done to make the final product. I’ve made sections of the video go quickly so you get the essence of our day together without having to sit through hours of video!
Here is the finished wet soap next to Anna’s original drawing
After Anna had created her gannet design, we both took the leftover soap batter and created some more little soaps in some silicone moulds.
Thanks to Amy for coming up with this challenge, I really enjoyed working with Anna as I usually have to work on my own, it was so much fun and I would love to do it again.