The checkout says PayPal — you still do not need an account
This page exists because of one measurable thing: people reach the payment step, see the PayPal logo, assume an account is required, and close the tab.
It is not required. Choose the option to pay by card rather than logging in, and PayPal takes the card, processes the payment, and returns you here with the order created. At no point are you asked to make an account, and declining to make one does not fail the payment.
In practical terms, PayPal is the card processor and nothing more. That is how a large share of the internet handles cards; the processor here just happens to have a name people recognise as a wallet.
Why the card never touching us is the point
We never see your card number, expiry date or security code. They go from your browser to PayPal, and what comes back to us is a yes-or-no and a transaction reference.
This is a structural security property rather than a promise. A store that cannot see card numbers cannot leak card numbers, and there is no saved card on your account here to be exposed in a future breach — because there is no saved card at all.
It also means we cannot charge you again even if we wanted to. Each order requires the card to be entered afresh, which is a small friction with a large benefit at a store you may only use once.
Cards that work, and cards that sometimes do not
Visa, Mastercard and American Express are accepted. Virtual cards from banking apps generally work without issue. Prepaid and gift cards work at some issuers and not others.
When a card is declined, the decision comes from your card issuer, not from us — and the issuer cannot see what is being bought, so the decline is never about the service.
Nothing is charged on a decline and no order is created. You land back on the service page with the order still to place.
The three reasons cards get declined here
A billing address that does not match the card is the most common by a distance. It is worth re-entering carefully before trying a different card.
Very small international payments are flagged aggressively by fraud systems — a sub-dollar charge from an overseas merchant is a classic false positive. Ordering a slightly larger quantity sometimes clears it.
Company cards frequently carry merchant-category or foreign-transaction blocks. A personal or virtual card almost always clears where a corporate one does not.
What appears on the statement
A payment processed through PayPal, showing the amount and date. It does not name the service, the platform, or what was ordered.
If the card is shared, or belongs to an employer, that is worth knowing before you pay rather than afterwards. Our order confirmation email carries the detail the statement omits, so the two together form a complete record if you need one.
Every order is a single charge. There is no subscription, no retainer and nothing that renews.
