PayPal and new Block Cart & Checkout

Hi @artankrasniqi1988

I’m glad to hear that you’re enjoying the new cart and checkout experience.

where is the PayPal payment option under “5. payment options”

Regarding your question about the PayPal payment option, you’re not missing anything. The Block express checkout is the new way of integrating PayPal into the checkout process with the new Block based checkout. The idea behind this is to provide a seamless and faster checkout experience for your customers by allowing them to pay with PayPal right from the checkout page, without having to go through additional steps.

However, we understand that you’d like to have PayPal as an option under point 5 with other payment options. As of now, this is not possible due to the nature of the express checkout feature. But we’re always listening to user feedback and constantly working on updates, so I’ll be sure to pass your suggestion along to our development team.

As for the “Cash on pickup” plugin, it’s true that it’s currently not compatible with the block checkout. We’re aware that this is a popular feature and our team is actively working on making more payment methods compatible with the new block checkout. While I can’t provide a specific timeline, please know that it’s a high priority for us.

Thank you for your feedback and for using WooCommerce. If you have any other questions or concerns, feel free to reach out.

Best regards.

Hi Mirko,

thanks for your long and clear explanation. I would like to explain my point of view of the importance of this:

The problem all woocommerce users will have with this new “block express checkout” only option on top of all other checkout processes and informations is, that it is not aligned with the law requirements in germany.

It is simply not allowed to put any “buy” button before all other elements like shipping address, delivery options, etc. The buy button always has to be the last confirmation (button) in the flow of the checkout process.

Trust me, data protection and law requirements are crazy here.

But even if it wasn′t only by law. Why stripping the good possibility that was there before to show all payment options in one block “5. payment options”. I just prefer this as the flow of the checkout is nicer. When choosing “paypal” only then the “paypal buttons” should be visible. If I select the other options, the standard “buy now” button should be there or similiar.

But grabbing paypal, putting it completly on top, stripping the option to show it near the other payment options, not having the possibility to show description for the paypal payment like in the other payment options, etc etc.

It just feels like this was downgraded immensely and I dont′t know yet who thought this would be a good idea.

We also have older customers. How to always explain them like: Yes yes, when u click paypal on top you have to create an account or buy as guest, etc. then down below theeeeeere are the other good old payment methods, so u don′t have to enter adress when doing express checkout buuuuuut if you pay via classic invoice please fill it out, etc. etc.

I think u understand how crucial it is to bring back the payment gateway again back to point “5. payment options” so customers can choose directly there and see all possible payment options together near each other.

Otherwise the new block checkout gets pretty much unusable with paypal like this in germany.

Sorry for long post but I had to be precise on this one.

Thanks again and regards!

Hello artankrasniqi1988

Welcome back to the WooCommerce forum.

I appreciate your feedback and understand the importance of your concerns, especially considering the legal requirements in Germany.

The “block express checkout” feature may not align with certain regulations, and we’re sorry to hear that it’s causing inconvenience. The intention behind this design was to streamline the checkout process, but we understand that it may not be suitable for all markets. If it’s not working for you, for the time being, until there are updates, you can revert to the Cart and Checkout shortcodes.

Be assured that our developers are currently working on enhancing the Woo Cart and Checkout Blocks in order to ensure compliance with these standards.

Once again, thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts and concerns with us. I’d recommend you follow regular updates on GitHub.

If you have any more questions or need further assistance, please don’t hesitate to reach out.

Cheers.

Hi Mirko,

thanks for your reply. Yes, I will change back to the classic checkout and cart as I think its surpasses the new system in questions of functionality a lot and the block system is not ready to go for us regarding the mentioned points:

• PayPal only as block “express checkout” (legal problems in germany)
• Not compatible with Woo-Plugin “Product Vouchers”
• Individual html gets stripped from payment descriptions

Perhaps when these things get integrated in future but I think this will take a while.

Thanks and regards