One key difference over other payment processing sites is that Ribbon lets vendors be in any country of the world (as long as you have a Paypal account). Most similar services are very restrictive over which country you can be in is vendor.
The huge caveat, however, is that Ribbon's payment form for customer only allows US addresses.
Get your money out of Ribbon every two weeks via wire transfer, check request, or PayPal.
Every two weeks. That's a great way to create float, but not very useful to the average Joe/Jane. Even though Paypal stinks, I can, at least, get some money out of it in a couple of days, or instantly with their card.
Yeah, that's a bit ridiculous. That makes me operate on a de-facto net30 standard. Lots of businesses/people don't have enough cash flow to operate like that.
No man! You can accept payments directly in-stream on Facebook and Twitter to leverage your social networks for selling your product or service. And today the pricing model was lowered to just 2.9% + 30 cents per transaction - very affordable for all sellers.
The huge caveat, however, is that Ribbon's payment form for customer only allows US addresses.