I know it has been mentioned, but thanks again Etsy for the month of no direct checkout fees in September. It was our second best month ever for sales, and the majority was with direct checkout.
It really does seem to go back and forth between dc and paypal. No real pattern to who, what, or why, but it is working just fine. Now, I some day hope to get the courage to shut paypal off and see what happens.....:-)
I am so thankful to have options for my customers :) Lots have chosen DC and lots choose to use Paypal, but whichever, it seems that DC has really boosted my sales and I will forever be grateful to Etsy for this!
For the buyer it is seamless to use DC. I like it. hopefully the regular processing fee will drop as more shops adopt it. Plus now seller protection is included and that makes me :).