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Questions tagged [paypal]

PayPal is an e-commerce business allowing payments and money transfers to be made through the Internet.

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For Paypal website payments standard, Do I need to create add to cart buttons using my client's account?

I wish to use Paypal web site payments standard on one of my clients webpages. It's a simple static site, so I do not wish to use a e-commerce package. I'm creating test code using my own paypal account. But when it comes to creating the real…
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Is paypal's IPN reliable enough?

I am creating my first ever major plugin for Wordpress and I intend to share it to the community. It integrates paypal's subscription button which is very useful for people who wishe to build a membership site using Wordpress. Question: Is IPN…
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Paypal - specify limited or indefinite subscription service

I'm creating a paypal check-out form for a subscription service. Paypal allows me to specify the "reacurring times" of the subscription with the "srt" option:…
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Can I bypass PayPal's button generator and submit item details to PayPal using my version of their form?

Getting started with a super simple PayPal shop on a flat HTML site. Seems to me there are two ways to go: 1. Use PayPal's button generator You follow their instructions and they'll generate a button for you. The button will have a 13 digit code…
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Possible to send one payment to multiple Paypal accounts?

I have a client who wants to setup a Paypal Buy it Now button on his small e-commerce store. The customer is able to say: "I want to make a payment of $20 and I want this percentage to go toward this purpose, and this percentage to go toward this…
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How to resolve paypal pending balance for subscription type?

Pending balance rule seems to be only for ebay sellers and to get away from it is to make buyers drop a feedback about the seller. How about for subscription type only? I cannot let users view my posts if their payment has not cleared yet.…
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What are some ways to accept payments from African countries that isn't PayPal?

There are some countries where people cannot easily create paypal accounts. Is there another way to transfer money online?
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Paypal Subscriptions - Getting users to continue to success/failure URLs

I have a private, paid-user-only service and I'm using Paypal Subscriptions as my payment gateway. It has been properly set-up (or I believe it has) with custom URLs defined for successful payments or cancellations. The success URL is what…
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do I need to login the second time I use "paypal standard payment"?

Paypal Payment Standard doesn't require to be registered to paypal to perform payment. However I've read on a blog that the second time you proceed, it recognize your credit card and ask you to register to paypal. Could you give me a 100% sure…
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PayPal donation drop-down list

How could I have a drop-down list next to my PayPal donation button, where you can select an amount or an "other" option to enter your own amount?
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Embedding a Paypal Form in the website

I've created this great looking paypal donate template for the charity I work for, using PayPal's tools: But it I can't seem to embedd it into a website. Instead I'm given the code to make this button: which links to the page I want. I'd like to…
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PayPal Payments Pro [Website Payments Pro Regional Differences]

I was reading https://cms.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/?cmd=_render-content&content_ID=developer/e_howto_api_WPWebsitePaymentsPro the [Website Payments Pro Regional Differences] part. I can't understand whether they are saying: I can accept credit/debit…
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Paypal "Subscribe" button: Is it possible to let the subscriber set the amount?

I'm setting up a recurring payment option on my website. I'd like to have two options: Option 1 (for individuals): Fixed $6/mo subscription Option 2 (for organizations): A subscription where the amount is set by the subscriber So, I would like to…
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If I make a paypal donation page, do people need a paypal account to pay? Or can they just pay with a credit card?

If I set up a donation page in PayPal, do people paying need a paypal account? Or can they just enter their credit card at checkout and pay that way?
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PayPal IPN/PDT for multiple sites

We have 4 websites that sell 4 separate (and unrelated products), and all of them use the same PayPal account. All 4 sites provide options for paying with PayPal Standard, and PayPal Website Payments Pro. The 'Pro' side of things works fine. The…
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