I'm configuring a paypal payment gateway in my website, at the moment a sandbox is configured and I'm using paypal standard. Everithing works fine except for some small thing I need to discuss with you:
after user (redirected to paypal site) make the payment is there a way to redirect automatically after the payment is done...I would avoid that user has to click the link: "return to xxx website". ( I have seen and used many websites that use to redirect to paypal but after payments is done the really automatically redirect to the website...without any additional click)
I have personalized the aspect of my page under paypal account (in sandbox mode) but when i test the payment the page is not personalized but show the standard one...so my question is personalized pages works under sandbox?
For paypal standard subscribe button is required an HTTPS protocol or they accept also normal urls?
1) If you are using PayPal Payments Standard (Buttons) then you will have the return to merchant at the checkout page, this is because the payment is complete at this point. What you are thinking when you are redirected back immediately is ExpressCheckout and the merchant can process the payment immediately or by user action.
2) Yes, personalized pages work in sandbox. You need to make sure it is set as primary
3) For PayPal Payments Standard you do not need HTTPS, as the payment is handled on the Paypal website.
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What's the difference between PayPal buttons and PayPal Express Checkout?
The second one seems more complicated than the first one to integrate in a web site. When I should consider to use Express Checkout rather than Buttons? What are the advantages?
PayPal Standard buttons are indeed quick and easy, but they are limited. One of the biggest issues with it is with regard to Guest Checkout, which allows non-PayPal account holders to pay with a credit card without creating an account.
With Standard buttons this is browser cookie based, so if anybody has ever signed in to a PayPal account using the browser in use, then the cookie will trigger and assume that the user will be logging in to PayPal. This causes the guest checkout option to be less prominent, and buyers often miss it, which results in lost sales.
Express Checkout uses the APIs which gives you more flexibility, including the ability to force the Guest Checkout experience if you want to regardless of any browser cookies. This can lead to increased conversion rates.
Another thing to consider is that with Standard buttons there is no guarantee the user will make it back to your site. Even if you have Auto-Return enabled in the PayPal account there is a delay, and the user could simply close their browser before they are sent back to your site. With Express Checkout the user has to return to your site before the process can be completed, so this gives you the ability to tie more post-transaction processing procedures into your checkout flow.
Adding PayPal buttons to your website eliminates the need to enter your shipping address. You only verify the purchase details and confirm by the user and it gets supplied by PayPal but in case of Express checkout customer still need to supply their shipping address .
Also in case of express checkout you make API call initially to PayPal and in turn PayPal gives you token id for the payment you are going to make and you use the token(which is unique for every payment) to subsequently authorize and capture the amount from PayPal account once the customer confirms the payment after logging into PayPal account.
I am using the PayPal Adaptive Payments API in a simple (not chained or parallel) flow: payment is created, payKey is generated, user is redirected to payment approval URL in PayPal. Once approved, PayPal redirects the user back to my app.
The specific API call I am using is documented here - the _ap-payment command. So the URL looks like https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_ap-payment&paykey=value.
I have noticed that sometimes the PayPal page the user is directed to defaults to the login view, whereas other times it defaults to the credit card info view (for submitting a CC payment via PayPal w/out logging in to a PayPal acct).
For user experience, I would like to ensure the user always sees the PayPal login view.
Anybody know if there's a way to enforce that?
(or if there's something in how I'm calling the API that triggers one view or the other that I haven't noticed yet)
thanks!
There is a variable in Express Checkout called "LANDINGPAGE" which determines which payment option is the default one shown to the customer.
The two appropiate values for this variable are :
Billing - Pay via debit/credit card
Login - Pay via PayPal account
This is the only API-based variable which would allow you to customize checkout page to decide which landing page was shown to the customer first.
You can have a try.
I have created some paypal buttons using paypal button manager (My Saved Button Page). All works good so far.
I however want the paypal payment page to open the credit card tab by default. (the tab that says 'Don't have paypal account?').
From other stackoverflow answers I can see I need to use express checkout, and in the API call I need to set SOLUTIONTYPE=Sole and LANDINGPAGE=Billing.
But how do I set this on my normal Paypal payment buttons (the ones I created using Button manager)?
My account on paypal is a business account, and does support Paypal payment pro and Express checkout.
Did you know that paypal will default to the "don't have a paypal account" for customers who don't have accounts.
PayPal automatically checks if your customers cookies to see if they have ever logged into paypal. If so, it will default to log in, if not then the pay with debit or credit card.
This is why you always see log in. Try clearing your cache and cookies on your browsers and then go to your payments page, you will see.
I run a small marketplace with multiple sellers where buyers can buy items and pay with PayPal. The problem is, when someone makes a payment, they are then displayed the "Payment Confirmation" on the PayPal website and are given a choice to either return to their PayPal account, or return to the website.
Is there any way to keep the payment flow on my website, except for the payment part? I notice when buying on Etsy for example, the buyer goes to PayPal to make the payment and is then immediately returned to Etsy for the payment confirmation. They never see the PayPal payment confirmation page.
I assume it could be because Etsy and PayPal have a special arrangement that isn't available to other sites? Or am I missing something in the API?
Right now, with the normal PayPal API, this is what buyers see:
NAME, you've just completed your payment.
Your transaction ID for this payment is: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX.
We'll send a confirmation email to your#email.com
Go to PayPal account overview.
Go back to "seller#email.com".
I can't even figure out how to change the "Go back to..." link to my website name in the hidden fields. PayPal just chooses to display the seller's (the person that received the payment) email address.
Is there any way to at least set a website name for them to return to with hidden variables? Keep in mind that I have different sellers, so it's not something I could set inside each seller's PayPal account.
Thank you :)
I assume you are using Express Checkout with Set/Get/Do EC API integration. Please check the below document for experience options available with Express Checkout API.
https://developer.paypal.com/webapps/developer/docs/classic/express-checkout/integration-guide/ECCustomizing/
The 'useraction=commit' in the PayPal payment auth url triigers the 'Buy' button. If you do not send that request paramter then it will show 'continue' button and you can complete rest of the process on your site.
However, if you are using Paypal Payment Standard product then you need to use Express Checkout to accomplish the outcome you are seeking.
When the PayPal transaction is complete, PayPal shows this:
Thanks for your order
Your payment of $XXXX.XX USD is complete.
You're now going back to MYSITE.
If you are not redirected within 10 seconds, click here.
I don't want the client to even see this page. Is there any way to either avoid it completely, or set the redirect time to 0?
You will also need a Website Payments Pro subscription for that.
https://www.paypal.com/webapps/mpp/website-payments-pro
Once you have it, get the API signature, API username & API password from the My Profile area of your paypal account.
Then, use the Direct Payment method as described in the following manual
https://cms.paypal.com/cms_content/US/en_US/files/developer/PP_WPP_IntegrationGuide.pdf
As mentioned by Watermark, you might need to review PCI requirements and at least have SSL on your site before you can do this.
Check out https://developer.paypal.com/. You can build your own interface using PayPal's API. The user will never know that PayPal handled the transaction.
Be sure to review PCI-DSS requirements when using this approach.
What you ask is achievable with PayPal Payments Standard, but the seller account receiving the payment needs to be a PayPal Business/Premier account (a free upgrade), and they need to enable Auto Return and provide a Return URL in their PayPal account > Profile > Profile & Settings > My Selling Tools > Website Preferences.
You can also pass a return URL variable to checkout for each order, which would override any Return URL (or lack thereof) in the seller's PayPal account profile; however, if Auto Return is not also enabled in the seller's account, the buyer would need to click past the end of checkout manually in order to be redirected to that URL.