I have a form like the below which works correctly when the business is a sandbox account but not when I use a genuine business account.
In the latter scenario the return field is never shown and instead I am seeing a paypal payment confirmation page.
I've tried enabling/disabling auto-return in the business account but it makes no difference.. any ideas?
<form target="paypal_iframe" name="form_iframe" id="form_iframe" method="post" action="https://securepayments.paypal.com/cgi-bin/acquiringweb">
<input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_hosted-payment">
<input type="hidden" name="subtotal" value="100">
<input type="hidden" name="business" value="my#email.com">
<input type="hidden" name="currency_code" value="GBP">
<input type="hidden" name="lc" value="GB">
<input type="hidden" name="paymentaction" value="sale">
<input type="hidden" name="template" value="templateD">
<input type="hidden" name="return" value="http://www.mywebsite.com/receipt">
</form>
The only thing that could be causing it, is that if there are issues with the button and it being hosted or non hosted.
The resolution here was to add an extra field not covered in the iFrame documentation
<input type="hidden" name="showHostedThankyouPage" value="false">
Note that the field name is case sensitive.
PP_MTS_Chad was on the right line
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My lead generation platform allows people to pay for the ability to connect with potential leads. PayPal's "Buy It Now" link just recently stopped working. Nothing changed on my end.
<form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post">
<input type="hidden" name="business" value="H2BZKXHJRX23C">
<input type="hidden" name="item_name" value="Meet Saifur Rahman Mohsin">
<input type="hidden" name="item_number" value="385">
<input type="hidden" name="amount" value="0.55">
<input type="hidden" name="currency_code" value="USD">
<input type="hidden" name="no_note" value="1">
<input type="hidden" name="no_shipping" value="1">
<input type="hidden" name="notify_url" value="https://www.dazah.com/payments/ipn">
<input type="hidden" name="custom" value="63333231653936303331366462343736393366323465626365373234626430633039636330306131356534653963633037623338663064616263653264613365393131303435633630333762393863346163303165656333346336313339303234623337646662623661653033346530346334363066396566636637386333355746376675413858796936667a55387963667a436859722b584230442f45505179636d31376c556d53576c6357704b4d68426c6d7659684c51664955636e6171">
<input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_xclick">
<input type="hidden" name="return" value="https://www.dazah.com/">
<input type="hidden" name="cancel_return" value="https://www.dazah.com/">
<button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary">$0.55 to Meet</button>
</form>
I get just a generic page that says: "Things don't appear to be working at the moment. Please try again later."
I attempted to just use a Paypal Hosted button (replacing the input name="business") but it doesn't seem to allow me to pass in an amount when I do that? It just always asks the end user to enter the item amount. Not sure what I'm doing wrong there either.
Help appreciated, thanks!
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UPDATE: I figured out that it's the 'custom' field that is breaking it. It never used to. Anyone know why that is? Is custom no longer supported?
There is a limitation of 256 bytes on the length of value of variable 'custom'. Please shorten it and try again.
https://developer.paypal.com/webapps/developer/docs/classic/paypal-payments-standard/integration-guide/Appx_websitestandard_htmlvariables/
We integrated Paypal button to support our starting business. We received several user feedbacks about not being able to complete payment. They reported that they can see the payment page after clicking the Buy Now button. However they tried pay through Paypal account, pay with credit card and pay with Paypal credit. None of them work. However, no one in our team has faced such problem when checking out. So we really don't have an idea about what's going on. Here is an example Paypal button code we use:
<form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post">
<input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_cart">
<input type="hidden" name="upload" value="1">
<input type="hidden" name="business" value="business#myticket.com">
<input type="hidden" name="env" value="www">
<input type="hidden" name="address_override" value="0">
<input type="hidden" name="item_name_1" value="演唱会">
<input type="hidden" name="amount_1" value="122">
<input type="hidden" name="discount_rate_1" value="10">
<input type="hidden" name="item_name_2" value="演唱会">
<input type="hidden" name="amount_2" value="122">
<input type="hidden" name="discount_rate_2" value="10">
<input type="hidden" name="shipping_1" value="$27.95">
<!-- Fill full name in the first_name field -->
<input type="hidden" name="first_name" value="Bruce Lee">
<input type="hidden" name="notify_url" value="https://www.myticket.com/payment/ipn">
<input type="hidden" name="address1" value="">
<input type="hidden" name="address2" value="">
<input type="hidden" name="city" value="">
<input type="hidden" name="state" value="">
<input type="hidden" name="zip" value="">
<input type="hidden" name="country" value="US">
<input type="hidden" name="email" value="">
<input type="hidden" name="custom" value="lmIvjDuZVRsCWFPDdfFsrKiNVrnAbWeTZSINiDuszZEGKjeXfhqxyqRrn">
<input type="hidden" name="paymentaction" value="authorization">
<input type="hidden" name="charset" value="utf-8">
<input type="hidden" name="return" value="https://www.myticket.com">
<input type="hidden" name="cancel_return" value="https://www.myticket.com">
<input type="image" name="submit" border="0" src="https://www.paypalobjects.com/webstatic/en_US/i/buttons/checkout-logo-large.png" alt="Check out with PayPal">
</form>
Is there any problem with this Paypal button? If not, what else could be causing the payment to fail?
Besides, is there a way we can get a message about these failures? Right now we are using IPN. However IPN doesn't seem to notify us about these payment failures.
BTW, myticket.com is a fake url in this post.
Well first, when using Website Payments Standard buttons, you don't get much back as far as the declines. Typically you are only going to get details of declines back when you are using API calls to process the payment. As for the button itself, it looks fine to me. Perhaps some of the issue is with the special characters for the item name which is leading to the failure. You could try creating 2 of the same buttons/items but without the special characters and see if those same buyers run into the issue with the second button that they did with the first one. You could also try using the "lc" variable in your button code to see if this helps. You can see the description of what the "lc" variable does here.
i'm creating a small marketplace where several sellers can sell their products and each has their own express checkout link, depending on their email.
my form is like this:
<form action="https://www.sandbox.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post" id="form_paypal">
<input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_xclick">
<input type="hidden" name="bn" value="wa_dw_2.0.4">
<input type="hidden" name="business" value="receiver#gmail.com">
<input type="hidden" name="receiver_email" value="receiver#gmail.com">
<input type="hidden" name="amount" value="123.00">
<input type="hidden" name="currency_code" value="USD">
<input type="hidden" name="return" value="http://www.me.com/return.php">
<input type="hidden" name="item_name" value="Product Title Goes Here">
<input type="hidden" name="undefined_quantity" value="0">
<input type="hidden" name="no_shipping" value="1">
<input type="hidden" name="no_note" value="1">
<input type="hidden" name="custom" value="12345">
<input type="hidden" name="cbt" value="Return to MY WEBSITE NAME">
<input type="hidden" name="cancel_return" value="http://www.me.com/failure.php">
<input type="hidden" name="notify_url" value="http://www.me.com/notify.php">
</form>
note that i set the "cbt" value as per https://developer.paypal.com/docs/classic/paypal-payments-standard/integration-guide/Appx_websitestandard_htmlvariables/ but it's not working :( the return link still shows
"cancel and return to receiver#gmail.com"
which is confusing and just plain ugly for the buyer.
any ideas what i'm doing wrong here?
it's the same on the sandbox or the live version, i might add.
The document says "cbt : Sets the text for the Return to Merchant button on the PayPal Payment Complete page.For Business accounts, the return button displays your business name in place of the word "Merchant" by default. " This means you will see this text on the PayPal thank you page after the buyer completes the payments . Something like below :
First, what you're using here is Payments Standard, not Express Checkout. Eshan is correct with the information he provided regarding the parameter you're working with...it doesn't come up until after the payment is completed.
If you were actually using Express Checkout you would indeed have control over what you're asking about via the BRANDNAME parameter. It would still say "Cancel and return to" but then whatever you set for BRANDNAME would get output after that.
To my knowledge Payments Standard does not give you access to adjust the cancel link like EC does.
I am trying to send POST vars to paypal ipn like that:
<form class="form-horizontal paypal-button" method="post" action="https://www.sandbox.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" target="_top" style="opacity: 1;">
<input type="hidden" name="button" value="buynow">
<input type="hidden" name="business" value="vendedor#estadosbinarios.com">
<input type="hidden" name="quantity" value="1">
<input type="hidden" name="currency_code" value="EUR">
<input type="hidden" name="shipping" value="0">
<input type="hidden" name="tax" value="0">
<input type="hidden" name="notify_url" value="http://www.estadosbinarios.com/pagos/paypal_ipn.php">
<input type="hidden" name="return" value="http://www.estadosbinarios.com/pagos/success.php">
<input type="hidden" name="env" value="www.sandbox">
<input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_xclick">
<input type="hidden" name="bn" value="JavaScriptButton_buynow">
<!-- Enable override of buyers’s address stored with PayPal . -->
<input type="hidden" name="address_override" value="1">
<input id="nombre" name="first_name" type="text" placeholder="" class="form-control input-md">
<input id="nombre" name="last_name" type="text" placeholder="" class="form-control input-md">
</form>
But Paypal doesn´t care my vars first_name or last_name, paypal is always getting the vars from user account of paypal and overwriting that var.
Is there any way to choose my vars?
When people pay with PayPal through it is indeed going to use the info provided from the shipping address of their account. You can't get around this with Payments Standard like you're using.
You could switch to the Express Checkout API which would give you the option of collecting the buyers name, address, etc. and then passing that over to PayPal in a way that cannot be overridden. This way you'd get whatever they typed into your site instead of relying on PayPal to provide those details.
I am trying to set up PayPal's IPN for custom cart use. But somehow it does not work. Can you guys have a look at the PayPal button code I am using? Do you notice any problems? Once I click on the Pay button, I am taking to PayPal's page that has the follow message:
We have detected a problem with this shopping cart. If the problem persists, please contact the merchant.
Questions:
What is the right way to name these variables: item_numberX or item_number_X? And the same with variables responsible for: price, name, and quantity. Do I need to add the underscore?
<input type="hidden" name="item_number_1" value="1">
<input type="hidden" name="item_name_1" value="Service 1">
<input type="hidden" name="amount_1" value="148.00">
<input type="hidden" name="quantity_1" value="1">
<input type="hidden" name="mc_gross_1" value="148">
<input type="hidden" name="item_number_2" value="2">
<input type="hidden" name="item_name_2" value="Service 2">
<input type="hidden" name="amount_2" value="30.00">
<input type="hidden" name="quantity_2" value="1">
<input type="hidden" name="mc_gross_2" value="30">
<input type="hidden" name="return" value="http://www.sitename.com/thank-you/">
<input type="hidden" name="notify_url" value="http://www.sitename.com/ipn.php">
<input type="hidden" name="first_name" value="Peter" />
<input type="hidden" name="last_name" value="James" />
<input type="hidden" name="payer_email" value="alex111#gmail.com" />
<input type="hidden" name="item_number" value="144" / >
<input type="image" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_xpressCheckout.gif"
border="0" name="submit" alt="Make payments with PayPal - it's fast, free and secure!">
Thank you.
You have most of the button right, the only variables I see issues with are "mc_gross_x", "payer_email" and "item_number". I am not sure where you got mc_gross_x at, but this would not be used in a button, you may have it confused with an IPN variable. As for payer_email, again you may have this confused with an IPN variable. If you are trying to populate the buyers email address on the PayPal payment page, it would just be "email". Also, you do not need to pass "item_number", since you are using the cart upload method, you would just use the format that you are already using up above in your code"item_number_x".
If the button still does not work for you, I would need to see the rest of the bottom code to see why it is not working.