Is it possible to send a set of values to Paypal that are then parsed as a select box on the Paypal checkout screen? To give this context consider the following. If a website has a donate button which sends users to Paypal to make a donation is it feasible to ask the user at Paypal which "fund" they wish to donate to?
Many thanks
No, that's not possible. You'll need to collect this data prior to sending the customer to PayPal.
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I am using clickfunnel order form and i want to offer credit card and paypal payment and user information need to go into the infusionsoft. How can i do this ?
Infusionsoft provides API that you can use to save information to this CRM.
In order to save PayPal payment information, you'll need to develop a script that accepts PayPal IPN notification about processed payment.
I'm not sure about the best way to do this, but here are a couple of ideas:
You could use Braintree to process the payment, since Braintree already accepts both paypal and credit card. And then you can set up an Email integration on the Clickfunnels order form to integrate with an Infusionsoft web form. This won't transfer the credit card information into Infusionsoft, but it will transfer Name and Email into Infusionsoft.
You could also add a Paypal button to the order form. This will take people to paypal to process the order. And then you might be able to use something like Zapier to move some of the customer's information and order information into Infusionsoft.
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.
Paypal makes it really easy to create a donate URL. A donor can enter a custom $ amount or use a fixed one. We'll use the custom amount, since it's more flexible. Is there anyway to allow the donor to enter a custom amount, and have PayPal display a checkbox for example to allow this amount to be a recurring monthly donation via a URL?
We checked out the "subscribe" button, but it only returns a form, not a URL, and didn't see anywhere to let the donor choose the amount.
Basically, this should be an optional field in the donate URL. Any ideas on how to accomplish this?
You'll need to use standard subscription buttons or the Recurring Payments API. Either way you could setup your page so the user chooses those options on your site prior to being sent over to PayPal.
use cmd=_donations. Paypal will prompt for an amount and whether it is recurring.
PayPal now has recurring donations, for mobile checkout, by default. See this blog post.
I currently have a simple Paypal button on my website where people enter some information which is saved into a database, and the button then takes them to paypal to pay £20 to join. The problem is there is no link between the website and paypal, so I have to manually cross check who has joined on the website against Paypal each time.
I've looked into Paypal IPN which looks ideal, but I can't work out how to match the transactions up.
i.e. IPN sends me a txn_id, but I don't have that at my end. I need a way to send a generate & save a unique ID per transaction, that goes to Paypal with the user, and Paypal then sends back to me via IPN.
I'm quite lost in Paypals shoddy docs, so any help from SO would help!
(Off topic rant: why to Paypal have so many domains: paypal.com, paypal-business.com, x.com, paypal-marketing.com,... Can they not spell phishing?!)
Pass YOUR id (like the DB row id) to Paypal with custom variable, you can cross reference it using the custom variable from IPN.
https://cms.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/?cmd=_render-content&content_ID=developer/e_howto_html_IPNandPDTVariables
I am creating a simple online paypal commerce and I have some doubts
on how sending data to seller and buyer when order payment is done. The
scenario looks like this:
Each product (legal documents) has a different form because in order to
deliver the product buyer need to specify different information for each
item. Studying Paypal documentation I have learnt that I can add hidden
fields and send them with transaction when I click the Buy Button or Add
To Cart.
When the payment is done:
buyer will receive the confirmation of payment (ok sent by paypal)
seller will receive all necessary information to fill the documents
for each product in one email.
I have noticed using sandbox that buyyer can add note for seller with payment
but unfortunatlly the textarea allow only a limitated text.
Please let me know if I understand correctly. When the payment is done Paypal
send back all data (IPN) to paypal script (including all information sent via
using the form). In that case I should be able to check if the transaction was
completed and if so doing the parser of the reply and send data via email using
PHP to seller. Is it correct?
Does anyone can show me a simple example?
Thanks a lot.
When transaction is complete (subscription,one time web form payment,express checkout or something else ) , Paypal sends authorization query to your IPN script (link to which is defined in your Paypal profile)
The IPN values are described here
https://www.paypalobjects.com/en_US/ebook/subscriptions/Appx-ipn_subscription_variables.html
or here
https://cms.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/?cmd=_render-content&content_ID=developer/e_howto_html_IPNandPDTVariables