Paypal is probably the quickest, easiest, and least expensive payment interface for small businesses to utilize. If you have not done so already, you must sign up for a Paypal account and complete the verify process. Paypal will submit a test deposit to your bank account which may take several days.
Signup for Paypal account here.
The Paypal payment interface automatically utilizes the IPN feature. After completing the verification process, follow these simple steps to start accepting payments using your 5th Avenue shopping cart.
Paypal Merchant settings:
- Login to your paypal account.
- Go to the profile tab and click the "Instant Payment Notification" link under Selling Preferences.
- If Instant Payment Notification is not set to "ON", click the edit button.
- Check the IPN box and fill in the IPN url, which will be:
http://url to store pages/ checkout_complete.php?user_action=process_paypal_payment
Substitute your url to store pages. You may also use a custom template to use in place of "checkout_complete", but the user_action parameter must be supplied.
- Save the IPN changes.
- It is also recommended you use the auto-return function. To set this on, return to the main profile summary by clicking on the profile tab again, then click on the "website payment preferences".
- Click auto return ON and fill in the return URL:
http://url to store pages/ checkout_complete.php?user_action=payment_confirmation
- Do not turn payment data transfer. The IPN option will take care of this for you.
- Encrypted Website Payments does not interface with 5th Avenue cart at this time. Do NOT block un_encrypted payments. The 5th Avenue script checks order amounts before processing anyway.
- Set paypal account optional On or Off depending on your preference.
- Set the Contact telephone setting according to your preference.
Wizard Control panel setup:
- Go to the wizard control panel payment
- Follow the Setup new Payment Method link under Payment Wizard.
- The SSL entry is not relevant to this method, but if you are using other methods which utilize your SSL site, check yes, otherwise, check no.
- Give this payment method a short descriptive name
- Check whether this is the default method, or only method.
- On the next screen, select "We will use a payment service to collect credit card ..."
- On the third screen, select Paypal as your payment processor.
- The last screen will collect your paypal settings. Enter your merchant email you used to signup for your paypal account.
- Enter the currency code you will be using. Must be a valid Paypal currency code, such as USD.
- Enter a description to be used as the paypal item description, or leave the default value there.
- Do not check the bypass IPN, unless your computer has trouble connecting to the paypal site as described in the Paypal trouble-shooting section.
Note that "PAY1_payment" will be the default template to be used. You can always copy the form and place on another payment page of your choice.
Test an order
- To test to see if your setup is correct, you will need a separate email to use as your 5th Avenue customer account. You will be able to refund the transaction later.
- Run an order as if you were a customer purchasing an item from your site. You should automatically be returned to the checkout complete page if you have auto-return enabled. Otherwise, you will have to click the return link. Check the order status using the merchant control panel. The order status should show "Payment Authorized".
- If you are unable to link to the Paypal page or complete an order, see the Paypal trouble shooting section.
- If your order shows Payment Error, or you get a payment error email, see the Paypal trouble shooting section.
Refer to the Paypal Merchant Documentation for extra features such as customized payment pages.
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