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The Payflow Pro Recurring Billing Service is not yet supported. | The Payflow Pro Recurring Billing Service is not yet supported. | ||
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+ | ===== Features ===== | ||
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+ | See a list of [[https:// | ||
===== Geographic Limitations ===== | ===== Geographic Limitations ===== | ||
- | * **Express Checkout**: the recurring payment functionality is available wherever Express Checkout is available. Express Checkout is available in most countries. | + | ==== Express Checkout |
- | * **Website Payments Pro**: WPP is only available in US, UK, and Canada. | + | |
+ | The recurring payment functionality is available wherever Express Checkout is available. Express Checkout is available in most countries. | ||
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+ | === Website Payments Pro === | ||
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+ | PayPal | ||
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+ | == Note for UK merchants == | ||
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+ | UK merchants: if you have been using Website Payments Pro in the UK for some time, you might be using an older version of it (i.e. the UK Payflow system). Contact PayPal and ask them if you are on the Pro 2.0 platform. If so, ask that your account be **upgraded to the Pro 3.0 platform** as the Pro 2.0 payment platform is not compatible with SubscriptionBridge. | ||
===== Cost of the service ===== | ===== Cost of the service ===== | ||
- | | + | This information is current as of January, 2011. If you find that any of this information is incorrect, please let us know. |
- | * **Website Payments Pro**: There is an additional $30 monthly fee for Recurring Payments used with Website Payments Pro. So, the merchant would be charged | + | |
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+ | * No additional costs and fees for using the recurring payment functionality in Express Checkout | ||
+ | * Normal Express Checkout transaction fees apply to each Recurring Payments transaction, | ||
+ | * [[https:// | ||
+ | * **Website Payments Pro**: There is an additional $30 monthly fee for Recurring Payments used with Website Payments Pro. | ||
+ | * The regular | ||
+ | * An additional | ||
+ | * So the total for WPP becomes | ||
+ | * Normal WPP transaction fees apply to each Recurring Payment transaction, | ||
+ | * Make sure to sign up for the additional service when you activate your Website Payments Pro account (as shown below) or add the Recurring Billing service to your existing account. \\ {{: | ||
===== Setting Up Website Payments Pro ===== | ===== Setting Up Website Payments Pro ===== | ||
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- From the SubscriptionBridge main menu select the store that you are working with, then select //Edit Store > Payment Gateway// | - From the SubscriptionBridge main menu select the store that you are working with, then select //Edit Store > Payment Gateway// | ||
- Enter the API credentials in the corresponding fields and click on //Edit// to save your entries | - Enter the API credentials in the corresponding fields and click on //Edit// to save your entries | ||
+ | - See the section below on how to obtain the API credentials | ||
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+ | ===== Configuring PayPal Settings ===== | ||
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+ | This applies to both Website Payments Pro and Express Checkout. | ||
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+ | ==== Obtaining your API credentials ==== | ||
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+ | When creating a new //Store// in SubscriptionBridge, | ||
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+ | * Log into your PayPal account | ||
+ | * Select "// | ||
+ | * Click on "// | ||
+ | * Click on "// | ||
+ | * The following information will be shown to you: | ||
+ | * API Username | ||
+ | * API Password | ||
+ | * Signature | ||
+ | * Copy and paste this information __temporarily__ on a text file on your desktop. You will need these credentials when setting up your SubscriptionBridge store, so having the information handy will be useful. Once you have entered the API credentials in SubscriptionBridge, | ||
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+ | ==== Configuring Instant Payment Notification ==== | ||
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+ | * Log into your PayPal account | ||
+ | * Select "// | ||
+ | * Select "// | ||
+ | * Enter the "// | ||
+ | * Check the radio button to "// | ||
+ | * Click "// | ||
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===== Testing SubscriptionBridge with PayPal ===== | ===== Testing SubscriptionBridge with PayPal ===== | ||
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* Close all browser windows (__all of them__) | * Close all browser windows (__all of them__) | ||
* Restart your browser and try checking out again through the SubscriptionBridge shopping cart. The error should be gone if correct credentials were entered (make sure you closed all browser windows and restarted the browser, otherwise you are working with " | * Restart your browser and try checking out again through the SubscriptionBridge shopping cart. The error should be gone if correct credentials were entered (make sure you closed all browser windows and restarted the browser, otherwise you are working with " | ||
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+ | ===== Other Notes ===== | ||
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+ | ==== Automatic retries on declined payments ==== | ||
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+ | * When a recurring payment is declined, PayPal automatically retries to charge the account 3 times, 5 days apart. | ||
+ | * If the outstanding balance is paid before a payment is retried, no retries occur. | ||
+ | * If the outstanding balance is not paid by the customer, but the transaction goes through successfully on a retry, SubscriptionBridge automatically updates the subscription, | ||
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