ITZ Computers Posted February 10, 2005 Share Posted February 10, 2005 Hi, I was wondering if anyone could tell me how I can setup the PayPal IPN module to charge the customer the fee, as currently the fee is taken out of the total my customer pays and I am losing profit, does it have to be hard coded into the Paypal module or is it as simple as a setting in my Paypal account? Any help would be appriciated. Thanks Regards Michael Ollis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wheeloftime Posted February 10, 2005 Share Posted February 10, 2005 Hi, I was wondering if anyone could tell me how I can setup the PayPal IPN module to charge the customer the fee, as currently the fee is taken out of the total my customer pays and I am losing profit, does it have to be hard coded into the Paypal module or is it as simple as a setting in my Paypal account? Any help would be appriciated. Thanks Regards Michael Ollis <{POST_SNAPBACK}> That is not allowed by Paypal regulations and if one of your customers is going to complain about it you will find your account closed before you know. Raise your prices a bit, live with it and/or atract buyers by telling you do not do such stupid thing :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoffwin Posted February 11, 2005 Share Posted February 11, 2005 That is not allowed by Paypal regulations and if one of your customers is going to complain about it you will find your account closed before you know.Raise your prices a bit, live with it and/or atract buyers by telling you do not do such stupid thing :D <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Interesting legal point I suppose ie the Paypal rules, in Australia the retailer is allowed by law to charge a surcharge on CC transactions (in a bid to drive down interbank fees and stimulate competition). If Paypal is operating in Australia they may well be required to comply with Australian law. Perhaps the module could do with a "handling fee" being built into it as some of the shipping modules do, this would be transparent to Paypal and allow the retailer to recoup some of these charges. I agree that most customers find the idea of a surcharge disagreeable some smaller businesses basically cannot afford to carry such CC fees as Paypal charge. At the end of the day what needs to be transparent is the final cost of the goods in your hot hand. sorry drifted off original query a bit Geoff Quote Geoff Telegraph Point 2441 Australia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ITZ Computers Posted February 13, 2005 Author Share Posted February 13, 2005 Okay.... thanks for the feedback.... is there anyone out there who could possibly give me some hints on PHP coding to add a percentage fee in to the Paypal IPN payment module, I can understand the legalities. but I can only try it and find out what happens with Australian Law. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osocoloso Posted February 13, 2005 Share Posted February 13, 2005 Okay.... thanks for the feedback.... is there anyone out there who could possibly give me some hints on PHP coding to add a percentage fee in to the Paypal IPN payment module, I can understand the legalities. but I can only try it and find out what happens with Australian Law. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> On your /includes/languages/english/modules/payment/paypal.php, find: define('MODULE_PAYMENT_PAYPAL_TEXT_TITLE', 'PayPal'); Replace this with: define('MODULE_PAYMENT_PAYPAL_TEXT_TITLE', 'PayPal <img src=YOUR IMAGE>'); Jose Quote "If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts." - Einstein Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osocoloso Posted February 13, 2005 Share Posted February 13, 2005 Woah... please ignore the above - this is NOT the topic this reply was intended for. Quote "If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts." - Einstein Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ITZ Computers Posted February 14, 2005 Author Share Posted February 14, 2005 Ignored...... Now can anyone help..... (read my last post) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoffwin Posted February 15, 2005 Share Posted February 15, 2005 Ignored...... Now can anyone help..... (read my last post) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> found this http://www.oscommerce.com/community/contri...ch,create+order might work Geoff Quote Geoff Telegraph Point 2441 Australia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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