Paypal: credit card payment without an account

[niviche]

Hello,

 

This is more a question about Paypal's policies than about osCommerce. I hope that this is the right place to ask.

 

-I am setting up an osCommerce shop, and currently testing the IPN and Basic Website Payment features.

-I am testing everything through the sandbox, nothing is live at all.

-My website is currently just on my computer (localhost), there is nothing on any public server.

 

I have set up a seller account in the sandbox, both "business" and "verified". All the data and info from my site is passed correctly to Paypal, all works well, except this:

every time I test a purchase, I get a "Signing up for a PayPal account will be required to complete this purchase.". Whatever the amount of the purchase or the browser (tested in Opera 9, Firefox 2 and IE6), the buyer never gets a chance to pay without having to set up a Paypal Account.

 

Being able to receive payment via credit cards from people without a paypal account is what I am after. So far, this doesn't work at all with the sandbox. How can I solve this problem?

 

-is it due to my location (I am in Germany, and the fake seller I set up in the sandbox is also in Germany)?

-is it due to the amount of the purchase (my shop should have orders ranging from US$5 to US$200 max)?

-is it due to the fact that I am testing this from localhost (ie the IP of the shop and the IP of the test buyer are the same)?

-does it have something to do with the account? This seller in the sandbox is "non-US verified business".

 

To sum-up: what is needed to accept credit card payments from somebody who doesn't have a paypal account?

 

Thank you for your help.

[Jack_mcs]

You have to enable that option in your paypal->profile settings.

 

Jack

[niviche]

You have to enable that option in your paypal->profile settings.

 

Jack

 

I am sorry to ask, but where is this option and how is it called? I just can't find it.

[kann]

I can't seem to locate it either so I'm watching this thread closely - I'll post if I find it.

[Jack_mcs]

Paypal->profile->Website Payment Preferences->Paypal Account Optional.

 

Jack

[niviche]

Paypal->profile->Website Payment Preferences->Paypal Account Optional.

 

Jack

 

Actually, I asked on the Paypal forum, and Germany is the only country where buyers must have a Paypal account to use their credit cards. :-(

http://www.pdncommunity.com/pdn/board/mess...ding&page=1

[kann]

Paypal->profile->Website Payment references->Paypal Account Optional.

Thanks, Jack! I thought I was cracking up. That's where I'd checked/found. Apparently, I need to contact PayPal. I have this setting set properly, but it's still requiring accounts to be setup - *sigh* (I'm not in Germany, either - good ol' US)

Edited December 19, 2006 by kann

[Jack_mcs]

You need to contact paypal then since that is controlled by them.

 

Jack