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Website Payments Standards and Paypal IPN


mylittlereddress

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I have been all over the place trying to work out/research how to get my shop to talk to Paypal and am gradually getting more and more confused! Please help!

 

I want to use Paypals Website Payments Standard until my shop grows bigger and then I will change to Website Payments Pro, but I am trying to work out what part Paypal IPN plays. Am I right in thinking that Website Payments Standard come automatically with the basic oscommerce package? In which case why might I need Paypal IPN? What extra does it do? Should I use it instead of Website Payments Standard and if so why?

 

Paypal provide a contribution for Website Payments Pro, but not for Standards. Is there one available that I might need?

 

Thank you for your advice in advance!

 

Ali

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The IPN stands for Instant Payment Notification. It was added as an option several years ago by Paypal to prevent some problems with the modules at that time. All current versions of any paypal module use this feature. There are still paypal named paypal IPN but the paypal standard contribution is more secure, in my opinion. If you have an RC2 shop, this module is already included in your modules section. You just need to enable it and setup its options to use it. If you have an MS2 shop, you will need to install it. It is available from the Add-Ons section (see above menu) and is easy to install.

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Hi Jack,

 

Thank you for the information! I also found a post you made a little while ago and that helped to explain things too!

 

I have decided to use Website Payments Standard and have been trying to get it to work with Sandbox. When I make a payment I get an email with the subject header "PayPal IPN Invalid Process". I have been searching everywhere but can't find an answer that explains why I might be getting it! If I create an order and choose COD I get the emails that I'm suppose to get - one to the customer and one to the store owner.

 

Do you have any suggestions please??

 

Thank you

Posted

The sandbox option won't work unless you have setup a sandbox account with paypal. And even then, the emails are sent to the account, not to you.

 

I wouldn't bother with the sandbox. It is really meant for developers or for someone having problems with an account that needs extensive testing. Just make your module live and ask someone you know to make a purchase (you can't purchase from your own account). As long as your account is setup at paypal (it should be a business account), it should work. You can then login to your paypal account and refund the charge.

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Thanks for the advice, I will just get on with it and do some live testing. Thank you for the advice on the refund it back - sometimes the simplest things are the most difficult to think of!

 

Ali

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