Need Help With PayPal (Standard OR Express)

[arkisaeo]

Ok, I've run into a bit of trouble with the PayPal mods.

 

OSC Version: RC2 v.2.2

 

 

Initially, there was just one payment module being used: the Credit Card module (near the top of the payment module list, below the Authorize.net ones)

 

Then, my employer decided they'd like to add PayPal Standard as well.

 

This works fine, except that unpaid orders appear in the admin panel when customers reach the checkout_confirmation.php page (which is before they even get to PayPal to pay for anything)---and those orders remain unpaid.

 

He doesn't want to change the status message of the orders, or have to delete them manually.

He wants the unpaid orders to NOT show up in the admin AT ALL.

(or basically, he wants only the PAID orders to be listed).

 

Can this be done at all? And if so, How???

 

**Note** I already tested this with the PayPal Standard IPN, which doesn't do what I want (in fact, it does the opposite of what I want).

 

 

 

 

The second thing is I was looking into using PayPal Express as an alternative option (instead of using PayPal Standard).

 

Now, this does what I want, in that the unpaid orders do NOT show up in the admin panel.

 

However, my issue is that when a customer is redirected to PayPal to pay for their order, there is no item description or cost listed whatsoever.

 

Click Here to view an image example

 

 

I've not found any fixes for this. What I have found is how to send itemized descriptions for PayPal Standard, or speculation and guesses on how to do this.

 

So, how can the order info (whether itemized or aggregate) be sent via PayPal Express?

 

(again, the IPN for this was also tested and did not/could not do what was required)

[arkisaeo]

Bump. :-"

[Guest]

Mituka,

 

 

If you correctly set up PayPal Standard or PayPal Express, there are NO dropped orders. The new modules now require either API credentials or a Certificate which enables two way communication between your hosted server and PayPal's server.

 

 

 

 

Chris

[arkisaeo]

So, an order will still appear in the admin whether it's paid for or not, or even fully completed or not?

 

Cause that's what is happening with PayPal standard. If a customer abandons the order at the checkout_confirmation.php page--before confirming it OR paying for it, the order still shows up in the admin. I would think that since the order was not fully completed, there's no reason it should be there.

 

And that still doesn't explain why the info is missing from PayPal when using the PayPal Express option (as shown in the image example).

[Guest]

Mituka,

 

 

A properly configured PayPal will only show COMPLETED orders in admin.

 

 

 

 

Chris

[arkisaeo]

Ok. Well.. for the installation of PayPal Standard, I followed these instructions. Are any of them wrong or missing info?

 

Then I attempted to install the IPN for that (this one -v.2.3.4.7 3/4/2009)

 

Both the regular version and the IPN version gave the same results (orders stored in admin before completion)

 

 

For PayPal Express, I don't think I really followed any instruction for that, other than how to obtain the API info. Other than that, I just filled in the info for the mod.

I also tried the IPN version of this (this one, v.0.4.1), which also gave the same results (description, price missing from/not transferred to PayPal).

[satish]

When a visitor confirms order and moves to paypal site for payment.

This order is dunped in data base but its status can be controlled.So set status to pending( Payment is pending).

If visitor pays then processing.

 

If this gives a clear instruction to admin He should not worry but if some one does not want these to be shown then you need to modify dsplay order code to not show these orders.

 

I recommend an additional cron script that will check for orders status as pending and delete if they have been pending for pass few days.

My recommendation is to let order be there and make out what whether its paid order or not looking at order status.

 

Satish