Integration Guide

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Immediate Payment
Immediate Payment ensures buyer payment for an item you are selling on eBay at the time the
buyer commits to the item, to avoid unpaid items that drive up the operational cost of your
business. You integrate Immediate Payment as additional Express Checkout parameters and
use your own off-eBay checkout flow.
z “Overview of Immediate Payment” on page 81
z “Integrating Immediate Payment into the Express Checkout Flow” on page 83
NOTE: Immediate Payment is available with API version 60.0 and later.
Overview of Immediate Payment
Immediate Payment enables you to have the buyer pay for an eBay item at the time the buyer
commits to it. This feature adds a few new SetExpressCheckout request parameters to
ensure the eBay item is available to ship to the buyer when DoExpressCheckoutPayment is
called. The successful transaction returns the eBay transaction ID as an additional parameter
value in the DoExpressCheckoutPayment response.
NOTE: Sale is the only payment action supported by Immediate Payment.
Immediate Payment supports instant funding sources only so you can receive payment at the
time your buyer commits to the eBay item.
NOTE: PayPal recommends that you do not mix eBay and non-eBay items in an Immediate
Payment Transaction.
How Immediate Payment Works in the Express Checkout Flow
After the buyer selects the item on eBay, the buyer is redirected to your website Express
Checkout flow. The figure below shows how Immediate Payment integrates into your
checkout flow.