User Guide

IPN Variable Reference
Payment Information Variables
46 June, 2009 IPN Guide
mc_fee Transaction fee associated with the payment. mc_gross minus mc_fee
equals the amount deposited into the receiver_email account.
Equivalent to payment_fee for USD payments. If this amount is
negative, it signifies a refund or reversal, and either of those payment
statuses can be for the full or partial amount of the original transaction fee.
mc_gross Full amount of the customer's payment, before transaction fee is
subtracted. Equivalent to payment_gross for USD payments. If this
amount is negative, it signifies a refund or reversal, and either of those
payment statuses can be for the full or partial amount of the original
transaction.
mc_gross_
x The amount is in the currency of mc_currency, where x is the shopping
cart detail item number. The sum of mc_gross_
x should total
mc_gross.
mc_handling Total handling amount associated with the transaction.
mc_shipping Total shipping amount associated with the transaction.
mc_shipping
x This is the combined total of shipping1 and shipping2 Website
Payments Standard variables, where
x is the shopping cart detail item
number. The shipping
x variable is only shown when the merchant
applies a shipping amount for a specific item. Because profile shipping
might apply, the sum of shipping
x might not be equal to shipping.
memo Memo as entered by your customer in PayPal Website Payments note
field.
Length: 255 characters
num_cart_items If this is a PayPal Shopping Cart transaction, number of items in cart.
option_name1 Option 1 name as requested by you. PayPal appends the number of the
item where
x represents the number of the shopping cart detail item (e.g.,
option_name1, option_name2).
Length: 64 characters
option_name2 Option 2 name as requested by you. PayPal appends the number of the
item where
x represents the number of the shopping cart detail item (e.g.,
option_name2, option_name2).
Length: 64 characters
option_selection1 Option 1 choice as entered by your customer.
PayPal appends the number of the item where
x represents the number of
the shopping cart detail item (e.g., option_selection1,
option_selection2).
Length: 200 characters
Variable Name Description