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IPN and PDT Variables
Auctions
Auctions
payment_
gross
Transaction-
specific for
USD payments
only
Full USD amount of the customer’s payment, before transaction
fee is subtracted. Will be empty for non-USD payments. This is
a legacy field replaced by mc_gross. 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.
settle_
amount
Amount that is deposited into the account’s primary balance
after a currency conversion from automatic conversion (through
your Payment Receiving Preferences) or manual conversion
(through manually accepting a payment).
settle_
currency
Three-
character
currency code.
See table of
supported
currencies.
Currency of settle_amount.
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ABLE A.6 IPN and PDT Variables: Auctions
Variable
Name
Possible
Values Description
Character
Length
auction_
buyer_id
The customer’s auction ID. 64
auction_
closing_
date
The auction’s close date, in the following format: HH:MM:SS
DD Mmm YY, YYYY PST
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auction_
multi_item
The number of items purchased in multi-item auction payments.
It allows you to count the mc_gross or payment_gross for
the first IPN you receive from a multi-item auction
(auction_multi_item), since each item from the auction
will generate an Instant Payment Notification showing the
amount for the entire auction.
for_auction true This is an auction payment—payments made using Pay for
eBay Items or Smart Logos—as well as Send Money/Money
Request payments with the type eBay items or Auction Goods
(non-eBay).
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ABLE A.5 IPN and PDT Variables: Currency and Currency Exchange Information
Variable
Name
Possible
Values Description
Character
Length