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Table Of Contents
- Payflow Link User’s Guide
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- Configuring Payflow Link
- Integrating Your Web Site with Payflow Link (Basic Integration)
- Integrating Your Web Site with Payflow Link (Advanced Integration)
- Testing Payflow Link
- Activating Payflow Link
- Managing Payflow Link
- Integrating TeleCheck Transactions
- Transaction Responses
- Submitting Transaction Data to the Payflow Link Server
- About the Confirmation Email Messages
- Payflow Link Transaction Types
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Index
Introduction
What is Payflow Link?
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What is Payflow Link?
Payflow Link is a secure, PayPal-hosted, HTTP-based Internet payment solution. It allows you
(a merchant with an internet merchant account) to securely connect your customers to
PayPal’s secure server and use it to automate order acceptance, authorization, processing, and
transaction management. Payflow Link is the choice for merchants who process low to
moderate order quantities and prefer a solution that is especially easy to implement and
maintain.
NOTE: If your Web site processes more than 500 transactions per month, you should consider
using Payflow Pro, PayPal’s high performance Internet payment solution.
Payflow Link Features
z Easy to implement and use. PayPal supplies you with the HTML code you need to get
started.
z Customizable to your Web site. You can customize the look and feel of the PayPal-
hosted Order forms to reflect your Web site design.
z Responsive and reliable. Payflow Link immediately advises customers whether their
transaction was successful.
z Email receipt notification. With approved transactions, Payflow Link can send an email
confirmation receipt to you and to your customers.
z High security. All transactions processed on PayPal-hosted forms occur over secure SSL
connections. All certificates required to ensure both authentication and security are hosted
by PayPal. You can specify that only certain Web pages (for example, your e-commerce
site) are valid entry points for the transaction processing pages.
z Fraud protection. Payflow Link supports a large set of automated fraud protection tools,
including Card Security Code (CSC).
z PayPal Manager. PayPal Manager enables you to perform transactions, and manage them
with features like search tools, reports, and so on.
z Access for offline orders. PayPal Manager gives you the flexibility to process orders
offline, including orders received by phone, fax, email, or in person.
IMPORTANT: Payflow Link is a single payment amount solution. If you want your
customers to be able to order multiple items or quantities, you must develop a
solution that calculates the total transaction amount based upon customer
choices. If you do not have development staff, you could use a shopping cart
that integrates Payflow Link.