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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
Contents
iv Payflow Link User’s Guide
Verify that the Transaction Process Mode is set to TEST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Performing Test Transactions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Alternative Methods for Generating Specific Result Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Testing Address Verification Service (AVS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Testing Card Security Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Chapter 6 Activating Payflow Link . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
Determining Whether Your Payflow Account is Currently Active. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Activating Your Payflow Account. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Chapter 7 Managing Payflow Link . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27
Management Tasks Available in PayPal Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Generating Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Chapter 8 Integrating TeleCheck Transactions. . . . . . . . . . . . .29
Integrating Check Processing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Enabling Customers to Specify the Payment Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Data That You Must Post if You Do Not Use Payflow Link’s Order Form . . . . . . . . . . 30
Transaction Results Returned for TeleCheck Transactions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Testing TeleCheck Transactions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Appendix A Transaction Responses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
RESULT Codes and RESPMSG Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
RESULT Values for Transaction Declines or Errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
RESULT Values for Communications Errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
AVS Result Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Processors that Support AVS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
AVS Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Card Security Code Result Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Card Security Code Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Processors and Credit Cards Supporting Card Security Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
American Express Card Security Code Enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
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Appendix B Submitting Transaction Data to the Payflow Link Server . .47
About PayPal’s Transaction Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47