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Preface
This Document
Payflow Link User’s Guide is intended for merchants who will integrate Payflow Link with
their e-commerce Web site. The documentation first describes a simple implementation that
“gets you up and running” quickly. More complex solutions are described in later chapters.
Organization of This Document
This guide is organized as follows:
z Chapter 1, “Introduction,” contains an overview of Payflow Link.
z Chapter 2, “Configuring Payflow Link,” briefly describes how to configure the Payflow
Link Configuration page.
z Chapter 3, “Integrating Your Web Site with Payflow Link (Basic Integration),” describes
the process of customizing and adding HTML text into your Web page. This HTML code
passes your customer (and a set of data) to PayPal’s Payflow Link server for transaction
processing.
z Chapter 4, “Integrating Your Web Site with Payflow Link (Advanced Integration),”
describes a more sophisticated integration between your Web store and Payflow Link.
z Chapter 5, “Testing Payflow Link,” describes the process that you follow to test your
Payflow Link integration and to verify that it is operating correctly.
z Chapter 6, “Activating Payflow Link,” provides instructions on activating your Payflow
Link account and changing the appropriate configuration settings.
z Chapter 7, “Managing Payflow Link,” provides an overview of basic PayPal Manager
tasks.
z Chapter 8, “Integrating TeleCheck Transactions,” provides instructions on enabling
TeleCheck transactions for your customers.
z Appendix A, “Transaction Responses,” provides reference material on the transaction
response information in reports.
z Appendix B, “Submitting Transaction Data to the Payflow Link Server,” provides
guidance for those who wish to develop more complex interactions between their Web
page and Payflow Link.
z Appendix C, “About the Confirmation Email Messages,” describes the content of the
optional confirmation email.