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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
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Payflow Link Transaction Types
Payflow Link supports the following transaction types:
TABLE D.1 Transaction types
Type
Code
Transaction
Name Description
S Sale / Payment Charges the specified amount against the account, and marks the transaction for
immediate funds transfer (capture) during the next settlement period. PayPal
performs settlement on a daily basis.
A Authorization A request to charge a cardholder. An Authorization reduces the cardholder’s
open-to-buy (credit card limit), but does not actually capture the funds. Merchants
who do not ship goods immediately should use this transaction type.
To actually charge the account and transfer the funds (settle the Authorization),
you submit a Delayed Capture transaction using PayPal Manager. If the
Authorization is not settled within a certain period (determined by the issuing
bank), it is deleted. The cardholder’s open-to-buy is typically cleared in 5 to 7
days.