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Managing Recurring Billing Service
Recurring Billing Tasks
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4 Payflow Link Recurring Billing Service User’s Guide
z Use an existing transaction as a starting point for the profile.
Converting a Test Profile to Live Status
You can change an existing Test profile to a Live profile using PayPal Manager. When you
convert a test profile to a live profile, you will be required to retype the credit card number,
because PayPal assumes the profile used a test credit card number.
Modifying Profiles
After creating a profile, you can modify the profile by clicking Modify Profile Details on the
Profiles Details page on PayPal Manager. Here, you also have the option to deactivate a
profile.
Searching and Managing Profiles
You can use the Manage Profiles page on PayPal Manager to search and manage profiles using
the following criteria:
z Amount charged for each billing period.
z Comment related to the profile. The comment was specified when the profile was created.
z Number of the credit card used for billing.
z Profile ID associated to the profile.
z Profile Name, such as Monthly Newsletter - Jane Doe.
You can also search by the Profile Status:
z View all Active Profiles. View and modify profiles that are currently collecting payments.
An active profile is one that is currently collecting funds on schedule.
z View all Mature Profiles. View profiles for which the term is complete and all payments
have been made.
z View all Mature Profiles with Outstanding Payments. View profiles for which the term
is complete and all payments have not been made.
z View all Deactivated Profiles. View and modify profiles that you deactivated.
Deactivated profiles do not collect payments. You might choose to deactivate profiles for
customers who pay off the full amount early, or for customers whose credit card
transactions are consistently declined.
z View all Cancelled Profiles. View and modify profiles that were automatically cancelled
for failing payment for the number of payment periods that you specified. Cancelled
profiles do not collect payments.