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Payflow Link Recurring Billing Service User’s Guide 5
Preface
This Document
This guide describes how to perform recurring billing transactions. The Recurring Billing
Service is a scheduled payment solution that enables you to automatically bill your customers
at regular intervals—for example, a monthly fee of $42 for 36 months with an initial fee of
$129.
Organization of This Guide
This guide contains the following:
z Chapter 1, “Introduction,” contains an overview of the Recurring Billing Service.
z Chapter 2, “Managing Recurring Billing Service,” describes the recurring billing
operations available in PayPal Manager.
z Chapter 3, “Creating a Recurring Billing Profile with Electronic Checks,” describes the
creating a recurring billing profile in PayPal Manager.
z Chapter 4, “Testing Recurring Payments,” describes how to test your implementation.
z Appendix A, “Obtaining Consent to Bill Customers Using Recurring Billing,” outlines
your responsibilities in obtaining prior authorization from the customer to bill on an
automated schedule.
z Appendix B, “Example Administrative Summaries,” contains examples of the summary
messages.
Customer Support
PayPal is committed to providing you with the most advanced technical support expertise to
ensure availability and reliability of your e-commerce applications. For details, see your
Service Level Agreement.
For integration and connectivity issues, PayPal provides online documentation, direct email
support, and phone support. For technical support on shopping carts, contact the vendor.
Online Info: http://knowledge.paypal.com/paypal/categoryBrowse.do
This site provides a FAQ (frequently asked question) section