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Table Of Contents
- Payflow Link Fraud Protection Services User’s Guide
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- How Fraud Protection Services Protect You
- 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
- Assessing Transactions that Triggered Filters
- 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
Payflow Link Fraud Protection Services User’s Guide 7
Introduction
Introduction to Integrating with Payflow Link
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z Filter Scorecard. View the number of times that each filter was triggered and the
percentage of all transactions that triggered each filter during a specified time period.
z Buyer Authentication Transaction. View both authentication results and the associated
payment authorizations.
z Buyer Authentication Audit. View authentication results. In addition, you can use this
report to troubleshoot the Buyer Authentication service.
For more information on generating reports using PayPal Manager, see PayPal Manager online
help.
Introduction to Integrating with Payflow Link
You follow these steps to integrate your Web store with Payflow Link:
1. Register for a Payflow Link account and apply for an internet merchant account at
https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_payflow-link-overview-outside.
2. Configure Payflow Link by specifying the appearance and content of your PayPal-hosted
order processing forms. Refer to Chapter 3, “Configuring Payflow Link.”
3. Connect your Web store to the Payflow Link service: Paste a few lines of HTML text into
your Web page. This HTML code passes your customer (and the transaction data) to
PayPal’s Payflow Link server for transaction processing. This step is described in
Chapter 5, “Integrating Your Web Site with Payflow Link (Basic Integration).”
4. Test Payflow Link before you activate your Web store for customer use. This step is
described in Chapter 7, “Testing Payflow Link.”
5. Activate your account to go live. This step is described in Chapter 8, “Activating Payflow
Link.”
Requirements for Using Payflow Link
To use Payflow Link, you must have the following:
z Web page. You must have a Web page for your e-commerce business. You must also be
able to upload changes to your Web site.
z Internet Service Provider. An ISP must host your Web site.
z A basic text editor or HTML editor. You will use the editor to add the HTML text that
links your site to Payflow Link.
z Web browser. You must have Internet Explorer 5.5 (or newer) to access the PayPal
Manager application.