Developer's Guide

Payflow Recurring Payments Developer’s Guide 5
Preface
This guide describes how to perform recurring payments transactions using the Payflow SDK.
It also describes how to manage recurring payments profiles through the merchant’s PayPal
account. Recurring Payments is a scheduled payment solution that enables you to
automatically bill the buyer at regular intervals – for example, a monthly fee of $42 for 36
months with an initial fee of $129.
Audience
This guide assumes that its users:
z Have PayPal accounts that have the ability to use Payflow credentials.
z Are experienced web or application developers or merchants offering recurring payment
solutions to their buyers on their websites
z Have a background in payments services
z Have experience with Express Checkout if billing the buyer’s PayPal account on a
recurring basis
Where To Go For More Information
For more information, see the following documentation, which is available on Developer
Central:
z Website Payments Pro Payflow Edition Developer’s Guide
z Express Checkout for Payflow Pro
Revision History
TABLE 1.1 Revision history
Date Changes
January 2010 Updated Preface description of Recurring Payments users.