Integration Guide

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The PayPal Shopping Cart – Add to Cart and View Cart Buttons
Managing PayPal Shopping Cart Transactions
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z Return URL – Let people return to a page on your website if they click a return link or
button on the PayPal payment confirmation page.
To learn more, see Step 4 of “Page 2 – Adding More Details to the PayPal Shopping Cart
Button” on page 223 or “HTML Variables for Displaying PayPal Checkout Pages” on
page 358.
z Auto Return – Have PayPal return people automatically to a page on your website.
IMPORTANT: PayPal recommends that you turn Payment Data Transfer on when you
turn Auto Return on. With Auto Return on, PayPal redirects people to your
website from an alternative PayPal payment confirmation page that does
not display a View Printable Receipt link, so people cannot print PayPal
payment receipts. Payment Data Transfer provides the transaction
information that you need to let people print receipts from your website.
To learn more, see “Auto Return” on page 271.
z Payment Data TransferPayPal includes information about the completed transaction
when you use a return URL or Auto Return to send people back to your website. Use the
information that Payment Data Transfer provides to display a “thank you, print your
receipt” page on your website.
To learn more, see the Order Management Integration Guide
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Managing PayPal Shopping Cart Transactions
Read the following topics to learn how PayPal helps you manage PayPal Shopping Cart
transactions:
z Using Email Notices to Track PayPal Shopping Cart Transactions
z Using Recent Activity to Track PayPal Shopping Cart Transactions
z Using Transaction History to Track PayPal Shopping Cart Transactions
z Using Downloadable History Logs to Track PayPal Shopping Cart Transactions
z Using Instant Payment Notification to Track PayPal Shopping Cart Transactions
Using Email Notices to Track PayPal Shopping Cart Transactions
PayPal sends you email notices when:
z Payments are made.
z Payments are pending.
z Payments are canceled.
Generally, PayPal sends email notices to the primary email address of your account.
PayPal can send email notices to an alternate email address, such as to someone in your
organization who handles order processing or accounting. Add the additional email address to