Integration Guide

Using Your PayPal Account Profile
Tailoring the Checkout Experience
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274 September 2008 Website Payments Standard Integration Guide
N OTE: You can use Auto Return with Subscriptions, which is a separate feature from
Subscriptions Password Management. For more information, see Chapter 3,
“Recurring Payments – Subscribe Buttons.
Getting Contact Telephone Numbers
PayPal always collects contact telephone numbers from payers for each transaction that they
complete with PayPal. PayPal collects telephone numbers to help confirm the identity of the
payer and to contact the payer if necessary to complete the transaction.
Contact Telephone Number is a feature of Website Payments Standard that lets you obtain the
contact telephone numbers that PayPal collects from people who pay you. Contact Telephone
Number is off by default.
You can turn Contact Telephone Number on in one of two ways:
z On (Optional Field) – During checkout PayPal gives people the option of sharing their
contact telephones numbers with you.
FIGURE 7.6 Merchants Allow People to Share Their Telephone Numbers During
Checkout
z On (Required Field) – During checkout PayPal informs people that their contact
telephone numbers will be shared with you because you require it.