Integration Guide

Table Of Contents
Website Payments Standard Integration Guide September 2008 291
Using Your PayPal Account Profile
Automatic Calculation of Shipping Charges (U.S. Merchants Only)
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z “Shipping Regions” on page 293
z “Shipping Methods” on page 294
z “Shipping Rate Bases” on page 294
z “Shipping Rates and Currencies” on page 295
z “Adding Shipping Rates for the First Time” on page 295
z “Adding Shipping Methods by Using a Wizard” on page 296
z “Viewing, Editing, and Adding Shipping Rates” on page 298
z “Deleting Shipping Methods” on page 301
z “Examples of Rate Bases and Shipping Calculations” on page 302
z “Overriding Shipping Calculations on Individual Transactions” on page 303
z “Editing the Configuration Settings of an Existing Shipping Method” on page 300
Displaying the Shipping Charges that PayPal Calculates During Checkout
After you set up shipping rates in your account profile, PayPal calculates the shipping charges
for purchase transactions automatically. PayPal prompts buyers to enter their shipping
destinations on the first checkout page.
FIGURE 7.21 PayPal Prompts Buyers for Shipping Destinations
Buyers click the calculate total order amount link to enter information about their shipping
destinations.