Integration Guide

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Recurring Payments – Subscribe Buttons
Managing Subscriptions
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– To set a limit, click the Suspend after radio button and enter a number in the failed
payments field.
– To remove a limit, click the No limit radio button.
9. Indicate whether to include missing payments in the next billing by selecting Yes or No
from the Add missing payments to next billing dropdown menu.
10.Edit the subscription payment cycle in the Total Number of cycles section. Click the
payments radio button and enter the number of payments, or click the Indefinite radio
button to continue payments until the account is cancelled.
11. Enter any changes to the subscription cost in the Cost section.
12.Update the buyer’s shipping information in the Shipping address section. You can change
the name, address, city, state, or zip code. You cannot change the shipping country.
13.Click the Save button.
End-of-Term Messages Sent Through Instant Payment Notification
This feature is available only if you accepted your first subscription payment before
October 15, 2009.
Instant Payment Notification sends end-of-term messages when subscriptions end. Use these
messages to automatically terminate subscription password access to members-only content.
For more information about Subscriptions Password Management, see “Generating
Usernames and Passwords with Subscribe Buttons” on page 143.
For subscriptions with no recurring payments, end-of-term messages are sent when the
subscription period ends. For subscriptions with recurring payments and a limited number of
billing cycles, end-of-term messages are sent at the end of the last billing cycle. For
subscriptions that are canceled, end-of-term messages are sent when the subscription period or
the current billing cycle ends. For subscriptions that PayPal cancels due to failures in attempts
to collect recurring payments, end-of-term messages are sent immediately.
End-of-Term Examples
 Term – $10 USD for 6 months, paid on the 1st of March
 End-of-Term – sent on the 1st of September, 7 months after signup
 Term – $9.99 USD per month, paid on the 1st of March
 Cancellation – manually on the 15th of June
 End-of-Term – sent on the 1st July, at the end of the current billing cycle
 Term – $10 USD for 6 months, paid on the 1st of March, with reattempts of failed
recurring payments enabled