Integration Guide

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Single-Item Payments – Buy Now Buttons
Managing Buy Now Transactions
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the transaction information that you need to let buyers print receipts from
your website.
To learn more, see “Auto Return” on page 351.
 Payment Data Transfer – PayPal 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
Payment Data Transfer webpage on PayPal X Developer Network..
Managing Buy Now Transactions
Read the following topics to learn how PayPal helps you manage Buy Now transactions:
 “Using Email Notices to Track Buy Now Transactions” on page 33
 “Using Recent Activity to Track Buy Now Transactions” on page 34
 “Using Transaction History to Track Buy Now Transactions” on page 34
 “Using Downloadable History Logs to Track Buy Now Transactions” on page 34
 “Using Instant Payment Notification to Track Buy Now Transactions” on page 35
Using Email Notices to Track Buy Now Transactions
PayPal sends you email notices when:
 Payments are made.
 Payments are pending.
 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
your account profile. Then, use that email address as the one to receive payments when you
use the button creation tool on the PayPal website. Specify the alternate email address as the
value for the business HTML variable when you write the HTML code yourself.
For more information, see Step 10 in the instructions for “Step 1 – Specifying Basic Features
of Your Buy Now Button” on page 40, or “HTML Variables for PayPal Payments Standard”
on page 417.”