Integration Guide

PayPal Payments Standard Integration Guide June 2012 7
Contents
Checkout Starts on Your Website . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .190
Buyers Choose a Way to Pay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .190
Buyers Review Their Payment Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .192
Buyers View and Print Payment Confirmations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .193
Enhancing the Checkout Experience with Automatic Billing Buttons . . . . . . . . . .194
Managing Automatic Billing Agreements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .195
Using the Recurring Payments Dashboard to Track Automatic Billing Plans . . . . . .195
Using Recent Activity to Track Automatic Billing Payments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .196
Billing Your Customer Automatically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .197
Creating Advanced Automatic Billing Buttons on the PayPal Website . . . . . . . . . . .199
Basic Steps in the Button Creation Tool for Automatic Billing Buttons . . . . . . . . .199
Saving Automatic Billing Buttons in Your PayPal Account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .200
Tracking Inventory and Profit and Loss for Automatic Billing Buttons . . . . . . . . .201
Adding HTML Variables to Automatic Billing Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .201
Generating Code for Automatic Billing Buttons and Email Payment Links . . . . . . .201
Protecting HTML Code for Automatic Billing Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .201
Step 1 – Specifying Basic Features of Your Automatic Billing Button . . . . . . . . . .202
Step 2 – Tracking Inventory for Your Automatic Billing Button . . . . . . . . . . . . .206
Step 3 – Adding Advanced Features to Your Automatic Billing Button . . . . . . . . .208
Copying and Pasting the Automatic Billing Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .210
Avoiding Problems with Pasted Automatic Billing Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .212
Sample HTML Code for Automatic Billing Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .212
Sample HTML Code for a Basic Automatic Billing Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .212
Sample HTML Code for Choosing Limits with Automatic Billing Buttons . . . . . . . .214
Chapter 5 Recurring Payments – Installment Plan Buttons . . . . . 217
Getting Started with Installment Plan Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .217
The Checkout Experience with Installment Plan Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .220
Checkout Starts on Your Website . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .220
Buyers Choose a Way to Pay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .221
Buyers Review Their Payment Details. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .223
Buyers View and Print Payment Confirmations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .225
Enhancing the Checkout Experience with Installment Plan Buttons . . . . . . . . . .225
Managing Installment Plans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .226
Using the Recurring Payments Dashboard to Track Installment Plans . . . . . . . . .226
Using Recent Activity to Track Installment Plan Payments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .227
Creating Advanced Installment Plan Buttons on the PayPal Website . . . . . . . . . . . .228
Basic Steps in the Button Creation Tool for Installment Plan Buttons . . . . . . . . . .229
Saving Installment Plan Buttons in Your PayPal Account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .230