Integration Guide

Contribution Payments – Donate Buttons
Managing Contributions
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88 June 2012 PayPal Payments Standard Integration Guide
Using Recent Activity to Track Donate Transactions
To view your recent history:
1. Log in to you PayPal account.
2. Navigate to My Account > Overview.
The My Account Overview opens.
3. Scroll down to the Recent Activity table near the bottom of the page.
Using Transaction History to Track Donate Transactions
PayPal lets you search for Donate transactions on the History page. The status of payments
found there can be:
 Completed – Transactions were successful, and funds were credited to your account.
 Cleared – Payments cleared senders’ accounts, and funds were credited to your account.
 Uncleared – Payments have not cleared sender’s accounts, and funds were not credited.
To learn how to work with transaction history, see the
Merchant Setup and Administration Guide.
Using Downloadable History Logs to Track Donate Transactions
PayPal lets you download your Donate transactions to your computer from the History page.
You can specify a date range for the transactions and the file format of the download file.
To learn how to work with downloadable history logs, see the
Merchant Setup and
Administration Guide.
Using Instant Payment Notification to Track Donate Transactions
PayPal lets your web server receive messages about Donate transactions and payment activity
on your account. If you activate Instant Payment Notification, PayPal sends messages when:
 Payments are first made, with a status of completed or pending.
 Payments clear, fail, or are denied, if the initial status was pending.