How to set up PayPal merchant account with the system?

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Last updated: May 02, 2023 by Lisa Shishkina (Unlicensed)
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Setup UTF-8 encoding

  1. Log in to your PayPal merchant account 

  2. Go to Language Encoding settings https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/customerprofileweb?cmd=_profile-language-encoding

  3. Click at "More Options"

  4. Choose Encoding: "UTF-8"

  5. Click "Save".

Setup payment Engine for PayPal

  1. Set up payment engine on the website domainname.com/exec/manager/paymentsystems

  2. Add a new payment engine


  3. Name: PayPal

  4. Short Name: PayPal

  5. Description: PayPal

  6. URL:

    https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_xclick&business=your@account.com&no_shipping=1&return=https://%current_domain%/exec/account&notify_url=https://%current_domain%/exec/paypalcallback&amount=%package_ext_id%&currency_code=USD&charset=UTF-8&custom=%customer_id%:%package_id%

    Note: replace your@account.com with your actual PayPal business email.


  7. Cancel URL: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr

  8. Click "Add"

  9. Put Callback Handler: org.softservice.web.PaypalCallbackPage

  10. Required Params: item_name

  11. Require profile: unchecked

  12. Visible: checked

  13. Click "Save"


How to change accepted currency

In the configurational URL in part "currency_code=USD" change the USD to the currency code from the list below:



Currency

Code

Currency

Code

Australian dollar

AUD

Brazilian real 2

BRL

Canadian dollar

CAD

Chinese Renmenbi 4

CNY

Czech koruna

CZK

Danish krone

DKK

Euro

EUR

Hong Kong dollar

HKD

Hungarian forint 1

HUF

Indian rupee 3

INR

Israeli new shekel

ILS

Japanese yen 1

JPY

Malaysian ringgit 4

MYR

Mexican peso

MXN

New Taiwan dollar 1

TWD

New Zealand dollar

NZD

Norwegian krone

NOK

Philippine peso

PHP

Polish złoty

PLN

Pound sterling

GBP

Russian ruble

RUB

Singapore dollar

SGD

Swedish krona

SEK

Swiss franc

CHF

Thai baht

THB

United States dollar

USD



Note

1 This currency does not support decimals. If you pass a decimal amount, an error occurs.

2 This currency is supported as a payment currency and a currency balance for in-country PayPal accounts only. If the receiver of funds is not from Brazil, then PayPal converts funds into the primary holding currency of the account with the applicable currency conversion rate. The currency conversion rate includes PayPal's applicable spread or fee.

3 This currency is supported as a payment currency and a currency balance for in-country PayPal India accounts only.

4 This currency is supported as a payment currency and a currency balance for in-country PayPal accounts only.

Setup payment packages for PayPal

  1. Set up payment packages domainname.com/exec/manager/paymentpackages

  2. Payment System: PayPal

  3. PackageID: enter an amount that will be charged from a customer, for example, 20.00

  4. Price: enter price that will be added to customer’s account in WebVideo, for example 20.00

  5. Description: any description, for example $20 credits

  6. Additional Parameters: you should pass 2 parameters with appropriate values for each in format: item_name=<DESCRIPTION>. For example, our package of $20 will be like this: item_name=$20 credits

  7. Membership: one-time

  8. Click Add/Update

  9. Create more price packages if you need



     

currency_code=USD