Setting up paypal gateway

[dwalley +]

060811
SETTING UP PAYPAL GATEWAY

Can you provide a generic online link so I can learn more about gateways, esp. PP.

I don't understand the PP gateway concept. For years I've set up PP accounts using the STANDARD type of account. After I've made all the edits with prices, buttons, etc. PP generates HTML that is simply copied and pasted into the webpage. After that, it works perfectly. There's NEVER any mention of the term "gateway" so I'm not sure if what 68C refers to is different, why its better or how it functions differently than above.

It just seems more complicated than it needs to be but bec. I'm not sure if/when I've seen the frontend of one on another site that it differed from the Standard account as I described.

I've previewed your online page about HOW to set it up but I dont' understand what the finished product is suppose to look like. In other words, changing various terms about my account name, log in etc. doesn't tell me what the end results look like.

Even PP, at least as far as I can find, doesn't refer to their app as a gateway. So, how can I get started understanding this. I'm not asking you to DO anything except provide a link that YOU find helpful in understanding this.

Your help is appreciated.

Pls advise,
Thanx

[Mike-N-Tosh +]

It would seem as though you are confused about what the gateways are used to pay for. You as the site owner sell one thing, ad listings. The gateways, including PayPal are used for a seller (someone who purchases an ad listing from you) to pay for their ad.

You do not need to do anything other than what is already outlined in the documentation that you said that you read. Once a gateway is activated and setup in your administration, the last step a seller takes when placing an ad listing is to pay for it. Any/all payment gateways that are active will show as a method to pay for their ad listing. In the case of PayPal, after selecting and continuing, they are sent to PayPal to complete the transaction of paying for their ad listing.

You are NOT setting up a shopping cart, you are not creating, making or using PayPal buttons, you are simply offering PayPal as one of the options to pay for an ad listing.

[dwalley +]

Originally Posted by Mike-N-Tosh

You are NOT setting up a shopping cart, you are not creating, making or using PayPal buttons, you are simply offering PayPal as one of the options to pay for an ad listing.

I think this is what I needed to hear/read. Its a good start anyway.

[Blair +]

Adding a Paypal button to a listing on Vimeo

[dwalley +]

Hi Blair. What you demonstrated is how I've done it on sites in the past. While this tip is very helpful for my clients to sell THEIR goods I still need to know how to sell MINE eg. classified ads using a PP gateway.

Above i was told everything a gateway ISN'T (shopping cart, etc) but after I've modified the paypal file as instructed I'm still not sure exactly what my customer will be looking at if NOT a shopping cart. M&T said, "you are simply offering PayPal as one of the options to pay for an ad listing".

The html code you demonstrate how to copy and paste includes the price, the item etc.and takes the customer to the shopping cart page. I guess I"m not sure about this bec. I don't know that I've ever seen a gateway work on a site before. If I did i didn't realize the diffference between wnat your video explains and a "gateway". Isn't a shopping cart where I DO want them to go?

I"m not sure if the problem here is that I'm having a hard time explaining my problem or 68C is having a hard time understanding my dilemma.

[seymourjames +]

It is not clear what you are trying to do. Explain your goal rather than trying to explain a technical solution.

1 Are you trying to let your advertisers add a paypal button that is THEIRS to their listing so visitors can pay for the item. In other words, listings have different paypal buttons which are specific to the advertiser. If so this is potentially dangerous because the buyer is using your site and you do not control the seller. If they don't deliver you may be held responsible. You will have no way of knowing if a transaction has even taken place.

2.. Are you trying to add a shoppng cart or paypal button that is YOURS to the listings? In other words the action is like this page where I am using a third-party shopping cart before it goes to paypal but the principle is the same for single buy now buttons. People can select and pay for multiple items in one go. This is not a problem because you are the seller and you are responsible for the transaction. Take a look here. I own all these items. Click on one of them as if to buy.

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3. Are you just trying to allow your advertisers to pay for their advert via paypal?

In any of these cases, you do not need to be modifying code for how 68C manages paypal. In case 1 and 2, it is only necessary to allow the advertiser to enter a URL and a small modification that needs to be carried out to the viewlisting file. Case 3 is just a case of setting 68C up correctly by entering your paypal email.

[dwalley +]

Yes, #3. Here's an example of site I built for a client with the approach that Blair used. Its a little complicated to learn but like anything else, it's simple if you know how to do it. Click on any Cart button to see what I'm thinking of.

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I'll have to find the topic and reread the documentation to see what you're talking about wihat with "just a case of...entering your paypal email". I've gotten so far behind with changing servers to get the site to function at all that Paypal hasn't bee a priority until now. If you HAPPEN to know WHERE in the documentation i can read up on this it would be appreciated. If not, I can hunt n fish for it myself. Not a big deal.

At this point, I'll just have to get it up and running before I can speak more about it. As I said, "it's simple if you know how to do it".

Thanx

[Mike-N-Tosh +]

Originally Posted by Mike-N-Tosh

... The gateways, including PayPal are used for a seller (someone who purchases an ad listing from you) to pay for their ad.

..., you are simply offering PayPal as one of the options to pay for an ad listing.

Originally Posted by dwalley

Above i was told everything a gateway ISN'T (shopping cart, etc)
...
M&T said, "you are simply offering PayPal as one of the options to pay for an ad listing".

I"m not sure if the problem here is that I'm having a hard time explaining my problem or 68C is having a hard time understanding my dilemma.

You seem to be making a mountain out of a mole hill here. You're overcomplicating this, doing things that don't need to be done. The default setup an option to pay for an ad listing which is EXACTLY what I stated in my first post. Which you even quoted right after stating that I only told you what it ISN'T!

Originally Posted by Mike-N-Tosh

you are simply offering PayPal as one of the options to pay for an ad listing.

That is it. It's not complicated at all. Just setup your PayPal payment per the instructions. It is quick, easy and straight forward.

[seymourjames +]

Lets spell it out.

1. There is no need to edit any code at all
2. Go into your admin control panel. Select payment -> payment provders - -> click on eidt the paypal link -> enter your paypal email, click active, put in the currency code.
3. Goto manage products, clcik add new. Fill in the form. Normally set the usergroup to 'any'.
4. Log into your paypal account. Put in the email address you wish to receive payments for (it has to be a paypal registered address) into the configuration for IPN.

You are done.

[dwalley +]

Thanx. I'll work on it.