So, you want access to our PayPal?

Discussion in 'Support & Feedback' started by macdonjo, May 18, 2016.

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    Why's this on you wanting to access our Paypal before we post our website for sale thread?

    Is there a reasoning behind it? I'm just thinking of marketplaces like Flippa.
     
    macdonjo, May 18, 2016 IP
  2. digitalpoint

    digitalpoint Overlord of no one Staff

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    #2
    Do you can receive payment.
     
    digitalpoint, May 19, 2016 IP
  3. macdonjo

    macdonjo Well-Known Member

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    Wouldn't you just need our email address? Color me naive.
     
    Last edited: May 19, 2016
    macdonjo, May 19, 2016 IP
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    digitalpoint Overlord of no one Staff

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    Yep... That's what the account linking gets. There are no permissions to take money out if that's what you are thinking.

    When you are dealing with close to a million users, you'd be surprised he many type their email wrong or change their email after the fact and get made when a buyer sent money to the wrong email address. Basically the API link prevents that since you take out human error and future email changes from the equations of problems.
     
    digitalpoint, May 19, 2016 IP
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    Evan D Member

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    I personally love the feature. It's nice too see the balance change in the corner too... makes me feel all fuzzy inside.
     
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    I think the feature is cool ;)

    I don't really use PayPal. but its coo; ;)
     
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    macdonjo Well-Known Member

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    I agree that all of the points are normal. The points of concern were why the forum needs our PayPal balance, and why does the forum need to authorize transaction?

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    macdonjo, May 24, 2016 IP
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    PoPSiCLe Illustrious Member

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    Because the forum shows you the balance in your info top right, and because the forum uses the transaction info to verify that payments have been made, to be able to change status on items.
     
    PoPSiCLe, May 24, 2016 IP
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    macdonjo Well-Known Member

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    1. Why does it need to show my balance anyways?
    2. It already has "obtain info about a transaction" and "search for transactions" but why does it need to send money on my behalf?
     
    macdonjo, May 24, 2016 IP
  10. digitalpoint

    digitalpoint Overlord of no one Staff

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    There is no permission that allows it to send money on your behalf. "Authorize and Capture" your transactions is payment industry speak for pre-authorizing a transaction TO you and then completing it later. There are other areas of the site that use that function (Digital Point Ads for example if you were receiving payments as an ad publisher).

    I assume if you click on the "What's this?" link for that permission, it will tell you what it's about.

    If you want more technical details about what each permission allows, you can find it broken down here:

    https://developer.paypal.com/docs/classic/permissions-service/integration-guide/PermissionsAbout/

    And specifically details about the Auth/Capture stuff... https://developer.paypal.com/docs/classic/admin/auth-capture/

    Either way, there is no permission to extract funds FROM your account, only read info about the account and authorize payments TO it.
     
    digitalpoint, May 25, 2016 IP