Hello everyone! I have recently created a Directory Submission Service. www.DirSubmissions.com What I want to do is wire my whole ordering process around Paypal. I am very familiar with Paypal but not in the way I want to use it. I want to be able to have someone fill out a form. Name: Email: AIM: Website Title: Description: Keywords: etc etc etc. They submit this info, pay for my submission package, and after the payment has been received the info above is sent to my email or something along them lines. Is this at all possible and if so is there something out there that can do this for me and all I have to do is edit some code and paste it on my website? Thank you and I appreciate everyone who reads this' time! EDIT: Could I just use the Buy Now merchant tool have them buy it and make the success page the page where they send me their details? Would that be a good idea or is there another way (particularly easier)?
If you had a success page after they paid, you would need to protect it and validate the payment manually to ensure you aren't filling an order for someone who ran across your page. The customer would also have to click "Return to Merchant" - and if the customer did not, then he/she wouldn't see your form! A better way is to use Instant Payment Notification (IPN): 1) customer fills out form with their details and selects a package 2) customer pays PayPal and PayPal notifies your website via IPN 3) your website sends an email to you and the customer confirming the order There are several scripts out there that do this
I don't know exactly but there's a feature (don't know exact name) which allows you to pay directly from your website, while PayPal is real processor. Check the PayPal's Merchant Solutions and you'll get it there.
I read about IPN but it is just soooo confusing. I couldn't wrap my brain around it. Could you possibly help me with the details? Please. I believe in good karma.
PayPal's merchant service offers I think three options based on your volume and needs if memory serves.