Paid subscription

I've added paid subscription on my forum.
But users said that they are unable to purchase subscription.

I can receive manually paqyments to my paypal but pruchase subscription isn't working.

user can click on paid subscription , redirects to paypal login page...but unable to pay..

i created topic on vbulltin support forum, according to them everything is alright in vb.

I'm using personal verified paypal account..not premium/business account..
is it due to that? do i need to upgrade paypal to premium/business?

any suggestion/solution?

 

Did you create the subscription button from within your PayPal account? Im not sure if that is available to personal memberships, but I think it isnt. The reason I say that is that the subscription is part of the merchant services.

 

You need to have a Premier or Business account to enable Subscription Paypal.

You are not supposed to do any business or any sales through a Personal Account as the personal account as the name suggest is for personal use, ie buy things off through paypal.

 

i mentioned on vbulletin support forum that i've not upgraded my paypal..but i'm verified user..
they told that it's ok no need to upgrade paypal to get payments via subscriptions.. [Subscriptions created in my forum not in paypal ]

Thanks to all for feedbacks..

Anways, pugrade to premium is free or chargable?

 

It is free to upgrade to a business account, but once you do that PayPal will start charging you fees for every payment you receive.

 

mean it'll charge even payments sent to my paypal email form another paypal account?
How much charge?

 

Yes, business accounts are charged a fee for every payment received (an exception is when someone pays you using a mass payment feature, but you rarely ever see that except with some affiliate programs)

Here is a link to PayPals fee information

https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_display-fees-outside

 

https://www.paypal.com/helpcenter/m...ps=solutionPanels&solutionId=12938&isSrch=Yes

 

i asked to vbulletin support forum and he replied again same that

problem shouldn,t be due to that..

 

Then you need to contact PayPal to confirm that what we have told you is true. Personal accounts cannot use merchant features such as subscriptions

 

What the Vbulletin Support knows about Paypal compared to what paypal knows about paypal. Subscription is a way of making money and that falls under the category of merchant services as stated by the FAQ which I quoted.

The Vbulletin Support may take a regular Paypal account as being a premier account.

 

i mentioned twice that i haven't upgraded to premium/business but they told still it should work.
no problem with that.

Anways, i upgraded my account to premium..
hope it'll work now..
any way to check it whether it is working now or not..as previously i was notified by several users..now whether it is working or not how to check?

 

You may want to get someone else to click the link to test it

 

If you provide a link we can always check or just ask your trusted subscriber to check.

 

thanks..check your pm.

 

i think it's working now after upgrading to premium paypal....
but still vbulletin support team saying that it wasn't problem ????
anyways, my problem solved i think.