Paypal Website Payments Pro Question

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   Hello,
I have been using ProductCart with PayPal Website Payments Pro for almost an year now and during all this time I had (and continue to receive them) numerous complains from customers who could not figure out how to checkout using their PayPal account. The problem is that in order to checkout via PayPal, you need to press a PayPal image button during first Checkout step. This is not very logical - many clients go through the full checkout process and expect PayPal option in the regular drop menu where you select your payment method. Currently this dropdown menu offers payments via either credit card (through PayPal) or money order (which I set up seperately). So is there are a way to insert PayPal payment option (using your PayPal account - aka PayPal Express Checkout) into the payment selection dropdown menu or not?
Thank You!

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mx22 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 06-April-2006 Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote mx22 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Paypal Website Payments Pro Question Posted: 09-March-2007 at 1:53pm
	Hello, I have been using ProductCart with PayPal Website Payments Pro for almost an year now and during all this time I had (and continue to receive them) numerous complains from customers who could not figure out how to checkout using their PayPal account. The problem is that in order to checkout via PayPal, you need to press a PayPal image button during first Checkout step. This is not very logical - many clients go through the full checkout process and expect PayPal option in the regular drop menu where you select your payment method. Currently this dropdown menu offers payments via either credit card (through PayPal) or money order (which I set up seperately). So is there are a way to insert PayPal payment option (using your PayPal account - aka PayPal Express Checkout) into the payment selection dropdown menu or not? Thank You!

Matt Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Moderator Group Joined: 20-July-2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 73	Post Options Post Reply Quote Matt Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 09-March-2007 at 4:12pm
	That is a valid concern. You want PayPal to appear as a standard payment option. Note: With PayPal �standard� it does appear as a standard option. However, the �Website Payments Pro� solution is designed to provide an alternative payment method (PayPal Express) and also provide a standard payment method (Direct Payment) on your site. Therefore, PayPal provides hosted Express Checkout buttons that are mandatory. So in short, it is against PayPal policy to provide Express Checkout without an Express Checkout Button. It is true some websites can use Express Checkout without using PayPal�s buttons and stay under PayPal�s radar. However, ProductCart is a certified partner and must comply with all of PayPal policies. ProductCart is currently undergoing extensive PayPal upgrades to utilize PayPal�s latest platform, called the Name Value Pair. There will be several new features and enhancements (e.g. the SDK will no longer be required). As part of this process we will also be providing an �include file� that will have a small PayPal hosted button displaying (�Checkout with PayPal�). You will be able to include this file in your header so that customers can easily locate the Express Checkout Option at all times. This include file should solve the reported issue as well as comply with PayPal button policy.

Stuck Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 09-March-2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote Stuck Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 09-March-2007 at 4:51pm
	This is great news Matt !! Can you please give us an idea of how far off this PayPal upgrade is to being completed ? We just went live two days ago & I have been struggling to figure out why there is not a PayPal Express Checkout button being displayed. We are also using Google Checkout and are trying to figure out how to remove the overwhelming button they display in our Mini-Cart while at the same time it is being displayed on the Shopping cart page..........no problem in anyone finding a Google Checkout button!

Matt Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Moderator Group Joined: 20-July-2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 73	Post Options Post Reply Quote Matt Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 10-March-2007 at 6:02pm
	Sorry, there is no ETA on the PayPal update yet. What I can say is that we are making it high priority. Open the file �pc/ SmallShoppingCart.asp� and navigate down to line 99. e.g. <!--#include file="pcPay_GoogleCheckout_Small.asp"--> Delete this line to remove the GoogleCheckout button. Note: You can add a PayPal Express Button with the following code. <a href="pcPay_ExpressPay_Start.asp"><img src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_xpressCheckout.g if" border="0" alt="Acceptance Mark"></a>

Stuck Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 09-March-2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote Stuck Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 10-March-2007 at 7:18pm
	Thanks alot Matt, that was quite helpful & solved my "double" Google Checkout button problem! I will just hold off for awhile on the the Paypal button tweaks until the latest PayPal updates are ready.

mx22 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 06-April-2006 Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote mx22 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 12-March-2007 at 10:37am
	Hello Matt, I do not mind the PayPal Express button at all, it's just I want to have PayPal payment option in the drop down menu in the final step in addition to the Express button during the first step. Anyway to implement this? Maybe I should also activate "standart" PayPal option for this - would it cause any problems? Thank You!

Matt Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Moderator Group Joined: 20-July-2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 73	Post Options Post Reply Quote Matt Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 13-March-2007 at 1:21pm
	We had a conversation with PayPal last week regarding this question. Unfortunately, the answer is no, PayPal Standard can not be used with Pro. Here is PayPal�s view on the issue: WPP includes two products: Express Checkout (pay by PayPal account) or Direct Payment (pay by credit card). WPP differs from Standard in that its API based. Standard is the legacy HTML product that Express Checkout replaces. Standard and WPP would never coexist simultaneously� After the next update for PayPal your customers should have no problem using the PayPal Express Checkout Button, and identifying it as an alternative to your site�s credit card option.

mx22 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 06-April-2006 Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote mx22 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 14-March-2007 at 4:00pm
	Hello Matt, Thanks a lot for your help. Would the next update be for v3 users only or previous versions users will also get it (I'm using 2.76) Thank You!

Matt Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Moderator Group Joined: 20-July-2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 73	Post Options Post Reply Quote Matt Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 04-April-2007 at 12:42pm
	Hello mx22, We have finally made a decision and will not be retrofitting the new components for 2.76. In a future newsletter Early Impact will make an official statement explaining "why" this is the case.

Matt Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Moderator Group Joined: 20-July-2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 73	Post Options Post Reply Quote Matt Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 04-April-2007 at 12:44pm
	For everyone looking for an ETA, the new PayPal BETA should be available by the end of next week, but as early as this Friday.