Automated Paypal Money Requests

With PayPal Website Payments Standard the customer leaves the store to pay with their PayPal account and then returns to the store for their order confirmation.

With PayPal Website Payments Pro the customer doesn’t leave the store and pays with a credit card.

With PayPal Express Checkout the customer leaves the store to select a payment option in PayPal, but then returns to complete their order at your store.

A Payment Request is something sent by email and isn’t effective so it’s not typically included with an ecommerce package.  In other words, it’s not available because there is no need for it.  Let me know if I misunderstood the question.

Again, you don't need to send "payment requests" (manually or automatically).  Customers want to pay at the time of purchase, so let them.  Just verify the funds in your PayPal account before you ship.  So we recommend...

- PayPal Standard

- PayPal Website Payments Pro

- Not, payment requests

Let us know if you have any questions about using these options. They should definitely work out better for you

Stuck, good point!

Espresso, Authorization allows you to verify the customer has the funds at the time of purchase. Then you can review the order before issuing the capture (which actually transfers the money to your account).  Just note you need PayPal Website Payments Pro to use these options.  In v3.1 you will be able to capture, refund, void, and batch process PayPal Website Payments Pro orders all from within your ProductCart control panel. We have also added a Risk Management section for PayPal that displays information about the transaction and customer that will help you decide if it’s a real order. V3.1 will be available in just weeks, but I don’t have an exact date.

I'm using a stable beta of 3.1 now.  It may be worth asking.

cheers

Mark