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To accept credit cards and PayPal you will need a
Business Account
with PayPal if you
do not already have one. Go to www.paypal.com to setup an account. (If you have an
existing personal account you can upgrade to a business account).
Make Sure you
specify a Business Account when setting up your PayPal Account
After your PayPal Business account setup has been completed you will need to log in to
your PayPal account and set up the following options:
On your PayPal Account Page go to Account Settings, found by clicking on your account
name on the top right hand corner, then to Website Payments and then update Website
Preferences. In Website Payment Preferences select the following options:
Auto Return:
On
Return URL:
http://192.168.17.1:3456/paypalreturn
Payment Data Transfer (optional):
On
Encrypted Website Payment:
Off
PayPal Account Optional:
On
Contact Telephone Number:
Off
Express Checkout Settings:
No
Press Save and then go back up to Payment Data Transfer (optional) and you will now
have an Identity Token.
It is very important that you copy this token carefully (using
copy & paste) in the next step. We strongly suggest that you copy this token into a
blank document to store for safekeeping.
Once you have completed setting up your PayPal account and have copied your identity
token, open the administration page on your CheckBox System and go to
Access
Controls
on the top menu and then
PayPal Setup
in the drop down menu.
In the box marked PayPal Identity enter your PayPal ID (typically your email address).
In the PayPal Identity Token box paste your PayPal Identity Token.
Set your prices, and leave as zero’s any time increments that you do not wish to offer.
Press the Update button when done..
There is a known issue with PayPal that can cause third party transactions with cents (i.e.
$1.99, or $4.95) to sometimes process incorrectly. If you find
some guest transactions are not processing try using whole
dollar amounts ($1.00, 4.00 etc.)
It would be a good idea at this point to run some sample
charges through the system. You can refund those charges
when you are done testing by using the PayPal merchant tools
in your PayPal Account Management Screen.
The PayPal software module is provided to process credit
card transactions securely through PayPal utilizing PayPal’s systems. CheckBox Systems
is not affiliated with PayPal and does not offer support for managing PayPal merchant
accounts.
Using Credit Cards & PayPal
