Setup PayPal to Work With EcommPro6

1. Create a business account by going to PayPal and click Sign Up at the top of the page.

2. Once you have a PayPal account login using your sign-up email address and password.

3. Near the top right of the page click on Profile in the links navigation bar.

4. Under Selling Preferences click Website Payment Preferences.

   Setup the following:

   • Turn Auto Return OFF

   • Be sure there is no URL In the Return URL form field.

   • Turn Payment Data Transfer OFF

   • Turn PayPal Account Optional ON

5. Click Save at the bottom of the page.

6. Go back to the Profile main page.

7. Click "Instant Payment Notification Preferences"

   • Click the Edit button

   • Click The Check Box where it states: Instant Payment Notification integrates PayPal payment notification and authentication with your website's back-end operations. Check this box to activate Instant Payment Notification, and enter the URL at which you will receive the payment notifications below.

   • Enter your IPN Notification URL in the form field. Your url is:

     http://www.yourdomain.com/scart/paypal-ipn.asp

     Replace www.yourdomain.com with your actual domain of course

   • Click the Save button.

8. Go back to the profile main page.

9. Click on "Shipping Calculations".

10. Near the bottom of the page make sure that under the "Cost" column there are all 0.00 entered.

11. Go to your shopping cart control panel "Company Info" page and choose PayPal for the payment gateway.

    • http://www.yourdomain.com/scart/cartcp/login.asp

12. Enter your PayPal login email address and a Name for your cart.

13. Click Save Information at the bottom of the Company Info page.

That's it, you're taking orders.

PayPal Overview:

1. PayPal has a host of other features. One thing to remember is if you setup your account to allow eChecks, it takes a couple of days for the checks to clear so if your have downloadable files for products do not enable accept eChecks. It is disabled by default.

2. You can do refunds, partial refunds and much more.

3. PayPal has a very extensive Help area. Click Help at the top right of a page and start at Getting Started, or search for a question that you may have.

4. When you receive a transaction from your cart the amount goes into your PayPal account. You must manually transfer it to your bank account.

   • Add a bank account to PayPal by clicking Add Bank Account on the top left of the page when you login.

   • After you do everything to verify your bank account, transfer the money to your bank account:

     • Click on Withdraw in the links navigation bar near the top left/center of the page.

     • Click Transfer Funds to your Bank Account.

     • Enter an amount.

     • Choose a bank account if more than one is registered.

     • Click continue to verify then click Make Transfer.

     • The money shows up in your bank account in a couple of days.

5. This is a brief overview and instructions for using PayPal. For more PayPal features please see their Help area.

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