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PayPal Hacks 100 Industrial-Strength Tips and Tools

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ISBN-10: 0596007515

ISBN-13: 9780596007515

Edition: 2004

Authors: Shannon Sofield, Dave Nielsen, Dave Burchell

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If you've bought or sold items through eBay, or through hundreds of other online sites, then you're familiar with PayPal, the online payment service. With PayPal, a valid email address, and a credit card or bank account, you can easily send and receive payments online. Not a bank or financial institution itself, PayPal describes its service as one that builds on the financial infrastructure of bank accounts and credit cards, and using advanced propriety fraud prevention systems, creates a safe, global, real-time payment solution. Put simply, PayPal provides the means for people to conduct financial transactions online, instantly and securely. But there's more to PayPal than meets the eye.…    
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Book details

List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Incorporated
Publication date: 9/28/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 370
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English

Credits
Preface
Account Management
Create a PayPal Account
Verify Your PayPal Account
Confirm Your Mailing Address
Pay When You've Forgotten Your Password
Restore Your Account if It Has Been Limited
Create a Separate Login for Each Employee
Access Member Information
Manage PayPal Email
Get Help from PayPal
Making Payments
Send Money to Anyone
Choose How to Fund Payments
Use Your PayPal Funds Anywhere
Pay from a Cell Phone
Pay Seller Fees when Buying
Send Money Without Creating a PayPal Account
Dispute Merchandise Payments
Selling with PayPal
Introduction
Upgrade to Business Class
Set Your Payment Receiving Preferences
Identify Yourself to Your Customers
Request Money the PayPal Way
Ask for Money in Your Own Way
Request Money Without an Account
Get Your Money
Refund a Payment
Quick-Link to Transaction Details
Lower Your Seller Fees
Protect Yourself from Buyer Fraud
Protect Yourself from Chargebacks
Avoid Chargebacks on Digital Goods
Handle Merchandise Disputes Effectively
Payment Buttons
Create a Buy Now Button
Use a Custom Button Image
Create a Purchase Button for Services
Create an Auction Payment Button
Provide Purchase Options with Drop-Down Listboxes
Include More Than Two Option Fields
Override Shipping and Handling Preferences
Build Notification Tracking
Hack-Proof Your Payment
Hack-Proof Your Buttons with Encryption
Include Payment Buttons in Email Messages
Hide Your Email Address from Spammers
Accept Donations
PayPal-Enable Your Flash
Get More Out of Dreamweaver and PayPal
Provide Options with ASP.NET Web Controls
Try Accepting Payments in a Bogus Currency
Storefronts and Shopping Carts
Hack Shopping Cart Buttons
Create Shopping Cart Links
Specify the Size of the Shopping Cart Window
Deal with Design and Layout Issues
Put Both Cart Buttons in One Form
Integrate a Third-Party Shopping Cart with PayPal
Customize Checkout Pages
Display the Merchant Transaction ID on Your Return Page
Remember Your Customers
Create a Dynamic Storefront
Add Dynamic Storefront Details
Insert Dynamic Images
Build an Order-Tracking Page
Offer Discount Coupons
Increase Search Engine Exposure
Sell Digital Goods with PayLoadz
Managing Subscriptions
Sell Subscriptions to Your Online Content
Offer Tiered Subscriptions
Time Your Subscriptions to End on Specific Dates
Manage Subscription Passwords the Easy Way
IPN and PDT
Introduction
What IPN and PDT Are
How IPN Works
Advantages of PDT
Receive Instant Payment Notifications
Troubleshoot Instant Payment Notifications
Send a Purchase Confirmation Email with IPN
Process Shopping Carts with IPN
Use IPN with eBay Listings
Track Your eBay Products with IPN
Deliver Digital Goods with IPN
Deliver Digital Goods with a Return Page
Implement Price Checking with IPN
Provide an Order Summary with IPN
Upsell Your Customers
Enable Multiple IPN Pages
Use Mass Pay to Create an Affiliate System
Manage Your Inventory with IPN
Display Donation Goals on Your Web Site
Display a Recent Donor List
Capture Customer Information with IPN
Insert Payment Details into a Database with IPN
Insert Cart Details into a Database
Track Google Referrals
Process Payments like a Credit Card with PDT
Synchronizing PDT and IPN
The PayPal Web Services API
Introduction: Create a Developer Account
Set up the Sandbox
Make Your First API Call
Create a Wrapper Class for Your API Calls
Use the PayPal API Wrapper Class
Refund Payments with the API
Handle Transaction Errors within the API Wrapper
Retrieve Transaction Details with the API
Search for PayPal Transactions
Hack the API Wrapper
Issue Payments en Masse with the Mass Pay API
Pay Affiliates and Suppliers on a Schedule
Search eBay for Listings that Accept PayPal
Test IPN and PDT in the Sandbox
Go Live
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