This article will provide instructions for administrators to configure a PayPal account within Certain.
PayPal Gateway Account Settings
- Account Merchant/Vendor ID: The unique identifier assigned by the online payment processor. Each processing account's Account Merchant/Vendor ID must be unique. You may have to try several times to find one that is available.
- Account Partner ID: Used by PayPal to identify the partner company who set up the PayPal account.
- Account User ID: Used by PayPal as a secondary level of security for the PayPal account. If a unique User ID is not available, the account defaults to the Vendor ID.
- Account Password: The secret code required to access the processing account. Click Generate New to create a random, secure password automatically.
- PayPal Manager URL: Click this link to access the detailed transaction information for your account. PayPal stores information not available in Certain. PayPal stores the card issuing bank's authorization number and voice authorization information. This information is useful for reconciling bank statements and tracking down discrepancies. You should also periodically (quarterly or annually, at least) change the password to your PayPal account. You should then update that password in Certain.
- If AVS is performed on the transactions processed in your account, each individual sale processed in Certain will record three transactions in PayPal. The three transactions are an Auth for $0.01, a Void of the $0.01 Auth, and a Sale for the full amount. To see only the actual Sale transactions, use the PayPal custom report generator. Configure the reports so they do not display these Auth and Void transactions.
> NOTE: Certain passes the Event Code and Registration Code with each transaction processed through PayPal. The Event Code is passed in the "Comment1" field. The Registration Code is passed in the "Comment2" field. Include these fields in custom reports created in PayPal Manager. This inclusion enables tracking payments and refunds to their original registration. It also enables grouping payments by the Event Code.