The purpose of this module is to
allow customers to place a subscription order at
a MIVA Merchant (© MIVA Corp)
store which they will then pay for
using their PayPal (© x.com)
account. This module is licensed per
domain. No additional store licenses
are required if used within the same mall.
This module is specifically designed for subscription
payments. It allows scheduling one or two trial periods,
with or without a charge on the first trial. The second trail,
if used, would charge the customer. You can skip the trial periods
and only offer the regular subscription. The subsciption
allows intervals established in days, weeks, months and
years. The customer makes the first payment. They then
pay at the store's preset interval automatically. PayPal notifies them
as each payment due is paid. If the customer cancels or does not
pay at any interval, the store owner is notified so that
he/she can turn off the subscription. PayPal manages the
payments and intervals and deposits the payments into your
account automatically.
This module guides the customer to
the PayPal payment screens so that they do not get to the
invoice screen without properly entering pay data. When the
customer clicks the Pay button at the PayPal site, you can
have the PayPal Instant Payment Notification send a silent
update back to your payment history file which can be viewed
in your Merchant admin:order edit screen. Unlike some other
modules, if the customer does not return to Merchant, his
order will still be processed and email notifications sent.
When returning to your store, the invoice page will be
displayed. You can also add additional instructions to
inform customers what to expect at the PayPal site.
The module default will allow all of your products to be
purchased with subscriptions. However, you can limit that to only
product codes which you want to sell as subscriptions. Use this
module for magazine or ezine subscriptions. You can even use
it for membership programs. As long as the customer keeps their
payments current, you keep their membership active. If they fail
to keep current, PayPal notifies you of the status. Use it
to manage domain registrations or web hosting fees. If you sell
software licenses which are renewable, PayPal can keep track
of the renewal dates and notify the customer and you.
Although the PayPal system is not like
real time credit card processing and
authorization systems, it is more
like using the simple credit card validation. PayPal
does the authorization and sends you
a confirmation email. You match the
Merchant notification emails with the
PayPal confirmation emails. For added security, it
is advisable to check the status on the PayPal
web site (linked to the specific transaction within Merchant admin). Once
confirmations are verified that the money has transferred
to your account, you can supply the products.
The Merchant version 2.x, 3.x and 4.x PayPal payment
module can be used with both the MMUI
and OpenUI look and feel.
If using the MMUI, an optional code edit can be also made to include the
payment method in the merchant notification email. You
may find it advantageous to use our Show Payment Type
module instead which lists all payment methods in the email, not
just PayPal. No code edits are needed if you are using
the OpenUI for either the PayPal or Show Payment Type modules.
If you have our standard paypal payment module you will need
the latest update in order to remain compatible between the two
paypal modules. I would need your order number to update the
standard paypal module. If you do not have our standard paypal
payment module, but are using one from another source, you will
need to use ours instead if you are going to collect standard
payments through paypal. The reason is both use the IPN to
update the store and you cannot have two different IPNs in the same
paypal.com account.
Online overview
and initial setup instructions for our MIVA Merchant modules.
If you are not familiar with how PayPal Subscription works,
check it out at www.paypal.com. If you like it, sign up, then
add this payment option to your store if your products or
services are purchased with subscriptions or timed payment
methods.
