Paypal Subscribe - Talk Directories

DownUnder · 02-20-2008, 02:11 AM

Looking for some general heads up with this. All seems basic enough, but a few details.

How do people tie in the payeee with a site / advertiser ? do you use the email adress / name for validation ? or will it / does it have the ability to use and record a user name etc.

Secondly the email reminder ? does this link them back to the payment button or to your site ?

any other tips would be great.

mikey1090 · 02-20-2008, 03:37 AM

From my experience it goes like this

you have a submit form on your directory. It collects your name and email address (doesnt have to be the submitters paypal address)

They get sent to a page. The page does some processing and generates a paypal button. At this page the directory has an update to their database - an added row that sits and awaits payment.

When the user pays, paypal redirects some internal headers back to your server, sending back some info. The transaction ID, amount paid, email use, name and address etc are all stored into the directory database row that i mentioned before.

If they dont pay you can email them a direct paypal link, or a link to that page on your directory where the payment button is generated.

Does that make it any clearer?

DownUnder · 02-20-2008, 04:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mikey1090

From my experience it goes like this

you have a submit form on your directory. It collects your name and email address (doesnt have to be the submitters paypal address)

They get sent to a page. The page does some processing and generates a paypal button. At this page the directory has an update to their database - an added row that sits and awaits payment.

When the user pays, paypal redirects some internal headers back to your server, sending back some info. The transaction ID, amount paid, email use, name and address etc are all stored into the directory database row that i mentioned before.

If they dont pay you can email them a direct paypal link, or a link to that page on your directory where the payment button is generated.

Does that make it any clearer?

Yes thanks Mike, every little bit helps, finding a suitable payment process has proven tough at best.

have ordered a new payment application that may solve the problem but still will utilise the paypal subscribe options.

Thanks

Botman · 02-20-2008, 03:52 PM

I had Dargre install his link renewal mod - works like a charm for $30 I think it was.

mikey1090 · 02-20-2008, 05:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Botman

I had Dargre install his link renewal mod - works like a charm for $30 I think it was.

What exactly does it do?

DownUnder · 02-20-2008, 07:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Botman

I had Dargre install his link renewal mod - works like a charm for $30 I think it was.

Sometimes i wished it was that easy for me, but no

from what i can see it's for me a cost of around $150 - $300 or more to get some basics then probably 10 - 20 hours work for me to program it all up and make it work, and thats if this mod does what i want if not, scrap it and the money and time and start again. The joys of building from the ground up, not for the faint hearted thats for sure.

PS love that avatar

Botman · 02-21-2008, 04:52 PM

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Originally Posted by mikey1090

What exactly does it do?

Link renewal mod can be customized to apply for specific listing types. For AD it applies to all listings as they are annual. It will track the submitted date and the expire date for each listing and send out email notifications at 5 and 3 days left with a convenient link for the owner to renew the listing. Basically.

It is a more professional way of handling renewals for annual listings I think. I don't really like the subscription option too much.

plus if you look in the footer there is an expired info link that will show you the links that are soon to be expiring and those that have recently expired.

It probably does more that dargre would have to explain. I just know that it makes the whole process for renewals very easy to track. Also lets me know what listings need to have annual reviews done.

mikey1090 · 02-21-2008, 04:58 PM

I see. How does that differ from the standard phpLD methods?

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