PayPal Hacks | O'Reilly Media

PayPal Hacks 100 Industrial-Strength Tips & Tools By Shannon Sofield, Dave Nielsen, Dave Burchell
September 2004
Pages: 368

| Table of Contents | Index | Sample Hacks

Chapter 1 Account Management
1. Introduction: Hacks #1-9
2. Create a PayPal Account
3. Verify Your PayPal Account
4. Confirm Your Mailing Address
5. Pay When You've Forgotten Your Password
6. Restore Your Account if It Has Been Limited
7. Create a Separate Login for Each Employee
8. Access Member Information
9. Manage PayPal Email
10. Get Help from PayPal
Chapter 2 Making Payments
1. Introduction: Hacks #10-16
2. Send Money to Anyone
3. Choose How to Fund Payments
4. Use Your PayPal Funds Anywhere
5. Pay from a Cell Phone
6. Pay Seller Fees when Buying
7. Send Money Without Creating a PayPal Account
8. Dispute Merchandise Payments
Chapter 3 Selling with PayPal
1. Introduction: Hacks #17-27
2. Upgrade to Business Class
3. Set Your Payment Receiving Preferences
4. Identify Yourself to Your Customers
5. Request Money the PayPal Way
6. Ask for Money in Your Own Way
7. Request Money Without an Account
8. Get Your Money
9. Refund a Payment
10. Quick-Link to Transaction Details
11. Lower Your Seller Fees
12. Protect Yourself from Buyer Fraud
13. Protect Yourself from Chargebacks
14. Avoid Chargebacks on Digital Goods
15. Handle Merchandise Disputes Effectively
Chapter 4 Payment Buttons
1. Introduction: Hacks #28-44
2. Create a Buy Now Button
3. Use a Custom Button Image
4. Create a Purchase Button for Services
5. Create an Auction Payment Button
6. Provide Purchase Options with Drop-Down Listboxes
7. Include More Than Two Option Fields
8. Override Shipping and Handling Preferences
9. Build Notification Tracking
10. Hack-Proof Your Payment
11. Hack-Proof Your Buttons with Encryption
12. Include Payment Buttons in Email Messages
13. Hide Your Email Address from Spammers
14. Accept Donations
15. PayPal-Enable Your Flash
16. Get More Out of Dreamweaver and PayPal
17. Provide Options with ASP.NET Web Controls
18. Try Accepting Payments in a Bogus Currency
Chapter 5 Storefronts and Shopping Carts
1. Introduction: Hacks #45-50
2. Hack Shopping Cart Buttons
3. Create Shopping Cart Links
4. Specify the Size of the Shopping Cart Window
5. Deal with Design and Layout Issues
6. Put Both Cart Buttons in One Form
7. Integrate a Third-Party Shopping Cart with PayPal
8. Customize Checkout Pages
9. Display the Merchant Transaction ID on Your Return Page
10. Remember Your Customers
11. Create a Dynamic Storefront
12. Add Dynamic Storefront Details
13. Insert Dynamic Images
14. Build an Order-Tracking Page
15. Offer Discount Coupons
16. Increase Search Engine Exposure
17. Sell Digital Goods with PayLoadz
Chapter 6 Managing Subscriptions
1. Introduction: Hacks #61-64
2. Sell Subscriptions to Your Online Content
3. Offer Tiered Subscriptions
4. Time Your Subscriptions to End on Specific Dates
5. Manage Subscription Passwords the Easy Way
Chapter 7 IPN and PDT
1. Introduction: Hacks #65-86
2. What IPN and PDT Are
3. How IPN Works
4. Advantages of PDT
5. Receive Instant Payment Notifications
6. Troubleshoot Instant Payment Notifications
7. Send a Purchase Confirmation Email with IPN
8. Process Shopping Carts with IPN
9. Use IPN with eBay Listings
10. Track Your eBay Products with IPN
11. Deliver Digital Goods with IPN
12. Deliver Digital Goods with a Return Page
13. Implement Price Checking with IPN
14. Provide an Order Summary with IPN
15. Upsell Your Customers
16. Enable Multiple IPN Pages
17. Use Mass Pay to Create an Affiliate System
18. Manage Your Inventory with IPN
19. Display Donation Goals on Your Web Site
20. Display a Recent Donor List
21. Capture Customer Information with IPN
22. Insert Payment Details into a Database with IPN
23. Insert Cart Details into a Database
24. Track Google Referrals
25. Process Payments like a Credit Card with PDT
26. Synchronizing PDT and IPN
Chapter 8 The PayPal Web Services API
1. Introduction: Hacks #87-100
2. Create a Developer Account
3. Set up the Sandbox
4. Make Your First API Call
5. Create a Wrapper Class for Your API Calls
6. Use the PayPal API Wrapper Class
7. Refund Payments with the API
8. Handle Transaction Errors within the API Wrapper
9. Retrieve Transaction Details with the API
10. Search for PayPal Transactions
11. Hack the API Wrapper
12. Issue Payments en Masse with the Mass Pay API
13. Pay Affiliates and Suppliers on a Schedule
14. Search eBay for Listings that Accept PayPal
15. Test IPN and PDT in the Sandbox
16. Go Live

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Account Management

Introduction: Hacks #1-9

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

Chapter 2 Making Payments

Introduction: Hacks #10-16

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

Chapter 3 Selling with PayPal

Introduction: Hacks #17-27

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

Chapter 4 Payment Buttons

Introduction: Hacks #28-44

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

Chapter 5 Storefronts and Shopping Carts

Introduction: Hacks #45-50

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

Chapter 6 Managing Subscriptions

Introduction: Hacks #61-64

Sell Subscriptions to Your Online Content

Offer Tiered Subscriptions

Time Your Subscriptions to End on Specific Dates

Manage Subscription Passwords the Easy Way