I will have documentation on setting this up tomorrow morning.

Corneliu, if you need this today, I can forward you a scaled down version of how to set it up. It's a very quick and easy process.

Is Paypal Standard documentation now posted? I looked through the Documentation for BV5 but don't see it. Appreciate help.

Nick -- there is no mention in the instructions for PayPal Express for setting up the IPN, which I had turned off and then set properly, per another post, but I'm not sure it made any difference.

So there are THREE different PayPal types? I thought "Standard" was the same as "Express" as opposed to "Pro"

Okay -- so what is the difference between 1, 2, and 3, and which one am I supposed to have enabled? Now I'm confused. I have set up per the instructions in the manual, but continued to have issues, and then another message on the forums from, I think, Nick, gave the IPN that needed to be set for the PayPal Express or Standard.

I want customers to go to our checkout page and if they want to use PayPal -- whether that is paypal account, draft from their checking, credit card, or Paypal buyer credit -- I'm assuming that is "PayPal Payments Standard" -- what I was used to with SF6. Where did "Express" come from?

Hi Joe,

I would have to review the Express API again, however, I believe IPN is still partially used in the Express checkout process for AFTER authorization notifications. I think the only one of those that actually applies is if you allow customers to use an e-check. Everything else including paypal instant transfer/buyer credit has an immediate approval with the express checkout api. The transaction is either accepted or rejected. The same is technically true with e-check except that on top of being notified that your customer's transaction was completed, you want to be "notified" when the payment clears, hence the instant payment "notification". Original the IPN was used for all levels of integration to notify you that any type of payment was received. With Express checkout and the fully integrated checkout process, that is basically obsolete.