This process is necessary for CivicPlus Payments to be allowed to communicate with the Payflow gateway.
Payflow is Paypal’s payment gateway that is utilized by Paypal Payments Pro. To learn more about this, please read Paypal’s documentation on Paypal Payments Pro and Payflow.
Important Notes
Please be aware, you must already have access to PayPal Manager in order to use this guide.
Only business accounts can “go live” with PayPal. Using the wrong type of account will keep you from processing payments. For more information, please see Paypal’s documentation.
Disclaimer
This article is for informational purposes only. We cannot make any guarantee to the accuracy of these specific steps below as PayPal may make modifications to what things are called or where they are placed. The outline below should be substantially like what you should see on the PayPal site.
Customer Responsibilities
You (the customer) are responsible for configuring the Hosted Checkout Page and providing the right partner, vendor, username, and password to CivicPlus. If you do not do these items, your users will not be able to complete a transaction. Additionally, it is your responsibility to make sure that you are following the right measures to protect against fraud, disputes, chargebacks, and any other types of errors that result in monetary loss.
Send Credentials to CivicPlus
Please provide the following credentials to CivicPlus. These are the credentials that you use to log in to PayPal Manager
Partner: Enter the partner information
Merchant Login: Add the merchant login
User (Optional): If desired, enter the user
Password: Type your password
CivicPlus will provide you a link to use in your Hosted Pages settings. You will need this link in order to complete this guide. The link will look similar to: https://pay.civicplus.com/api/v1/HostedCharge/account/cqEq22nHnmIsZEf1K0fZyDL00d188LlI/return
Configure Hosted Pages
Navigate to PayPal Manager and log in
Click on Service Settings
Click on Set Up
In the Choose your settings section, select Live under Transaction Process Mode
In the Display options on payment page section, enter the following information
Enter Text for Cancel URL: Cancel
Enter Cancel URL: Paste the link you received from the prerequisite step
Enter Error URL: Paste the link you received from the prerequisite step
Cancel URL Method: POST
Enter Button Text: Pay Now
In the Billing Information section, check the following checkboxes:
Required:
Name
Address
City/Suburb
State/Province
Zip code/Postal Code
Email address
Editable:
Name
Address
City/Suburb
State/Province
Zip code/Postal Code
Phone
Email address
CSC
You do not need to check anything in the Shipping Information section
In the Payment Confirmation section, enter the following information:
Show confirmation page: On my website
Enter Return URL: Paste the link you received from the prerequisite step
Return URL Method: POST
In the Security Options be sure to Enable Secure Token
Click Save Changes
