With the PayPal API there are two methods of authentication: an API Signature and API Certificate. Up until SubscriptionBoss version 0.98 only the API signature was supported but with the release of version 0.99 you have the ability to authenticate PayPal API transactions using an API Certificate. PayPal PayFlow Users Authenticate Using an API Certificate […]
PayPal IPN Source IP Address Validation
August 6, 2011 by Leave a Comment
SubscriptionBoss now features an option that allows you to verify that the Instant Payments Notifications are coming from a valid PayPal IP server address. This feature is found on the plugin Settings page and can be be configured during the SubscriptionBoss Six Step Setup. Why You Might Want To Use This Security Feature This feature […]
PayPal Refund Actions
July 30, 2011 by Leave a Comment
SubscriptionBoss now has the ability to notify your Infusionsoft account, via an action set, when a refund is issued on PayPal. There are two types of refund: Refunds of single payments Refunds of individual recurring payments SubscriptionBoss processes the PayPal IPN and works out to which product or subscription charge the refund is to be […]
SubscriptionBoss Handles More Billing Options
July 21, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Billing Frequency SubscriptionBoss now supports more than just monthly billing. It can handle many different billing frequencies Weekly Billing Fortnightly Billing Monthly billing Bi-Monthly Billing Quarterly Billing Semi-Annual Billing Annual Billing Number of Billing Cycles SubscriptionBoss can also handle a fixed number of billing cycles as well as open ended billing. This is useful where […]
PayPal IPN Listener Conflict Resolution
July 6, 2011 by Leave a Comment
The PayPal Recurring Payments system has a limitation in that it does not allow you to specify a notify_url parameter so you can tell PayPal to send instant payment notifications (IPNs) to a specific URL for each subscription product. Instead all IPNs are sent to a default URL that you set up statically by logging […]
How Exactly Does Tax Work With SubscriptionBoss?
June 18, 2011 by Leave a Comment
The short answer is that for most businesses there is a relatively straightforward solution – but the details depends on your tax jurisdiction and type of product you sell – specifically whether it is physical or digital, and also if the product is always sold to a business (“a business product”), or sold to an […]
Deploying PayPal Links and Forms On Other Sites
June 17, 2011 by Leave a Comment
The SubscriptionBoss plugin acts a gateway between your PayPal account which takes the payments and the Infusionsoft billing system which manages your customers and generates invoices. SubscriptionBoss comes with the SubscriptionBoss short code with makes it easy to insert a PayPal button on the site. However often you want to initiate your sales process on […]
How Do I Track Completed and Abandoned Sales?
June 14, 2011 by Leave a Comment
The easiest way to do this is using a URL shortening service as most of these have a tracking capability. Of course if you are trying to track clicks on a website you can use Google Analytics, using the onclick event facility on the link. However, URL shortening services tracking can be used in locations […]
Custom Payment Pages on PayPal
May 27, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Today I released a version 0.7 of the SubscriptionBoss plugin with a feature that allows you to specify a Custom Payment Page on PayPal. You specify the payment page by setting the page style for the subscription in the SubscriptionBoss subscription admin page. The page style you specify in the plugin must match exactly the […]
Can I Perform Testing in the PayPal Sandbox?
May 27, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Yes. In fact we do all our initial testing in the PayPal sandbox. But once this has completed successfully we then test by buying our own products and then cancelling. This allows us to test both the ordering and the cancellation process. To use the PayPal Sandbox then on the SubscriptionBoss Setting page click the […]
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