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Payment Provider Name

Enter the name of the payment provider here.

Show As

If you have multiple forms of payment setup, your customers will have a choice as to which method they prefer. Enter the value you would like your customers to see such as “Credit Card”, “Paypal” or “Mastercard, Visa” (without the quotes.)

Active

Place a check in the box to make this payment provider active. If this box is not checked, the payment provider will not show up in the payment provider list during checkout.

Demo

If you would like to test the payment provider settings, place a check in the “Demo” box.

Paypal email address

Enter the email address that you use at Paypal here.

Currency Code

Enter your currency code here. Valid choices are:

• USD (U.S. Dollar)
• EUR (Euro)
• GBP (Pound Sterling)
• CAD (Canadian Dollar)
• JPY (Yen).
• If omitted, all monetary fields will be interpreted as U.S. Dollars.

Once you have entered your Paypal information on this screen, you will need to login to your Paypal account and activate IPN (Instant Payment Notification). Here are the steps for activating IPN (from Paypal's website).

1. Log in to your PayPal account.
2. Click the Profile subtab.
3. Click the Instant Payment Notification Preferences link in the Selling Preferences column.
4. Click Edit.
5. Click the checkbox and enter the URL to which you would like to receive HTML posts. This would be http://www.yoursite.com/paypal.php
6. Click Save.
7. You have successfully activated IPN.

More information about Paypal's IPN feature is available here