PayPal

PayPal is one of the leading e-Payment services on the web.

Services

Shopping

• Pay on eBay: http://pages.ebay.com/help/pay/paypal.html
• Shopping on E-commerce sites via PayPal checkout: https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=xpt/Marketing/general/how-to-use-paypal-outside&nav=0.0.1

Donations

• Donation button: https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_donate-intro-outside

Subscriptions

• Subscribe button: https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_subscr-intro-outside

Merchant

• Merchant Payment Processing: https://www.paypal.com/webapps/mpp/merchant (Accept credit cards and PayPal on your website, send Email Invoices and/or Email Receipts)
• Payments PRO: https://www.paypal.com/webapps/mpp/website-payments-pro (for high-volume merchants)
• PayPal ShoppingCart API: https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_shoppingcart-intro-outside

IPN

Instant Payment Notification (IPN)

• IPN: https://www.paypal.com/ipn

HERE

HERE is a credit card reader with the ability to scan a credit card and use its information to make a purchase.

• PayPal HERE: https://www.paypal.com/us/webapps/mpp/credit-card-reader?kw=AGID_US_GSR1_TM_PPKBGen_PH_Head_KWID_PH_paypal+here_ADID_11270380328&mplx=3484-98128-2056-548_AGID_US_GSR1_TM_PPKBGen_PH_Head_KWID_PH_paypal+here_ADID_11270380328&mpch=ads&mplx=3484-98128-2056-548

Payroll

Mass Payment

• Mass Payment (i.e. digital/instantaneous pay cheques): https://www.paypal.com/ca/cgi-bin/marketingweb?cmd=_batch-payment-overview-outside

Tools

• PHP Weby PayPal (with IPN): http://phpweby.com/software/php-paypal (2009)
• Paypal Class: http://www.phpclasses.org/browse/package/4932.html (2008)
• PayPal IPN: http://www.phpclasses.org/package/2249-PHP-Process-Paypal-payment-interactions.html (2006)
• Paypal Payment Data Transfers: http://www.phpclasses.org/browse/package/2989.html
• Paypal Instant Payment Notification: http://www.phpclasses.org/browse/package/2970.html
• PHP Paypal IPN Integration Class: http://www.phpclasses.org/browse/package/855.html
• PayPal Web Services: http://sourceforge.net/projects/paypal/ (last updated 2006)
• PHP PayPal IPN: http://www.micahcarrick.com/php-paypal-ipn-integration-class.html (last updated 2005)

Resources

• PayPal API: https://developer.paypal.com/
• PayPal Storefront widgets: http://storefront.paypallabs.com/
• Instant Payment Notification (IPN): https://cms.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/?cmd=_render-content&content_ID=developer/e_howto_admin_IPNIntro

Tutorials

• Using PayPal's Instant Payment Notification with PHP: http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/php/using-paypals-instant-payment-notification-with-php/
• Quick E-Commerce withPHP and PayPal: http://www.softcoded.com/paypal/paypal_php.php
• How to Set Up a PayPal Tip Jar for Your Blog: http://www.ehow.com/how_6756770_set-paypal-tip-jar-blog.html

External Links

• wikipedia: PayPal
• PayPal: http://paypal.com
• eBay to acquire PayPal (eBay press release): http://investor.ebay.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=84142
• eBay acquires PayPal (PayPal press release, now redirects to PayPal history): https://www.paypal-media.com/history
• eBay Completes PayPal Acquisition: http://www.ebayinc.com/content/press_release/20021003114025
• eBay picks up PayPal for $1.5 billion: http://news.cnet.com/2100-1017-941964.html
• eBay Agrees to Acquire PayPal - FAQ: http://pages.ebay.com/community/news/acquire.html
• Payment Processing in PHP: http://binarycake.com/screencasts/payment-processing-in-php/
• PayPal is Now a Way to Pay for Facebook Ads and Facebook Credits: https://www.paypal-media.com/press-releases/20100218006007
• Alipay snatches online payment crown from PayPal: http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/business/2010-11/24/content_11600336.htm
• PayPal Expects $4.7B in Digital Goods TPV This Year and Launches HTML5 APIs: https://www.thepaypalblog.com/2011/10/innovate-paypal-expects-4-7b-in-digital-goods-tpv-this-year-and-launches-html5-apis/
• PreyPal - The New Way To Pay In-Store: http://forums.auctionbytes.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=24611
• PayPal's bid for the digital wallet looks strong: http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2012/03/21/paypal-digital-wallet/
• PayPal’s New Digital Wallet Will Offer Personalized Deals, Flexible Payments, And More: http://techcrunch.com/2012/03/09/paypals-new-digital-wallet-will-offer-personalized-deals-flexible-payment-spending-and-more/
• EBay, PayPal to split into two separately traded companies: http://www.zdnet.com/article/ebay-paypal-to-split-into-two-separately-traded-companies/
• How the PayPal Honey deal could reshape ecommerce: https://venturebeat.com/2019/11/26/how-the-paypal-honey-deal-could-reshape-ecommerce/

See Also

eBay | e-Payment