With Express Checkout, the customer is redirected to the PayPal site to complete the transaction. Unlike other payment methods, PayPal Express Checkout allows the customer to check out at the beginning of the usual checkout flow. With the PayPal Express Checkout enabled, the “Check out with PayPal” button is available on the product page, in the shopping cart, and mini shopping cart. Clicking the button redirects the customer to the PayPal website to review the purchase information. Customers must log in to their PayPal accounts to complete the transaction. The payment system uses the customer’s billing and shipping information from the customer’s PayPal account. The customer is then redirected back to the Magento Review Order page. After the customer places the order in Magento, the payment information is submitted to PayPal and the payment transaction is settled.

If the customer uses the one-page checkout and selects the Express Checkout payment method, the customer is redirected to PayPal during the Payment Review process, just before the sales order is submitted.

Express Checkout method of payment is unavailable if the customer chooses to check out the products from the shopping cart to multiple addresses. The store administrator cannot place an order using the Express Checkout method of payment, because it is also unavailable from the Admin.

1.

Before you begin, you must configure your PayPal merchant account on the PayPal website.

a.

Log in to your PayPal Advanced account at manager.paypal.com.

b.

Go to Service Settings > Hosted Checkout Pages > Set Up, and make the following settings:

• AVS	No
  CSC	No
  Enable Secure Token	Yes

c.

Save the settings.

2.

PayPal recommends that you set up an additional user on your account. To set up an additional user, do the following:

a.

Go to manager.paypal.com and log in to your account.

b.

Follow the instructions to set up an additional user.

c.

Save the changes.

1.

On the Admin menu, select System > Configuration.

2.

In the Configuration panel on the left, under Sales, select Payment Methods.

3.

If your Magento installation has multiple websites, stores or views, set the Current Configuration Scope box in the upper-left corner to the target configuration.

4.

In the Merchant Location section, select the Merchant Country where your business is located.

5.

If necessary, click to expand the PayPal Express Checkout section. Then, click the Configure button.

6.

Under Required PayPal Settings, in the Express Checkout section, complete the following:

a.

Enter the Email Address that is associated with your PayPal merchant account.

Important! Email addresses are case sensitive. To receive payment, the email address you enter must match the email address specified in your PayPal merchant account.

b.

Set API Authentication Methods to one of the following:

• API Signature
• API Certificate

c.

If necessary, click the Get Credentials from PayPal button. Then, complete the following:

• API Username
• API Password
• API Signature

d.

If you are using credentials from your sandbox account, set Sandbox Mode to “Yes.”

If necessary, click the Sandbox Credentials button and follow the instructions to set up your testing environment.

e.

If your system uses a proxy server to establish the connection between Magento and the PayPal payment system, set API Uses Proxy to “Yes.” Then,, complete the following:

• Proxy Host
• Proxy Port

7.

When these sections are complete, set Enable this Solution to “Yes.”

8.

To offer financing through PayPal to your customers, see PayPal Credit to learn more.

You have now completed the Required PayPal Settings. At this point, you can either continue with the Basic and Advanced Settings, or click the Save Config button. You can return later fine-tune the configuration.

1.

If your store has multiple views, make sure to set the Current Configuration Scope box in the upper-left corner to the view where these settings apply.

2.

In the Basic Settings - PayPal Express Checkout section, complete the following:

a.

Enter a Title to identify this payment method during checkout. It is recommended to set the title to “PayPal” for each store view.

b.

If you offer multiple payment methods, enter a number in the Sort Order field to determine the sequence in which PayPal Payments Standard is listed with the other methods. Payment methods appear in ascending order based on the Sort Order value.

c.

Set Payment Action to one of the following:

• Authorization	Approves the purchase, but puts a hold on the funds. The amount is not withdrawn until it is “captured” by the merchant.
  Sale	The amount of the purchase is authorized and immediately withdrawn from the customer’s account.
  Order	The amount of the order is neither captured nor authorized in the customer’s balance, bank account, or credit card at PayPal. The Order payment action represents an agreement between the PayPal payment system and the merchant, which enables the merchant to capture one or more amounts up to the “ordered” total from the customer’s buyer account, over a maximum of 29 days. After the funds are “ordered,” the merchant can capture them at any time during the following 29 days. Capturing of the order amount can be done only from the Magento backend, by creating one or more invoices.

d.

If Payment Action is set to “Order,” complete the following fields:

• Authorization Honor Period (days)	Defines how long the primary authorization stays valid. The value should be equal to the corresponding value in your PayPal merchant account. The default value in your PayPal merchant account is 3. To increase this number you need to contact PayPal. The authorization becomes invalid at 11:49 p.m., U.S. Pacific Time, of the last day.
  Order Valid Period (days)	Defines how long the order remains valid. When the order becomes invalid, you can no longer create invoices for it. Specify the value equal to the Order Valid Period value in your PayPal merchant account. The default value in your PayPal merchant account is 29. To change this number, you need to contact PayPal.
  Number of Child Authorizations	Defines the maximum number of authorizations for one order; that is, the maximum number of the online partial invoices you can create for one order. The number in this field should be equal to the corresponding setting in your PayPal merchant account. The default number of child authorizations in your PayPal account is 1. To increase this number, you need to contact PayPal.

e.

To display the “Check out with PayPal” button on the product page, set Display on Product Details Page to “Yes.”

1.

At the bottom of the Basic Settings section, click to expand Advanced Settings. Then, complete the following:

a.

Set Payment Applicable From to one of the following:

• All Allowed Countries	Accepts payment from the countries already specified in your configuration.
  Specific Countries	Accepts payments from only the countries you specify. Hold the Ctrl key down and in the Payment Applicable From list, click each country where you accept payment.

b.

Set Debug Mode to “Yes” to write communications with the payment system into the log file. The log file for PayPal Payments Advanced is payments_payflow_advanced.log.

In accordance with PCI Data Security Standards, credit card information is not recorded in the log file.

c.

To enable host authenticity verification, set Enable SSL Verification to “Yes.”

d.

To display a full summary of the customer’s order by line item from the PayPal site, set Transfer Cart Line Items to “Yes.”

To include up to ten shipping options in the summary, set Transfer Shipping Options to “Yes.” (This option appears only if line items are set to transfer.)

e.

To determine the type of image used for the PayPal acceptance button, set Shortcut Button Flavor to one of the following:

• Dynamic	(Recommended) Displays an image that can be dynamically changed from the PayPal server.
  Static	Displays a specific image that cannot be dynamically changed.

f.

To allow customers without PayPal accounts to make a purchases with this method, set Enable PayPal Guest Checkout to “Yes.”

g.

Set Require Customer’s Billing Address to one of the following:

• Yes	Requires the customer’s billing address for all purchases.
  No	Does not require the customer’s billing address for any purchases.
  For Virtual Quotes Only	Requires the customer’s billing address for virtual quotes only.

h.

To specify whether the customer can sign a billing agreement with your store in the PayPal payment system when there are no active billing agreements available in the customer account, set Billing Agreement Signup to one of the following:

• Auto	The customer can either sign a billing agreement during the Express Checkout flow or use another method of payment.
  Ask Customer	The customer can decide whether to sign a billing agreement during the Express Checkout flow.
  Never	The customer cannot sign a billing agreement during the Express Checkout flow.

The store owner needs to apply to PayPal Merchant Technical Support to enable billing agreements. The Billing Agreement Signup parameter must be enabled only after PayPal confirms that billing agreements are enabled for your merchant account.

i.

To allow the customer to complete the transaction from the PayPal site without returning to your Magento store for Order Review, set Skip Order Review Step to “Yes.”

2.

Complete the following sections as needed for your store:

3.

When complete, click the Save Config button.