PayPal Website Payments Pro now accepts recurring

Discussion in 'Payments processing' started by bischofb, Sep 28, 2008.

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  1. bischofb

    bischofb New Member

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    bischofb, Sep 28, 2008
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  2. mtrautschold

    mtrautschold New Member

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    Same Requirement

    Hi,

    I also would love to get recurring payments working with Paypal Pro! I have not been using recurring, but believe I could really increase sales by making a smaller monthly fee rather than a one-time annual fee.

    www.blackberrymadesimple.com

    Thanks!
    Martin
    mtrautschold, Oct 12, 2008
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  3. ahouglum

    ahouglum Guest

    Any headway with this?

    Seems like Web Payments Pro with PayPal take recurring billing, but I can't get it to work with aMember. Why not?

    I mean, I am paying PayPal $30 extra for it, so I would think it would work with aMember.
    ahouglum, Apr 3, 2009
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  4. cmaclean

    cmaclean aMember Pro Customer

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    Yes, paypal pro does now accept recurring payments BUT at this time, the amember plugin for it does not support it.

    I checked with amember support.
    cmaclean, Apr 15, 2009
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  5. miso

    miso aMember Pro Customer

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    According to the support, they should look into integrating the recurring options into the existing plugin within the next few weeks/month or two... let's hope they do ;)
    miso, Apr 15, 2009
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  6. flowerdance

    flowerdance New Member

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    Oh now I really am confused. (I bought AMember last summer but have just begun using it now...I did reread the features list and the entire manual today.......I have the weirdest feeling that I'm totally missing the obvious, but bear with me.)

    I just set recurring billing up with paypal last week thinking I had to have it to charge members' credit cards once per month.

    So, if I can't integrate amember with it, what do I do to charge my members each month?

    Does AMember keep the credit card numbers for me to enter manually (bummer) each month? Does it do this automatically?

    Or do I use the recurring billing through my shopping cart? (Zen cart)

    I've read everything in the control panel but must have not understood how this works.

    Actually, I wouldn't mind saving the $30.00 paypal charges for recurring billing.

    All suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
    Catherine Kasper
    flowerdance, Apr 17, 2009
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  7. davidm1

    davidm1 aMember User & Partner

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    I havent used paypal pro- but paypal regular with amember works fine for recurring billing.

    David
    davidm1, Apr 17, 2009
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  8. flowerdance

    flowerdance New Member

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    AMember as the recurring billing processor

    Thank you very much, David. I appreciate your response.
    And thank you too to the others for beginning and posting to this thread. You've saved me money that I would have had to spend out of ignorance.

    I went back to my control panel and read my product settings with a new understanding. The chart here on the amember website regarding the payment processors says, that for paypal, the charge card info is kept within paypal and the amember program just "talks" to it, if I understand correctly.

    The process, of course, is unique to each payment processor.

    So that's what I didn't understand. I assumed that, when I set a product up, I was telling amember to tell paypal to use the recurring billing I was required to set up there.

    But what amember actually does is function as the recurring billing system.

    Please correct me if I am wrong. If I'm right, "Horray!"

    If anybody has any additional comments or suggestions or insights, or can verify my thoughts, please add them. I really want to set this up once and set it up right.

    Thanks much!
    Catherine
    flowerdance, Apr 18, 2009
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  9. traderscorporation

    traderscorporation aMember Pro Customer

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    aMember Staff - Please Fix the Plugin for Reccurring with Paypal Pro

    aMember staff,

    Can you please fix teh paypal pro plugin so that all of us can use our paypal pro accounts. We need this ASAP. normal paypal is not enough and we need a full functioning paypal pro plugin taht support recurring subscriptions.
    traderscorporation, May 28, 2009
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  10. alex

    alex aMember Pro Customer Staff Member

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    We will start work on this on the next week.
    alex, May 29, 2009
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  11. codeispoetry

    codeispoetry aMember Pro Customer

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    Fantastic! :)

    Lee
    codeispoetry, May 29, 2009
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  12. dineshsdk85

    dineshsdk85 New Member

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    Recurring payment

    hi ,

    What is the procedure to do recurring payment in amember?

    As i am new to amember, can anyone provide me the procedure to do that?

    Regards
    Dinesh
    dineshsdk85, May 30, 2009
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  13. codeispoetry

    codeispoetry aMember Pro Customer

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    Hi Dinesh,

    You can do that at Manage Products > Edit (the product of your interest).

    Check the box "Recurring Billing".

    Lee
    codeispoetry, May 30, 2009
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  14. alex

    alex aMember Pro Customer Staff Member

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    Yes, exactly.
    However, the box is only available if at least one from enabled payment plugins supports recurring billing. In case if you have only "paypal_pro" payment plugin enabled, there will be no such box.

    Do the following:
    - visit aMember CP -> Setup -> Plugins, disable paypal_pro and enable paypal_r plugin
    click "Save"
    - visit aMember CP -> Setup -> Paypal, and configure paypal_r plugin according to readme (see bottom of the setup page), click Save
    - now go to aMember Cp -> Manage Products -> Edit, and check the box.
    Recurring billing will now work.
    alex, May 30, 2009
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  15. dparker639

    dparker639 aMember Pro Customer

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    PayPal Pro Plugin

    Does the Paypal Pro Plugin for aMember work yet with recurring billing? I noticed that Alex said they would be begin working on it recently and was wondering if it was up and running yet. Is there any way to be notified when it does?
    dparker639, Jun 3, 2009
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  16. codeispoetry

    codeispoetry aMember Pro Customer

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    Hi dparker,

    The plugin is not ready yet, I'm sure Alex will inform us when it's ready :)

    Lee
    codeispoetry, Jun 4, 2009
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  17. tttadmin

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    Update

    Hey guys. I need an update on recurring billing support for Website Payments Pro. We're looking to finish the implimentation of our site this week. Thanks in advance!
    tttadmin, Jun 8, 2009
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  18. zenpig66

    zenpig66 aMember Pro Customer

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    I've been waiting for this as well....your best bet is to send in a support ticket to see if there is any ETA. I did a couple of months ago, they said they are working on it, and like what has been stated here they'll let us know :) I would, btw, be interested in any reply you get.

    Steve
    zenpig66, Jun 9, 2009
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  19. quinttatro

    quinttatro New Member

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    Any news on this? We have been waiting for a while now.
    quinttatro, Jun 23, 2009
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  20. pelton

    pelton New Member

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    Does this work?

    So is amember setup to allow for recurring payments with paypal pro yet?

    Thanks
    pelton, Jul 12, 2009
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