Using more than one PayPal account?

Discussion in 'Payments processing' started by presscoders, Nov 9, 2010.

  1. presscoders

    presscoders New Member

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    Hi,

    I have aMember set-up on my site to process subscription payments. I am now in a position to collaborate on a project with someone, and we want to use the existing aMember/vBulletin set-up on my site to process payments for this new collaborative product.

    We discussed setting up a new PayPal account that we both had access to for this new product. This is fine, however, the thing is that I am already using PayPal with my existing aMember set-up and I don't think there is a way around this to be able to use two different PayPal accounts and specify which one is used for a particular product, or is there?

    If there is no way to be able to use two different PayPal accounts for different aMember products, does anyone know of a scenario that would work? I haven't had the need to do this before and am a bit stumped!

    David
  2. alexander

    alexander Administrator Staff Member

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    Such functionality available in last version, so you need to upgrade your script.
  3. presscoders

    presscoders New Member

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    Hi Alex,

    I have upgraded the script to the latest version..

    I enabled the option 'Assign different account to product' in the PayPal options page, so I could then see the 'Other PayPal Account' option on my products page. I assume I enter here my alternative PayPal account e-mail here? And does this also have to be the primary e-mail for that PayPal account (it is by the way, just wanted to check)?

    My other questions is what is the relevance of the 'Alternate PayPal account emails (one per line)' field in the PayPal options page, as I can already enter an alternative PayPal email for each product? Just a bit confused as to the purpose of this field. Thanks.

    David
  4. alexander

    alexander Administrator Staff Member

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    David,
    Yes it should be primary email. Alternate emails setting in account configuration can be ignored. That setting is usefull when you change paypal account and have active subscription in old account. If you will add additional account in product settings, plugin will handle IPN messages for these accounts automatically.

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