Paypal Express plugin

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1 year 6 months ago #351482

-- url of the page with the problem -- : jimg57.sg-host.com/en/my-cart
-- HikaShop version -- : 4.7.2
-- Joomla version -- : 4

Hello,
The clilent wants to use this because they already have a contract with the parent company. To set it up there's no extra charge. Their account already exists. We just have to turn on online payment via Hikashop. I have all the handshakes and keys.
But, does this plugin support offsite payment via SIM? If so, how do I configure the plugin? Any documentation you could refer me to?
I am presuming that pretty much all your current payment plugins support SIM. I have enabled the plugin and looked it over but it wasn't obvious how to fiorce SIM method. Possibly that is somewhere in Hikashop configuration? I know it used to be there, but I have been away from the component for some years.
Maybe I don't see an option to turn SIM on because that's the only way the plugin works?
I am very familiar with the Aurhorize plugin. That allowed for some custimization of the checkout screen. Is that also the case with Paypal Express?
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-Jim Gribble

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1 year 6 months ago #351500

Hi,

SIM / AIM are the names Authorize.net used for their APIs. So you'll only see that for Authorize.net
SIM => redirect to Authorize.net for the payment form
AIM => credit card form on the merchant website and transaction done via a server to server communication between the merchant server and Authorize.net's server
Most payment plugins, including PayPal Express, will redirect the user to the payment provider's payment form.
PayPal actually already has something similar to AIM and the plugin for it is called PayPal Pro. We had to make a separate plugin as the APIs of PayPal are too distinct from one another. With Authorize.net the SIM and AIM APIs have a lot of overlap so it made sense having only one plugin.

Anyways, I would recommend you use PayPal Checkout instead of other PayPal plugins. PayPal is starting to deprecate other APIs and PayPal Checkou will be the one going forward.

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1 year 6 months ago #351561

Thanks for this background, very helpful. The client however already has an account at Authorize and wants to save a few EU. So we are going to be using Paypal Express, just because it allows them to use one credit card company for muiltiple branches of their business. I explained the downsides to them. I haven't used it before and it looks straightforward. The plugin doesn't appear to have a test mode; and I can't find that anwhere in configuration either. How do I run system tests to make sure everything is working before we go live? And. what is the "sandbox?"
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-Jim Gribble

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1 year 6 months ago #351563

Hi,

I'm confused. I don't see how using PayPal Express over PayPal Checkout will save money.
I think PayPal charges the same fees regardless of whether the transaction goes through PayPal standard, PayPal Pro, PayPal Express or PayPal Checkout.
Each API PayPal offers is just a different concept:
- PayPal Standard -> redirects to PayPal for the payment at the end of the checkout
- PayPal Pro -> credit card form during the checkout on the merchant website
- PayPal Express -> bypasses the HikaShop checkout so that it's PayPal handling the checkout
- PayPal Checkout -> latest API which displays the payment form at the end of the checkout. It offers more payment methods, including pay later, has a nicer interface for the user, etc

Using PayPal Express, it means that the shipping methods entered in HikaShop won't be selectable by the user on PayPal's checkout. PayPal has some interface to create shipping fees for their checkout. Similarly, if you want the user to select a delivery date for example with a custom field, this won't be possible since the plugin will bypass the HikaShop Checkout. Also, if the taxes you charge depends on the address of the user, you can't use it unless you can configure the tax rates in your PayPal merchant account (not sure ?). The goal of PayPal Express is to provide a shopping cart where the customer can directly go from the cart module to PayPal in order to make it as simple as possible for them when the shop doesn't need much.
So you need to be aware of this. Because in most cases, it's not PayPal Express you want to use but PayPal Checkout.


Sandbox is how PayPal calls "test mode":
developer.paypal.com/tools/sandbox/

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1 year 6 months ago #351578

They say they would have to open another charge account because their current card company, Authorize, doesn't support Paypal Checkout. They have multiple businesses and want to use one central credit account. I think this is a terrible idea too and am just passing along what they said. They know nothing of e-commerce so it's hard. I don't believe this will save them money either. To use PayPall Checkout don't they just need to open an account and stream the payments directly into their bank account?
-Jim Gribble

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1 year 6 months ago #351585

Great news. I was able to persuade them to do it our way. The information you shared with me about PayPal Express carried the day. So now I'm looking forward to PayPal Checkout. Sounds pretty awesome. About time I familiarized myself with it.
-Jim Gribble

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