Paypal uses their IPN system which is an instant? payment notification. You set up your account to use IPN. Then, when you redirect to paypal, ou include an IPN address which is a page on your site. When the payment posts through paypal, that page will be called with the transaction id and all the pertinent information from your order.
On Mar 7, 2010, at 10:04 PM, Matthew Smith wrote: > > We have an artist site selling unique and limited quantity items. During > the checkout process, I do a named lock, check to be sure the quantities for > the items haven't changed due to a sale or something else, charge the credit > card, then commit the order to the db. > > I think our sales are hurt because people don't know us well enough to trust > us with their credit card numbers. I think using paypal would help with > that. > > The problem is, I can't lock the items while the user goes to paypal to pay > and wait for them to come back. > > Does paypal offer anything that would allow them to pay with paypal, but do > so instantly like a normal cc charge? Something I can do on our site's > backend. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:313044 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
