I've used ipn on another site, There was a delay of more than a few seconds for the notification once the transaction was complete. Also, the user has to go to paypal, log in, etc, which could take several minutes. I need it to happen on the backside completely so I don't wait on the users. They could begin to check out and decide to go somewhere for a few minutes, which would lock the checkout process.
I was hoping there was something more available. Thank you though. On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 10:25 PM, Zaphod Beeblebrox < [email protected]> wrote: > > 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:313045 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
