I added Paypal (with IPN) to an existing shopping cart. You don't need to use Paypal's cart to use IPN. You don't need a shopping cart at all to use IPN - it's just a method by which PayPal informs you that a payment has been made.
> Howdy, > > This is directed to anyone who has used PayPal with CF-based shopping > carts... > > I have read over the PayPal Instant Payment Notification (IPN) docs and > think I have a fairly firm grasp on how this works for payment > verification, etc. But what I haven't nailed down is if it is possible > to use PayPal with an *existing* shopping cart written in CF. PayPal > support hasn't responded to my question about this, so I thought some of > you might know. > > My question: is it possible to integrate an existing CF shopping cart > with PayPal payment processing? It *appears* to me that to integrate IPN > with a shopping cart, that shopping cart needs to be a PayPal shopping > cart (one created on their site). Or am I incorrect? > > The advantage of a CF-based cart solution is that I can maintain info in > my product database like product special pricing, start and end dates > for product specials, etc., and then display this dynamically. I don't > believe PayPal shopping carts can handle special situations like that. > Anyone know? > > Using PayPal was never my first option, but I cancelled my CC merchant > account and AuthorizeNet account to save some $$ on the monthly fees. > Since I had not experienced a high volume of sales, the fees were > getting to be too much. > > TIA. > > Chris Montgomery monty @ airtightweb.com > > -- > Airtight Web Services http://www.airtightweb.com > Web Development, Web Project Management, Software Sales > 210-490-3249/888-745-7603 > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists&body=lists/cf_talk FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting.
