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PayPal Subscription Question

by Steven Wagenheim
6 replies
Question about PayPal subscriptions.

Somebody first subscribes to your membership site. You get a notification
from PayPal that says "You Have A New Subscriber To..."

Now, in 30 days, or however long the subscription is for, when the person
renews, do you get another message?

I'm asking because I want to keep track of this.

Thanks for any info you can give me on the matter.
#paypal #question #subscription
  • Profile picture of the author Ebbi
    Hey Steve,

    Yes, you always get a notification when ever funds are transferred
    to your account.

    Ebbi
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  • Profile picture of the author Ebbi
    Also to make sure you get the notification please login to your paypal
    account, then My account - Profile.
    Under Account Information click on 'Notifications'

    When your inside make sure you have check in the box:
    "I receive money with PayPal"

    hope if helps,
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  • Profile picture of the author Hendry Lee
    Steve,

    I've had Paypal email notification problem in the past. You can always modify the IPN script to mail you separately and attach the subscriber's information.

    If you have the source code, it should not be difficult at all.

    -Hendry
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  • Profile picture of the author Clyde Dennis
    As far as keeping track, you also get an email when someone unsubscribes.
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    • Profile picture of the author schabotte
      Since you are running a membership site, it would be nice to create/modify an IPN script on your server to receive the renewal IPN notifications from eBay and automatically suspend an account when the credit card was declined AND send that member a message informing him or her of that fact.

      A decline can occur when a credit card expiration date has passed for example.

      Also, its been a while since I looked at IPN for subscriptions but I believe it also sends you a notification when someone cancels their subscription so that you can automatically suspend their account on cancellation.

      It is a bit of work doing all the coding tweaks but it will automate the whole process for you.
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      • Profile picture of the author Steven Wagenheim
        Originally Posted by schabotte View Post

        Since you are running a membership site, it would be nice to create/modify an IPN script on your server to receive the renewal IPN notifications from eBay and automatically suspend an account when the credit card was declined AND send that member a message informing him or her of that fact.

        A decline can occur when a credit card expiration date has passed for example.

        Also, its been a while since I looked at IPN for subscriptions but I believe it also sends you a notification when someone cancels their subscription so that you can automatically suspend their account on cancellation.

        It is a bit of work doing all the coding tweaks but it will automate the whole process for you.

        Well, I use DLGuard and assume it does all that for you, but being a tech
        idiot, I honestly don't know.

        I guess I'll have to wait and see what happens when subscriptions start
        coming up for renewal.
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  • Profile picture of the author martinsejas
    You get an email when someone both subscribes and unsubscribes.
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