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question about billing with paypal...

by LastingLifeSuccess
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Hi Warriors,

I'm hoping you can help me with this... I'd like to be able to set up one of my products to where the customer orders the product, but then doesn't get billed for it until 2 weeks. Can I do this in paypal?

Thanks!
Rebecca
#billing #paypal #question
  • Profile picture of the author Johnny Slater
    You would have to set it up as a subscription with a 2 week free trial and only 1 billing period.

    This came up in another thread recently and I posted the PayPal button code to do this:
    http://www.warriorforum.com/main-int...nt-paypal.html
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  • Profile picture of the author Johnny Slater
    a1 is the trial billing amount
    p1 is the billing frequency - this is a number. Set this to 2 for two weeks
    t1 is the billing terms - D=days W=weeks M=months Y=years. Set this to W for weeks
    a3 is the normal billing amount
    p3 is the normal billing frequency - set this to 1
    t1 is the normal billing terms - Set this to whatever you need
    sra is the number of times to bill the normal billing amount - set this to 1 for only 1 billing cycle

    Code:
    <form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post">
<input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_xclick-subscriptions">
<input type="hidden" name="business" value="put your email address here">
<input type="hidden" name="item_name" value="put product name here">
<input type="hidden" name="item_number" value="put your item number here">
<input type="hidden" name="no_shipping" value="1">
<input type="hidden" name="return" value="put return url here">
<input type="hidden" name="cancel_return" value="put cancel url here">
<input type="hidden" name="no_note" value="1">
<input type="hidden" name="currency_code" value="USD">
<input type="hidden" name="bn" value="PP-SubscriptionsBF">
<input type="hidden" name="a1" value="0.00">
<input type="hidden" name="p1" value="2">
<input type="hidden" name="t1" value="W"> 
<input type="hidden" name="a3" value="7.00">
<input type="hidden" name="p3" value="1">
<input type="hidden" name="t3" value="M">
<input type="hidden" name="sra" value="1">
<input type="hidden" name="rm" value="2"> 
<input type="image" src="paypal_buynow.gif">
<input type="hidden" name="usr_manage" value="0">
<input type="hidden" name="page_style" value="custompage">
<input type="hidden" name="cbt" value="Click+Here+For+Important+Information+About+Your+Order"> 
</form>
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    • Profile picture of the author LastingLifeSuccess
      i'm still having a problem figuring this out...

      i need to be able to use the paypal buy now url and not the form you show in the post above...

      i found this link provided in the other post about this:

      https://www.paypal.com/subscriptions...e&item_number=
      youritemnumberhere&no_shipping=1&return=yourreturn urlhere&no_note=1&a1=0.00&p1=1&t1=W&a3=27.00&p3=1& t3=Y&sra=1&no_no
      te=1&usr_manage=1
      but here's my issue... i need to be able to add 2 custom variables to that link and i don't know how. these are the custom variables:

      page_style=custompage
      cbt=Click Here For Important Information About Your Order
      can anyone help me with this??

      thanks,
      rebecca
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  • Profile picture of the author Chris Lockwood
    You may find it easier to go into your account and create the button there.
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    • Profile picture of the author LastingLifeSuccess
      Originally Posted by Chris Lockwood View Post

      You may find it easier to go into your account and create the button there.
      that makes sense to me, but then, i'm a little confused about the options... what i need to do is set the button up so it charges the customer only once, 2 weeks after they buy.

      for "billing cycle" i put 2 weeks

      i click the "offer a trial" --> check "free trial" --> under "how long should the trial period last" i enter 2 weeks

      but then with "after how many cycles should billing stop" there's no option for 1. 2 is the lowest number.

      so, that's the issue.

      any advice???

      thanks
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  • Profile picture of the author Johnny Slater
    In the paypal button factory there is no option to do what is required here. It has taken a lot of trial and error to figure that code out since there is no way to do it from inside of PayPal directly.
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    • Profile picture of the author LastingLifeSuccess
      Originally Posted by Johnny Slater View Post

      In the paypal button factory there is no option to do what is required here. It has taken a lot of trial and error to figure that code out since there is no way to do it from inside of PayPal directly.
      that's what i thought... so how do i add the custom variables i need to the buy now text link?

      these are the custom variables in the way i usually add them to the form in the paypal create button page:

      page_style=custompage
      cbt=Click Here For Important Information About Your Order

      thanks!!!!!!
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  • Profile picture of the author Johnny Slater
    If you look at the first link I posted up above I show an example of a text link of the code I posted here.
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  • Profile picture of the author Johnny Slater
    Code:
    <a 
href=https://www.paypal.com/subscriptions/business=youremailaddress@here.com&item_name=youritemnamehere&item_number=
youritemnumberhere&no_shipping=1&return=yourreturnurlhere&no_note=1&a1=0.00&p1=2&t1=W&a3=7.00&p3=1&t3=Y&sra=1&no_no
te=1&usr_manage=1&page_style=custompage&cbt=Click+Here+For+Important+Information+About+Your+Order>Buy Now</a>
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    • Profile picture of the author LastingLifeSuccess
      Originally Posted by Johnny Slater View Post

      Code:
      <a 
href=https://www.paypal.com/subscriptions/business=youremailaddress@here.com&item_name=youritemnamehere&item_number=
youritemnumberhere&no_shipping=1&return=yourreturnurlhere&no_note=1&a1=0.00&p1=2&t1=W&a3=7.00&p3=1&t3=Y&sra=1&no_no
te=1&usr_manage=1&page_style=custompage&cbt=Click+Here+For+Important+Information+About+Your+Order>Buy Now</a>
      Hi Johnny,

      First of all thanks for coming up with the link for me... that's great... but there's one thing... under the "terms" it says:

      Free for the first 2 weeks
      Then $97.00 USD for one month

      Is there anyway to change "for one month/year/day" to something like "one time" or just deleted that part all together?

      It's confusing to a customer to read "Then $97.00 USD for one month/year/day".

      Thanks!
      Rebecca
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  • Profile picture of the author LastingLifeSuccess
    thank you!!!!!
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  • Profile picture of the author Johnny Slater
    As far as I know that is controlled by PayPal and can't be changed. The maximum you can set is for 5 years so you might want to do that instead.
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