Comments on: Ditch PayPal Standard For PayPal Express

By: Gerardo

Gerardo — Mon, 18 Apr 2016 19:02:27 +0000

Will you include the new PayPal In-Context experience in the module?

By: Alex

Alex — Fri, 15 Apr 2016 09:44:04 +0000

Hi,

This was really interesting to read – I have a client currently using PayPal standard, and we have had issues with the order stays defaulting to completed, when it fact it still needs processing (although I posted an explanation of working around this here: http://www.leicestershirewebsitedesign.co.uk/opencart-paypal-status-confusion/).

Ultimately my client plans to switch to PayPal Pro once the account is approved and we’ve set up SSL on the site, but after reading this I can see some clear advantages of PayPal Express, and I have a few old clients that still use the standard PayPal, and we have had some of the issues listed here occur in the past, so I’ll recommend they switch over.

I’m just curious that with the advantages of PayPal Express why PayPal doesn’t force people to use this method, or is that because the standard method is so much simpler to set-up, and they’re worried they could lose or confuse customers straightaway?

By: Robert Mangiafico

Robert Mangiafico — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 19:42:07 +0000

Amanda,

Glad to hear it was helpful. Yes, to test it, I would either set up a personal PayPal account on a different email address, or ask a friend to test. This way you can see the full process from start to finish to make sure it makes sense to your customers.

By: Amanda

Amanda — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 18:28:16 +0000

Thanks for the very clear instructions. I just made the changes. Only issue is I can’t figure out how to test what a user sees using PayPal because I only have my business PayPal account and I get an error message trying to “pay” with Pay Pal with that account. Is only other way to test a user end display to set up a personal account with PayPal or ask a friend to test? Thanks again for making this a simple fix.

By: Rob Mangiafico

Rob Mangiafico — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 19:09:36 +0000

Looks like this is a bug in opencart:
http://forum.opencart.com/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=21120

I’d start there.

By: N. Amjad

N. Amjad — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 12:47:17 +0000

Hey,

I keep getting the error message: Paypal Express: 10413::The totals of the cart item amounts do not match order amounts

I guess this has something to do with taxes, here in Holland is the tax 6% food and 19% non-food. Is there a way to fix this?

By: Rob Mangiafico

Rob Mangiafico — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 21:37:22 +0000

Anton,

Sure, you can setup recurring payments with Express just like with Standard.

By: Anton

Anton — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 03:12:47 +0000

Is it possible to set up subscription payments with Express as well?

By: Rob Mangiafico

Rob Mangiafico — Sat, 15 May 2010 19:14:43 +0000

When using ShopSite with PP Standard, the customer is not shown the ShopSite receipt/thank you page, which is a problem for tracking such as Google Analytics or affiliate tracking.

Express avoids relying on the IPN service of PayPal, which is often glitchy, or does not send the details 100% of the time.

I agree about PP lack of customization on the PP side though.

By: Burce

Burce — Sat, 15 May 2010 16:31:19 +0000

PayPal standard can also be configured to return the customer back to your site. I don’t see the difference between express and standard. Express has more forced PayPal branding of your site…which can push customers away.

Both standard and express offer pathetic customization of the paypal checkout page. Basically you can add a header and change the background color…