Contents
Chapter 7
Using Your PayPal Account Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
The Account Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .265 Account Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .265 Financial Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .265 Selling Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .266 Correspondence Between Profile Settings and HTML Variables . . . . . . . . . . . .266 Co-Branding the PayPal Checkout Pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .267 Working With Custom Payment Pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .268 Adding or Editing a Page Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .269 Making a Page Style Primary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .270 Overriding Page Styles On Individual Payment Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .270 Overriding Co-Branding Options on Individual Payment Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . .271 Tailoring the Checkout Experience. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .271 Auto Return . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .271 Getting Contact Telephone Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .274 PayPal Account Optional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .276 Automatic Calculation of Sales Tax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .285 Displaying the Sales Tax that PayPal Calculates During Checkout . . . . . . . . . . .286 Accessing Your Sales Tax Rates in Your Account Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .286 Setting Up Domestic Sales Tax Rates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .287 Setting Up International Sales Tax Rates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .289 Resolving Overlapping Sales Tax Rates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .289 Editing or Deleting Sales Tax Rates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .290 Overriding Sales Tax Calculations on Individual Transactions . . . . . . . . . . . . .290 Automatic Calculation of Shipping Charges (U.S. Merchants Only)
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Displaying the Shipping Charges that PayPal Calculates During Checkout. . . . . . .291 Shipping Regions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .293 Shipping Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .294 Shipping Rate Bases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .294 Shipping Rate Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .294 Shipping Rates and Currencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .295 Adding Shipping Rates for the First Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .295 Adding Shipping Methods by Using a Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .296 Viewing, Editing, and Adding Shipping Rates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .298 Viewing the Configuration of an Existing Shipping Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .300 Editing the Configuration Settings of an Existing Shipping Method . . . . . . . . . . .300 Deleting Shipping Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .301 Examples of Rate Bases and Shipping Calculations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .302 Overriding Shipping Calculations on Individual Transactions . . . . . . . . . . . . . .303
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Website Payments Standard Integration Guide