Re: PayPal Express Checkout Datamodel

2009-08-05 Thread BJ Freeman
#1 I guess you going for the minimal model for paypal like in the IPN. I was tryng to get across that if they select and Address is should be one they have on file with paypal or is their address on their CC. This is for Paypal to guarantee the payment. #2 this is actually a re-factor of the ser

Re: PayPal Express Checkout Datamodel

2009-08-05 Thread Scott Gray
Thanks for your input BJ, a few points: 1. If you ask for the shipping address first you are no longer doing a full checkout process and might as well just take the PayPal as a payment method option. The point of offering Express Checkout is that for a PayPal user it is 'express', they log

Re: PayPal Express Checkout Datamodel

2009-08-05 Thread BJ Freeman
I would approach it from the user level and ask for there paypal address of record first. i would then build the Shipping estimate tables so they are access fast. note: this is a change from the manual maintainance of the shipping estimate tables. Then i would call paypal. on the return request wou

PayPal Express Checkout Datamodel

2009-08-04 Thread Scott Gray
Hi All, In order to be able to perform a full checkout with PayPal's Express Checkout you are required to send 1 or more 'default' shipping methods/ estimates along with the request that initiates the checkout. It's a bit of a PITA because you don't yet know the shipping address but are r