PayPal runs the credit card or account balance authorization using it's web accept and sends you a confirmation email and posts the authorization back to your Merchant store. You match the Merchant notification emails with the PayPal confirmation emails. For added security, it is advisable to check the status on the PayPal web site (linked within Merchant admin). Once you verify that the money has been transferred to your account, you can ship the products.

The module works with Merchant 5.x store morph technology. If you want the transaction number to appear in the merchant notification emails, you will need to use an email module that has that capability, e.g. the Emporium Plus Mail Manager or other 3rd party emails which can display payment methods and data.

This product also includes a report feature. You can list orders by any time frame and specify only orders with a specific product code in them. You can also sort it by state or country according to their paypal.com account registration.

Optionally, the module has the ability to include an invoice message which can be included in the invoice screen and certain emails (like Mail Manager).

You can set the store's paypal.com custom checkout screen to use when order is from your MIVA Merchant store. This custom checkout screen at paypal.com can be different from your custom checkout screen you use from other income sources, e.g. eBay. After the customer makes the payment at paypal.com, they can click a button to return to your store. You can configure the text in that button, e.g. Return to Emporium Plus to complete this order.

This module is particularly useful for the small sized Mom and Pop store which does not want the added expense of setting up Merchant credit card accounts and having to meet minimum sales quotas.

Additionally, it is a nice option for the big guys who want to offer additional payment methods besides their regular credit card merchant account. As such, it makes online payment possible for those customers who don't have credit cards but have built up an online balance through their own sales, e.g. through eBay. PayPal is the predominant method of payment at eBay. There are over 78,000,000 PayPal accounts. Do not overlook these as potential customers at your store. Over 42,000 websites accept PayPal and are listed in the PayPal Shops at paypal.com. Can you afford not to be in that list? PayPal accounts are available to customers in the United States and many other countries around the world. This PayPal module allows the store owner to designate any of several currencies which PayPal accepts, e.g. USD, CAD, EUR, etc. See paypal.com site for info on the current international currencies you can have as a default. For those currencies not directly accepted, this paypal module allows for a conversion to USD from the currency your store is using.

In some cases, customers may have problems with their PayPal account. Take a look at the virtual terminal service that PayPal (paypal.com) offers (for a monthly fee) as this might solve the issue with those few customers who cannot use PayPal or do not want to use PayPal. Included in our paypal.zip file for Merchant 5.x is the Emporium Plus Phone In Payment module ($20.00 if ordered separately).

If you are not familiar with how PayPal works, check it out. If you like it, sign up, then add this payment option to your store.