Paypal Express checkout recent changes

[rstar23]

we are legacyhomeschool.com
zen 1.5.4
php 5.6.40
MySQL 5.5.5-10.2.40-MariaDB
Apache webserver

We have been using paypal express in zen for quite awhile. Now we get an email from paypal stating

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"To make online purchasing with PayPal easy and to help drive better experiences for your customers, we’re making some improvements:
• Enhancing ways to help authenticate recognized customers, including one-time-password capabilities
• Simplifying the account creation process
• Removing the guest option within Express Checkout so when customers click on PayPal to check out, they'll have the option to easily log in or to create an account"
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Is any of this going to affect the zen paypal express module within zencart? "Removing the guest option" sounds troubling.

Any feedback will be appreciated

Rich
legacyhomeschool.com

[lat9]

we are legacyhomeschool.com
zen 1.5.4
php 5.6.40
MySQL 5.5.5-10.2.40-MariaDB
Apache webserver

We have been using paypal express in zen for quite awhile. Now we get an email from paypal stating

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"To make online purchasing with PayPal easy and to help drive better experiences for your customers, we’re making some improvements:
• Enhancing ways to help authenticate recognized customers, including one-time-password capabilities
• Simplifying the account creation process
• Removing the guest option within Express Checkout so when customers click on PayPal to check out, they'll have the option to easily log in or to create an account"
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Is any of this going to affect the zen paypal express module within zencart? "Removing the guest option" sounds troubling.

Any feedback will be appreciated

Rich
legacyhomeschool.com

I got that email, too. My reading of the "Removing the guest option" is that PayPal will now require that customer payments occur from a customer's PayPal account (i.e. the customer must have an account with PayPal).

The "guest option" (i.e. the PayPal Express Payment button) will still work within Zen Cart, but your customer will need to have a PayPal account to continue. That's similar in function to PayPal's previous processing, where they would require a customer to create a PayPal account after making some number of 'guest' PayPal purchases.

[swguy]

If you don't want to force your customers to create a PayPal account, it might be worth considering other credit card processing options, such as Square.

[rstar23]

If you don't want to force your customers to create a PayPal account, it might be worth considering other credit card processing options, such as Square.

Thanks

It might be time to look at other options. Am curious how Square works with Zen?

[rstar23]

Thanks.

I am reading this the same. I don't recall getting any sort of heads-up from paypal prior to this most recent email. Did you get any notice or forewarning prior to this?

[swguy]

At first I thought this was phishing because I didn't see anything on PayPal's site about it. I'm still monitoring on behalf of clients who don't want this behavior.

[rstar23]

thanks for the info

[rstar23]

Talked with paypal support regarding the email we received and they say it was a phishing attempt .

[swguy]

HAH! Thanks for confirming. I thought so but I didn't see any crazy URLs in the email so I wasn't sure.