PayPal w/multiple stores?

Hi.

I'm setting up a second store and would like to hear your recommendations/options regarding Paypal. For starters do I need a second Paypal account? If I (can)use the same account, will it cause problems if the older site(1.3.9h) uses IPN and the new site is 1.5.0 and I use Express?

Any insight or advice wold be greatly appreciated.

You don't need a second account (they don't allow two accounts to be tied to the same bank account).

I forget how I had it set up (had to remove PayPal from one site).

Okay. I kinda thought so, makes sense.

Any idea if I can use IPN and express? I tried upgrading my existing site to express once and the whole thing went south. Had to revert back to IPN.

Yes, it works for either Standard or Express Checkout. You should still use Express Checkout if at all possible.

FAQ on the topic: http://www.zen-cart.com/content.php?227-i-am-setting-up-two-zen-carts-and-would-like-to-use-the-same-paypal-account-for-both

Well, much to my surprise I got an answer from PayPal today that instructed me to sign-up for a second PayPal account. I much prefer to have the two stores under that same account. I've asked them if I were to upgrade my config to express if I could then use the same account...We'll see what they come back with.

As I said, you CAN use the same account for as many stores as you like.

Hi Dr Byte
We have 2 zen carts set up with paypal express and we have the api, IPN and return url set up as explained in the tutorial link you provided above.
The orders & payment all go through ok however on the second store in the admin the payment details are not repopulated on the order page?
So when you click into the order on admin the shaded out region is missing all the payment details from the paypal transaction? (see attached)
Hope you can shed some light on this and help us resolve
Regards

palagio:

Hi Dr Byte
We have 2 zen carts set up with paypal express and we have the api, IPN and return url set up as explained in the tutorial link you provided above.
The orders & payment all go through ok however on the second store in the admin the payment details are not repopulated on the order page?
So when you click into the order on admin the shaded out region is missing all the payment details from the paypal transaction? (see attached)
Hope you can shed some light on this and help us resolve
Regards

It can't show details of transactions that were done historically with a different PayPal account. It can only show transactions done using the current API Security credentials currently set in your module's settings.

i've tried everything listed here and on other threads and can't get paypal express to work with the addon stores.. works fine with the main store but no add-on stores.. here is one http://www.curiousfootwear.com.. try ordering anything and then click on the paypal checkout button and it goes to a blank screen.. same thing happens on all 7 of the other stores..

the one paypal account is setup with auto return to the main website, instant payment notifications to the main website, same API credentials for all stores in the _config.php files.

have no idea but i'm sure i'm missing something easy..

The "blank screen" issue is what you need to sort out. The fact that it's happening in conjunction with using PayPal is not related to "multiple stores".

DrByte:

The "blank screen" issue is what you need to sort out. The fact that it's happening in conjunction with using PayPal is not related to "multiple stores".

yikes found the problem.. crazy dumb miss my me.. i created the _config.php file for the other sites after the main site was 'done' and they all worked.. but then i upgraded the main site to paypal express for paypal and forgot to update all of the _config.php files for the other sites with the new settings for paypal express.. did that and they work now..

lidlchris:

yikes found the problem.. crazy dumb miss my me.. i created the _config.php file for the other sites after the main site was 'done' and they all worked.. but then i upgraded the main site to paypal express for paypal and forgot to update all of the _config.php files for the other sites with the new settings for paypal express.. did that and they work now..
Sounds like you're talking about extended behavior that relates to things outside normal Zen Cart features.

For the sake of future readers of this discussion, there are no "_config.php" files in original Zen Cart code. Those relate to other plugins.

DrByte:

Sounds like you're talking about extended behavior that relates to things outside normal Zen Cart features.

For the sake of future readers of this discussion, there are no "_config.php" files in original Zen Cart code. Those relate to other plugins.

actually it all specifically relates to the multi sites module and the _config.php file in that module.