How to use paypal IPN checkout in two sites?

How to use paypal IPN checkout in two sites?

Any differences betwwen paypal express checkout and paypal IPN ?

I have two online eshops , one eshop uses paypal IPN to checkout.And i want to bulid the another .

But it seems that paypal only allow seller using paypal IPN or paypal express checkout in one website , it does not support two sites.

For example, the first eshop uses myshop1111.com/index.php?gOo=cGF5cGFsX3JlcGx5LnBocA& as Notification URL in the paypal Instant Payment Notification Preference sitting , but the second is myshop2222.com/ipn_main_handler.php .

What I can do now? I'm confused,please help me to slove the problem.Sorry for my poor english.

you can just setup the paypal module normally in the second shop, using the same primary email

zen cart sends the correct information to paypal with each transaction so it over rides what paypal has stored for IPN and auto return,

they just need to be turned on it dosnt matter what the ruls are in them

got following information by search:
http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showthread.php?t=78139
http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showthread.php?t=61878&highlight=paypal+multiple

Thank you so much for answering my question.
have another question about you reply:

Originally Posted by Merlinpa1969:

make sure that you are using the default paypal email address in the paypal modulke settings for the store that dosnt work
also make sure that your .com/ipn_main_handler.php is available

I have two email address in one paypal account, does it means i must use the primary paypal email address ?

newuser123:

I have two email address in one paypal account, does it means i must use the primary paypal email address ?

Correct.

DrByte:

Correct.

thank you for you reply.
Only use primary paypal address is too bad for me, I wanna use two email address, such [email protected] and [email protected]

You can always try, but if it doesn't work as expected, you'll have to go back to the primary address.

If you don't like the way it works, contact PayPal and ask them about it.

DrByte:

You can always try, but if it doesn't work as expected, you'll have to go back to the primary address.

If you don't like the way it works, contact PayPal and ask them about it.

Dr Byte,thank you for your advice, i will try to test it before running my eshop ,thanks

Can I jump in with a similar question? I'm planning on starting a second Zen Cart website in the near future (though I might wait till 1.4 comes out). I use PayPal IPN. PayPal say you can only have one business account. Looking at the above posts, am I right in thinking that this doesn't matter, because the same PayPal account can be used for both Zen Cart sites. For a customer of the second site, does this mean that they will have no idea that the first website exists, and uses the same PayPal account? Also, to do this, I don't need to change any settings in PayPal or inform them in any way, Zen Cart simply tells PayPal all the relevant store information at the time of the transaction?

Payments will appear as being made to Your Business Name.
So, if your PayPal account's name is "John's Boating Supplies", and your second store is Wall Decorations, your Wall Decoration customers may be confused when they see "John's Boating Supplies" on the PayPal screens or on their CC bill.

DrByte:

Payments will appear as being made to Your Business Name.

Thanks Doc. That's what I thought originally. In that sense, it's not practical to have two sites use the same PayPal account. Any workarounds?

One idea I have is to ask PayPal to change my Business Name to a different name, a parent company. Then for both my sites, make it clear on the site pages that they are companies of the parent company.

Or I guess I could see if I could use another payment gateway. I thought about using Google Checkout, but I don't think this is available to the UK (yet)?

Do you have any suggestions?

Parent company is easiest.

Or, set up another PayPal business account in the name of your new business, with the primary accountholder being your business partner, not yourself. That makes it still honest and compliant with their terms, and still gives you and your partners access to the funds.

Or just contact PayPal and ask their opinion ... they're the ones making the rules.

I'm a one-man show so at the moment, the parent company idea sounds best. I'll contact PayPal and see what they say. I'm sure they get asked the question a lot. They probably have a standard response.

Make it a parent company, and also remember to put
company xxx a subsidary of xxx LLC or whatever so that once again customers are not confused

Merlinpa1969:

Make it a parent company, and also remember to put
company xxx a subsidary of xxx LLC or whatever so that once again customers are not confused

Thanks Merlinpa. Yes, I think this is what I will do. As long as I make it really clear to the customer, it should work. I have just contacted PayPal to see what they suggest. I'll report back here with their answer.