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How to Turn on PayPal IPN When Using Magento & PayPal

What I’ve been really surprised by over the past few weeks is the number of sites that don’t actually have this turned on and it’s just not limited to self-builds even the really expensive Magento builds are missing this out this as a step.

Turning on the PayPal Instant Payment Notification (IPN for short) is an excellent idea as means that when a customer pays for an item using PayPal then the payment information will be updated on the Magento order details in the administration panel.

It only takes a few moments to enable and I’ll show you how to enable IPN for your Magento site below. This will mean that when you receive an order via PayPal Express for example, you can actually see the transaction details in Magento and if you’re using eSellerPro and have the eSellerPro Connector enabled for sales order processing, your order & payment details will match up automatically.

 

How to Enable PayPal IPN

Setting this up won’t take more than a few moments and here are 6 simple steps to do this:

#1 Login to PayPal

#2 Hover on “Profile” and select “My Selling Preferences”

PayPal IPN for Magento Step 1

#3 Halfway down the page, click on “Update” next to “Instant payment notifications”

Paypal IPN for Magento Step 2

#4 You’ll now be presented with a  page similar to this, press “Choose IPN Settings”

Paypal IPN for Magento Step 3

#5 Now enter the following details:

  • Notification URL – This is simply http://your-magento-store.com/paypal/ipn/ replacing “your-magento-store.com” with your website address. <= This is the part that normally trips everyone up as they’re not sure what to enter here.
  • IPN messages – Set this to “Receive IPN messages (Enabled)”

PayPal IPN for Magento Step 4

#6 Press Save

That’s it job done.

To test whether IPN is working or not is dead simple, just make a test transaction through your website (you will need a secondary PayPal account for this) and a few minutes later, check on the order in your Magento admin panel has been updated with the PayPal transaction details.

To help you, I have put to images below, the image on the left has no IPN details, the image on the right does.

Paypal IPN Not Working Paypal IPN Has Worked
PayPal - Magento IPN Not Working PayPal - Magento IPN Has Worked

If you’re seeing the extra information similar to the right image, congratulations PayPal Instant Payment Notifications are working for you, yay!

Did your Magento Design Company go the extra Mile?

Anyone can make a pretty website, however, did your design company go the extra mile and suggest you set up Paypal IPN for your site? Or has this caught you out too? Let me know in the comments box below.

Meet Me for Coffee at the Internet Retailing Conference

It’s IRX time again and I’m soo looking forward to attending. Out of the 4 or so ‘public’ conference that I visited last year, IRX in March was by far the best!

The Internet Retailing conference has the largest line-up of exhibitors I know of in the UK, Amazon, ChannelAdvisor, eSellerPro, iContact, PayPal, Reevoo, SellerExpress and a whole host of others will be attending in person. While there is no stand for eBay specifically, you can be sure the select members of their team will be attending. You can see the full line up here and registration is FREE.Internet Retailing Expo 2012

Register for Free

I’m really looking forward to seeing how the team from My1stWish do, as they’re presenting with eSellerPro at 11:30 and I can’t wait to meet Dave Chaffey CEO of SmartInsights after his presentation at 12:00 on day 1. A full agenda for both days is here.

 

Agent Orange

This year I am taking up roots in the Cafe area again and just so you’ll not miss me I’ll be wearing “orange”.

I’ve included a cheesy shot below so you know who to look for. I’ll be sporting a solar panel, a goatee of some form, a smile and as someone kindly pointed out last year a hoody that makes me look like a Guantanamo Bay inmate.

Meet Me For Coffee!

Meet Me For Coffee!

I am attending both days and are staying overnight (thanks to the team at CargoBox). If you would like to meet me, just pop over and say “Hi”, I’d love to meet you face to face.

It appears it’s the same conference hall (3a) as it was last year at the NEC in Birmingham and there is a Cafe area in the middle. I’ll be sat in the middle of it, you’re not going to be able to miss me :)

Are You Attending?

Are you attending this year’s IRX? Let me know in the comments box below and we’ll hook up for a chat.

PayPal needs your input – PayPal Bribes @ £65 An Hour!

Wow I’m in the wrong business, check out the mail below, we’re being offered £65 an hour if we pass the survey test, I need to go back to being a full time ‘consumer’. I’ve completed the form and are waiting eagerly!

Paypal-bribes

PayPal Customer Survey @ £65 An Hour