PayPal “Buy Now” problems
Just setup PayPal “Buy Now” buttons in an eCommerce website. In short, with this facility, people can pay even without becoming a PayPal member. Very convenient indeed.
First I created one “Buy Now” button, and tested it. It worked very well.
So I created several more.
Then the problems started.
I got all sort of errors, including “Message 3104″. Basically, all the error messages asked me to login with existing PayPal account. Which pretty much defeats the purpose.
Googling around, all suggestions are about lowering security settings, allow cookies, and so on. Tried them, and still the same problem occured.
After hours of messing around, finally I found the culprit - instead of one <form> tag for EACH button, there was only one of it for ALL buttons.
No wonder PayPal got so confused with it.
I put one <form> tag for each button, and tried again - voila, I can pay for the goods just with my credit card now.
Hope it helps someone out there.
August 11th, 2006 03:03
wah.. beneran nih pak? bisa kah?
ingin segera mencoba…
August 22nd, 2006 00:51
I use the standard Paypal Buy Now button because it is simple and I am not a programmer. I did the integration myself and had made numerous changes (pricing) wihout any trouble - until lately, when the system would not adjust the shipping charges for more than 1 unit ordered. I have had no luck from Paypal people and I am now forced to up my unit cost to make up for the additional shipping cost. I wonder if you can help.
August 22nd, 2006 05:22
job - try PayPalDev.org, it was a great help to me last time. cheers.
December 18th, 2007 10:37
harry.sufehmi.com
I would just like to say thank soooooooooooooooooooooo
much for posting this. It worked perfectly for me!
Chrissie
December 18th, 2007 16:59
@Chrissie - you’re very welcome
thanks for letting me know that you’ve benefitted from this post.
February 29th, 2008 17:04
Paypal makes life so much easier and comfortable