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
April 9th, 2009 14:52
Well, paypaldev is good option. Usually problem occurs when i use encrypted links. It is pain really when a customer want to buy and cant go through. Usually i use email links to avoid issue. You can also provide additional payment option.
May 12th, 2009 21:21
Nowdays this works jus great.
July 1st, 2009 04:57
i use “downloadguard” for all my sales which also makes it very easy to integrate paypal buttons. Dont need to even log in to paypal anymore..just grab the link from downloadguard.
G.
July 30th, 2009 23:51
Paypal is the best online currency tool. I can not imagine how we can live without it.
August 26th, 2009 22:25
Accepting cards by paypal is always a little risky, there is always going to be a less professional feel than if you have your own checkout process and payment gateway. Also, I have noticed if someone has had a paypal account suspended (which seems to be happening more and more often) they are not able to use the paypal checkout system as it recognises them from other details/their registered card from the suspended/banned/on hold account.
October 18th, 2009 06:42
paypal guard make me feel so mad. lol.but,well paypal the one best online card that everyone have.
October 20th, 2009 06:34
paypal is very complicated
October 31st, 2009 16:12
paypal, sering kena potongan ak
December 3rd, 2009 05:25
kiss ya
December 28th, 2009 11:39
There needs to be a better alternative to paypal for those of us who only sell stuff occasionally.
January 14th, 2010 07:09
yeah this needs to be sorted, had a bit of problems myself
January 31st, 2010 07:44
By Sinjay School Business & web hosting list said: My Paypal account is unverified, so can`t any buy.