Paypal set-up for Authorize payment on WooCommerce

  • Resolved vivero90

    (@vivero90)


    4 years, 3 months ago

    Hi there!

    I’m making this post since I’ve failed to find the answer from this forum (and also Google); and I believe my issue is very simple. So basically the problem is, I want to authorize payments when people are buying from my WooCommerce shop, and in this case I’m using Paypal. The whole payments set-up for this Paypal on my WC side is properly set already – it’s all good including (specifically) API credentials, IPN, and Paypal identity token been all taken care from both sides (WC and my Paypal account). And undoubtedly, I’ve chosen ‘authorize’ for the Payment action on WC setting.

    What I want to know is, at this point having set up all I described above from both sides, is that enough to allow the ‘authorize’ function to work – or – is there anything extra I still need to complete from Paypal side? I’d followed the steps given by WooCommerce on how to set up for Paypal (Standard) to accept payments, including the ‘authorize’ payments part – but somehow, I came across the article of Authorize and Capture from Paypal and it started to mention things that sound to me like somehow would involve coding in order to authorize and capture. I get lost, I do. I previously thought by setting up some small steps (which nothing to do with coding) from my Paypal account as directed by WooCommerce guide and that was enough. If someone can help me with this, please do – your help will be very appreciated. Thank you ??

    • This topic was modified 4 years, 3 months ago by vivero90.
    • This topic was modified 4 years, 3 months ago by vivero90.
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  • Plugin Support EastOfWest a11n

    (@eastofwest)

    Hi there,

    It sounds like you’ve followed the instructions, but now you have some doubts that it will work?

    You don’t say, but have you tested it to check if it works as you expect?

    If you haven’t tested it yet, I would suggest enabling Debug Log under the PayPal settings in WooCommerce, and completing a transaction using either your live or your sandbox PayPal credentials.

    Let us know the results, and if there’s anything in your Debug Log to suggest it doesn’t follow your chose settings, include that with your reply. Also, include a System Status Report? To find it, go to WooCommerce ? Status, select “Get system report” and then “Copy for support”.?

    Thread Starter vivero90

    (@vivero90)

    Hi EastOfWest,

    Thanks for trying to help me ??

    To answer you, my shop hasn’t been tested yet.
    The Sandbox account and my products, both are not set up yet. I’ll have to learn how to do these two first. If you don’t mind, it may take me some time to come back with the result you suggested (forgive me for being a novice). Do you mind to help me confirm one thing for now?

    My question; if I’d followed and executed the steps thoroughly given by WooCommerce (setting up Paypal Standard) – should this alone be enough? I’m saying, am I right that there’s no more thing I need to set up/configure which otherwise I believe should be mentioned by WooCommerce setup guide?

    This is the link of instruction from WC that I’d followed: https://docs.woocommerce.com/document/paypal-standard/
    To be specific, if you see the article – I’d set up for Advanced Options, API Credentials, Paypal IPN URL, Auto-Return (and also Paypal identity token) – all based on the instruction given. I have done what they told me to configure on my Paypal account regarding those details mentioned. After this setup, I thought I could start Authorizing payments and capture later once my shop is open – but I’m not sure what to think after encountering this Paypal article (authorize and capture payments integration guide; https://developer.paypal.com/docs/integration/direct/payments/authorize-and-capture-payments/#

    Do I really need to do some integration thing like this Paypal article mentions so I can authorize and capture payment when my WooCommerce shop is open? Thanks!

    • This reply was modified 4 years, 3 months ago by vivero90.
    • This reply was modified 4 years, 3 months ago by vivero90.
    Plugin Support EastOfWest a11n

    (@eastofwest)

    If you followed and executed the steps thoroughly, then yes, it should be enough. However, because there are so many combinations of plugins, themes and even hosting environments out there, one can never be 100% sure until repeated tests have proved expectations ??

    Regarding “authorize” and “capture” – if you authorize a payment, funds are not actually debited from your customer, but merely reserved for a while. If authorized funds are not captured within a certain widow (7 days or so to be safe), the authorization is released, and your customer can spend the funds again.

    It sounds like you want to use “authorize” like one might use a deposit, but it’s not recommended to use it in this way, because authorization is not money in your pocket.

    If you want to sell products before you actually have those products, then there are different approaches. Enabling backorders is built-in to WooCommerce and is one approach, as are extensions like WooCommerce Waitlist, WooCommerce Deposits, and WooCommerce Pre-Orders.

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