PayPal Express - What information is shared with customers?

ElfBorn
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I would like to know what information of my accounts are shared with the buyer when I use PayPal Express API on a custom payment gateway site to process software products. Do they get my address? The product is delivered digitally and I do not require the customer's address.

 

I don't know why my post are getting deleted, but here is some more info based on the first reply on this thread.

 

 

I am not sure about this. I am using getdpd.com to sell my product and to use PayPal Express, they require the following information.

 

c873cb455ee944ebb57fb268d720f876

 

 

I have 7 products, ranging from $50 ~ $100 and all of them are digital goods which only require the email address of the customer. It would be really great if you could tell me how I can prevent the customer from getting my address, if it is being given that is. I haven't used PayPal express before and or the sake of privacy, I would like not to reveal my address to random strangers, and hence I want to confirm this before proceeding. 

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sharpiemarker
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Not sure what sort of integration method you are using: REST API, NVP/SOAP API, or v.zero SDK, etc but you can turn shipping addresses off if you don't need it.

 

See integration documentation:

https://developer.paypal.com/docs/classic/products/express-checkout/


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ElfBorn
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I am not sure about this. I am using getdpd.com to sell my product and to use PayPal Express, they require the following information.

 

c873cb455ee944ebb57fb268d720f876

 

 

I have 7 products, ranging from $50 ~ $100 and all of them are digital goods which only require the email address of the customer. It would be really great if you could tell me how I can prevent the customer from getting my address, if it is being given that is. I haven't used PayPal express before and or the sake of privacy, I would like not to reveal my address to random strangers, and hence I want to confirm this before proceeding. 

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ElfBorn
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I am not sure about this. I am using getdpd.com to sell my product and to use PayPal Express, they require the following information - API Username, Password and Signature, which I can find on the API page of my account.

 

I have 7 products, ranging from $50 ~ $100 and all of them are digital goods which only require the email address of the customer. It would be really great if you could tell me how I can prevent the customer from getting my address, if it is being given that is. I haven't used PayPal express before and or the sake of privacy, I would like not to reveal my address to random strangers, and hence I want to confirm this before proceeding. 

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ElfBorn
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I am not sure about this. I am using getdpd.com to sell my product and to use PayPal Express, they require the following information.

 

c873cb455ee944ebb57fb268d720f876

 

 

I have 7 products, ranging from $50 ~ $100 and all of them are digital goods which only require the email address of the customer. It would be really great if you could tell me how I can prevent the customer from getting my address, if it is being given that is. I haven't used PayPal express before and or the sake of privacy, I would like not to reveal my address to random strangers, and hence I want to confirm this before proceeding. 

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ElfBorn
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I am not sure about this. I am using getdpd.com to sell my product and to use PayPal Express, they require the following information.

 

c873cb455ee944ebb57fb268d720f876

 

 

I have 7 products, ranging from $50 ~ $100 and all of them are digital goods which only require the email address of the customer. It would be really great if you could tell me how I can prevent the customer from getting my address, if it is being given that is. I haven't used PayPal express before and or the sake of privacy, I would like not to reveal my address to random strangers, and hence I want to confirm this before proceeding. 

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MTS_Ciaran
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The sellers address is not shared to customers for express Checkout transactions. Separatel, as noted above you should set the itemCategory to "digital" when selling digital goods.

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