How to make billing address optional in PayPal SmartButton credit/Debit card dialog

Vid2023
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I have integrated PayPal smartbutton using javascript sdk. Everything works fine with the payments. However, our customers are asked to key in phone number and address when paying by Creadit/Debit card (they don't have paypal account). Since our's is digital goods (nothing physical), I want to make phone number and address optional for our customers. I have tried to find documentation for that without any success!

 

Ideas?

 

 

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MTS_Chiranjeevi
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Good day @Vid2023,

 

Thank you for posting to the PayPal community.

 

Completely understand the trouble.

 

Unfortunately, merchants can't disable/remove "billing address" from Debit/Credit card (PayPal Smart button).

 

This is expected behaviour of the product.

 

Merchant can able to disable/remove "Shipping address" details.

 

Please follow the below detailed steps & instructions based on your website integration.

 

1. For REST API integration : You can pass value "NO_SHIPPING" to disable shipping address during checkout.

 

For digital goods, the payment API request call should be correct value under "Shipping_Preference" field.

shipping_preference : The location from which the shipping address is derived. The possible values are:
  • GET_FROM_FILE. Get the customer-provided shipping address on the PayPal site.
  • NO_SHIPPING. Redacts the shipping address from the PayPal site. Recommended for digital goods.
  • SET_PROVIDED_ADDRESS. Get the merchant-provided address. The customer cannot change this address on the PayPal site. If merchant does not pass an address, customer can choose the address on PayPal pages.

Default: GET_FROM_FILE.

 

Guide link - https://developer.paypal.com/docs/api/orders/v2/#definition-application_context  

 

2. For NVP API integration, pass the "no_shipping" as "1"  in your SetExpressCheckoutRequest API call to disable shipping address during checkout.

 

NOSHIPPING  : Determines whether PayPal displays shipping address fields on the PayPal pages. For digital goods, this field is required, and you must set it to 1. 

Value is:
•    0 — PayPal displays the shipping address on the PayPal pages. But do not require one.
•    1 — PayPal does not display shipping address fields and removes shipping information from the transaction.
•    2 — If you do not pass the shipping address, PayPal obtains it from the buyer's account profile. require one. 

Guide link - https://developer.paypal.com/docs/classic/api/merchant/SetExpressCheckout-API-Operation-NVP/

 

3. For "PayPal Payments Standard" legacy button integration, pass the "no_shipping" as "1" to disable shipping address during checkout.

 

no_shipping

Do not prompt buyers for a shipping address.

Valid value is:

  • 0. Prompt for an address, but do not require one.
  • 1. Do not prompt for an address.
  • 2. Prompt for an address and require one.

 

Guide link - https://developer.paypal.com/api/nvp-soap/paypal-payments-standard/integration-guide/Appx-websitesta...

 

If your still facing issues, please create a MTS ticket via -  https://www.paypal-support.com/s/?language=en_US with detailed information and error details.

 

Sincerely,

Chiranjeevi

PayPal/Braintree MTS

 

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