Why is shipping being added to my IPN response?
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Why is shipping being added to my IPN response? Th is has worked for years but all off a sudden some of our IPN requests are containing shipping parameters like the one below for 17.01 We never send anything in regards to shipping. This should of been a gross amount of 567.01 (which was regular price of $550.00 plus $17.01 processing fee). It then adds another 17.01 as shipping to get this $584.02 below. Does PayPal have a way to add shipping on their side outside of any third party redirects?
mc_gross=584.02&invoice=926454&protection_eligibility=Eligible&payer_id=test&payment_date=08%3A27%3A24+Mar+05%2C+2023+PST&payment_status=Completed&charset=windows-1252&first_name=test&mc_fee=12.11¬ify_version=3.9&custom=926454&payer_status=unverified&business=test%40yahoo.com&quantity=1&verify_sign=test&payer_email=test2%40outlook.com&txn_id=test&payment_type=instant&last_name=test&receiver_email=test%40yahoo.com&payment_fee=12.11&shipping_discount=0.00&insurance_amount=0.00&receiver_id=test&txn_type=web_accept&item_name=test&discount=0.00&mc_currency=USD&item_number=&residence_country=US&receipt_id=test&shipping_method=Store+Pickup&transaction_subject=&payment_gross=584.02&shipping=17.01&ipn_track_id=test

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Hi @cblaze22 ,
Thank you for posting to the PayPal Community.
PayPal Standard has a shipping calculator available within the PayPal Profile. This will add shipping to all PayPal Standard transactions.
Here is basic information:
https://www.paypal.com/us/cshelp/article/how-do-i-calculate-shipping-costs-on-my-website-help690
This is where you can update the shipping calculator:
Here's how to calculate shipping costs for purchases made on your website:
- Log into your PayPal Account
- Go to Account Settings.
- Click Shipping under "Products and Services" on the left menu.
- Click Update next to "Shipping Calculations."
Most likely the receiving account has the shipping calculator settings setup in the PayPal Profile.
Thank you,
Jennifer
MTS
PayPal

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