Very simple payment page. Enter amount & redirect to paypal to process
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Hi all,
I have a pretty basic question which i am sure has a pretty simple answer but at the moment it is eluding me.
I have developing a website where the client has a paypal account and wishes to process payments through paypal.
I have therefore created a very simple webpage where the user can enter in the amount and press a button to be redirected to paypal.
The URL it is redirecting to is as follows.. ahh cant post the url.
The variables of the url are as follows:
cmd=_cart
upload=1
business=email
currency_code=GBP
item_name_1=Testing
amount_1=1.01
country=GB
This redirects to paypal and you get the usual payment screen (with business name at the top etc), shopping cart listed and then the form to fill in with a credit/debit card.
When i enter my credit card details and try and process a £1.01 payment paypal errors with the "Sorry, an error occurred after you clicked the last link"
I am a compentant coder and have read the paypal integration guide front to back, however that was literally 2-3 years ago and i havent touched paypal since. Therefore i have basically forgotton everything! 😞
I suspect the problem lies within the account preferences / settings and not the actual code (as its incredibly basic).
I am using my own paypal business account to test with (i.e trying to send payments to) and my own personal credit card.
Could someone please tell me what account preferences etc i need configuring for this simply payment process to work?
Any help would be greatly appreicated.
Kind regards
Dan

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