How to configure a Payment Service like PayPal in Sueetie Marketplace Administration
To Each Payment System Their Due
The initial release of the Marketplace with Sueetie v3.2 coming in May supports PayPal Web Standard Payments, where PayPal handles both the Shopping Cart and Transaction processes, sending back a Transaction Code used by Sueetie to perform any post-purchase processing. PayPal Web Standard Payments is an example of a Sueetie Marketplace Payment Service. Each payment service supported by Sueetie as the Marketplace matures will require its own set of configuration parameters, so the details will vary while the process is the same.
Each Marketplace Payment Service will require the Sueetie Administrator to have service accounts with capabilities that Sueetie will use for processing Marketplace transactions. For an example of what is required to setup a PayPal Web Standard Payments account, for instance, see this
Sueetie Wiki How-To Document.Setting the Primary Payment System
Sueetie Marketplace is designed to use a Primary Payment Service for all transactions. You can select the service in Marketplace Administration. In v3.2 the choices are PayPal Standards Live or the PayPal Sandbox for testing purposes.
Configuring the Payment Service Parameters
The PayPal Standard Payments configuration form is shown below. It contains all of the elements used in creating the "Add to Cart" and "Display Shopping Cart" links in the Sueetie Marketplace, based on the type of product. If you go to the Sueetie Marketplace, you'll see that the action links "Add to Cart," "Download this Item" etc are displayed for items requiring a purchase only. Marketplace knows not to display "Add to Cart" links for free downloads, for instance.
These configuration parameters may seem a bit daunting, but Marketplace comes pre-configured for you with the properties you provide being only Account Name and PayPal Identity Token. You will modify the domain of the Return Url and Shopping Url as well, so very quick and simple.
For more on how to create a PayPal Standard Payments account and the configuration parameters shown here, see
How to Create a PayPal Standard Payments Account.Top