How This Book Is Organized
Each hack has been designed to show you how to complete a specific
task, streamline a common practice, or overcome a PayPal limitation.
Some hacks point to obscure features on the web site, while others
present code to solve problems or unlock hidden features.
The 100 hacks in this book are distributed into eight chapters:
- Chapter 1, Account Management
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Use the hacks in this chapter to set up a PayPal account and keep it
in good standing. If you're new to PayPal, make sure
to verify your account [Hack #2]
and confirm your address [Hack #3].
- Chapter 2, Making Payments
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PayPal's all about sending payments. This chapter
covers the basics of buying with PayPal and protecting yourself when
you do.
- Chapter 3, Selling with PayPal
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The real fun of PayPal starts when you begin accepting payments.
Upgrade to a Business or Premier account and then hook up your PayPal
account with your eBay auctions or eCommerce web site and watch the
money roll in. Make sure you take steps to protect yourself from
buyer fraud [Hack #24]
and chargebacks [Hack #25] .
- Chapter 4, Payment Buttons
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Integrate PayPal with your web site and begin accepting PayPal
payments for goods and services in minutes. Although adding the most
basic PayPal Buy Now button [Hack #28] to your site involves little
more than copying and pasting a simple HTML form onto a web page,
there are dozens of ways to extend and customize your online
storefront and fine-tune your customer's purchase
experience.
- Chapter 5, Storefronts and Shopping Carts
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Take payment buttons a step further and allow customers to purchase
multiple items in a single transaction. PayPal provides everything
you need to set up a simple shopping cart interface with your web
site; just add a few buttons [Hack #45]
to your pages to get started.
- Chapter 6, Managing Subscriptions
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Accept recurring payments from other PayPal members and provide paid
access to online content and other membership-based products.
- Chapter 7, IPN & PDT
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Automate your business by setting up PayPal to notify your server
whenever you receive a payment, allowing you to automatically record
all transactions into a local database, offer instant fulfillment of
digital goods, and provide instant access to online content.
- Chapter 8, The PayPal Web Services API
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Leave the PayPal web site behind and build applications and web sites
using the PayPal Web Services API as a development platform.
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