Set up the PayPal Payflow Link gateway account

Your library can establish a merchant account with Payflow Link directly. To set up the account:

1. Sign up for your Payflow Link gateway account.
2. Log on to PayPal Manager.
3. Go to Service Settings and select Setup.

 

4. Under Choose your settings, set Transaction Process Mode to Live when you are ready to go live with credit card payments. (For set-up purposes, set this option to Test.)

Note:
Settings under Display options on payment page are optional.

5. Under PayPal Express Checkout, set Enable PayPal Express Checkout to Yes.

 

6. Under Billing Information, specify the required and editable fields for the billing information the user must supply.
7. Under Payment Confirmation, Show confirmation page, select On a PayPal hosted page.
8. Enter text for your return URL. This text labels the link that returns the patron to the Polaris PowerPAC patron account Fines & Fees page, or the equivalent page in Mobile PAC if a mobile device is detected.
9. In the Enter Return URL box, type the URL for the interim page that redirects the user to Polaris PowerPAC or Mobile PAC, if a mobile device is detected: 
   https://www.mylibrary.org/polaris/payments/payflowlinkreturn.aspx, where
   www.mylibrary.org/polaris is your PAC web site.
10. Set Return URL Method to Link.

 

11. Under Silent Post for Data Transfer, set Use Silent Post to Yes.
12. In the Enter Silent Post URL field, enter the post-back URL for your site:  https://www.mylibrary.org/polaris/Payments/PostbackPayflowLink.aspx, where
     www.mylibrary.org/polaris is your PAC web site.
13. Select Void transaction when my server fails to receive data sent by the silent post.

 

14. Under Email Confirmation, set Do you want us to confirm payment by email to Yes.

 

15. Under Configure Security Options, set Enable Secure Token to Yes.