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Obay
Obay

Reputation: 3205

PayPal blocking duplicate invoice id in relation to what?

According to the documentation, PayPal can prevent duplicate purchases by blocking a payment when the invoice field's value has already been used in a previous purchase. My question is, used invoice here is in relation to what - my merchant account as a whole, or only for the current item_number?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1522

Answers (2)

pp_MSI_Jenn
pp_MSI_Jenn

Reputation: 1599

The duplicate invoice feature is for invoices that you have generated for the life of your PayPal Account. Although you do have the ability to turn off the ability to block duplicate invoices in the Payment Receiving preferences section of your PayPal Account, it is not recommended.

Part of the reason this was created was to help protect your PayPal account from duplicate orders and payments.

Upvotes: 1

user207421
user207421

Reputation: 311039

An invoice number is generally unique across the whole business.

Upvotes: 0

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