CODEWITHSUNDEEP
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sbkrogers
sbkrogers

Reputation: 1331

Disabling Guest Checkout on Payments with PayPal for recurring payment

We have a form that allows users to setup recurring payments. Recurring payments are done using PayPal accounts. Often times users will checkout as a guest, and will pay for the initial installment and will not register using a PayPal account. The end results of this is that the recurring payments aren't being made, as they have used a credit card for their paymeent, and they don't login and approve their recurring transactions.

Is it possible to disable checkout as a guest for recurring payments on a per checkout basis? We don't want this on an account basis, as there are other scenarios where we do want to allow checkout as guest.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 2560

Answers (1)

PayPal_MSI_Robert
PayPal_MSI_Robert

Reputation: 961

I am a bit confused on this, but will give a nice full answer.

The answer depends on which API or product you are using.

PayPal Standard
If you are using a "Subscribe" button, by default, customers cannot checkout using guest checkout. They have to use or create a PayPal account to checkout. If you add-on the product Enhanced Recurring Payments, then customers can check out without creating a PayPal account, but the subscription will still work as normal.

There is not a way to disable the guest checkout on a per-transaction basis with Standard for non-recurring payments. It is account based.

Express Checkout
If you are using the Express Checkout module, you can disable guest checkout on a per-transaction basis by passing the NVP: SOLUTIONTYPE=MARK. However, for a "Recurring Payment" situation, you would be using a "Billing Agreement" or using the RecurringPayments call, both of which disable Guest Checkout similar to PayPal Standard.

Upvotes: 1

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