PayPal integration?

[Edtek]

Is there a way to setup Paypal integration in K-Billing?

I would like to email customers invoices, and allow the option of paying via PayPal.

Thanks.

[K Software]

I wish there were.. Without exposing the computer that kBilling runs on to the Internet to allow PayPal's IPN system to work, there is no way to know when an invoice has been paid.

It might be possible to do a "Pay Now" button that links to PayPal but I'm not sure how you'll match those payments to the invoice inside kBilling.

[BigBass]

I just put "You can pay via PayPal to "kevin@kevlarpromotions.com" on my invoices.

If they have a paypal account, they will know how to pay you thru it!

[IkoIko]

I wish there were.. .......

It might be possible to do a "Pay Now" button that links to PayPal but I'm not sure how you'll match those payments to the invoice inside kBilling.

It's possible that the merchant could add the Pay Now option within the digital invoice. The customer, clicks the link, makes payment at PayPal. PayPal offers up the option to return the customer to a 'Thank you (confirmation)' or jumping off web page. In the merchant's case, like Edtek's, a receipt is probably required via email to the customer, but the web page option allows the merchant to put the customer on the web site -- from receiving an electronic invoice, to paying the invoice, to viewing the latest Widgets at the merchant's web site. Not a bad trip for one email invoice.

The PPal payment notice can be used to generate a cron job (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cron_job) to forward a copy via email to the merchant. If structured properly, the incoming email attachment could be designed to automatically update the Billing centre (-- k-Billing of course), or at least the cron job could announce the addition of new data to be entered.

Just a thought.

[K Software]

There is no way to communicate with kBilling from a webpage post-back like PayPal does it. kBilling runs on the desktop (and Windows at that) - cron jobs don't apply.

The exception is PayPal Website Payments Pro. They do offer a direct payment option but only for those that subscribe to the Payments Pro system. I've read, though, that they require you to offer a PayPal express option for any Buy page that uses the direct payment. Such a thing wouldn't be possible with kBilling since kBilling runs on the desktop.