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PayPal Hacks
By Dave  Burchell, David  Nielsen, Shannon  Sofield
Publisher	: O'Reilly
Pub Date	: September 2004
ISBN	: 0-596-00751-5
Pages	: 368

		Copyright
		Credits
			About the Authors
			Contributors
			Acknowledgments
		Preface
			Why PayPal Hacks?
			Getting Started with the Code in This Book
			Database Coding and Platform Choices
			Further Study
			How to Use This Book
			How This Book Is Organized
			Conventions Used in This Book
			Using Code Examples
			How to Contact Us
			Got a Hack?
		Chapter 1.   Account Management
			Introduction: Hacks #1-9
			Hack  1.   Create a PayPal Account
			Hack  2.   Verify Your PayPal Account
			Hack  3.   Confirm Your Mailing Address
			Hack  4.   Pay When You've Forgotten Your Password
			Hack  5.   Restore Your Account if It Has Been Limited
			Hack  6.   Create a Separate Login for Each Employee
			Hack  7.   Access Member Information
			Hack  8.   Manage PayPal Email
			Hack  9.   Get Help from PayPal
		Chapter 2.   Making Payments
			Introduction: Hacks #10-16
			Hack  10.   Send Money to Anyone
			Hack  11.   Choose How to Fund Payments
			Hack  12.   Use Your PayPal Funds Anywhere
			Hack  13.   Pay from a Cell Phone
			Hack  14.   Pay Seller Fees when Buying
			Hack  15.   Send Money Without Creating a PayPal Account
			Hack  16.   Dispute Merchandise Payments
		Chapter 3.   Selling with PayPal
			Introduction: Hacks #17-27
			Upgrade to Business Class
			Set Your Payment Receiving Preferences
			Identify Yourself to Your Customers
			Hack  17.   Request Money the PayPal Way
			Hack  18.   Ask for Money in Your Own Way
			Hack  19.   Request Money Without an Account
			Hack  20.   Get Your Money
			Hack  21.   Refund a Payment
			Hack  22.   Quick-Link to Transaction Details
			Hack  23.   Lower Your Seller Fees
			Hack  24.   Protect Yourself from Buyer Fraud
			Hack  25.   Protect Yourself from Chargebacks
			Hack  26.   Avoid Chargebacks on Digital Goods
			Hack  27.   Handle Merchandise Disputes Effectively
		Chapter 4.   Payment Buttons
			Introduction: Hacks #28-44
			Hack  28.   Create a Buy Now Button
			Hack  29.   Use a Custom Button Image
			Hack  30.   Create a Purchase Button for Services
			Hack  31.   Create an Auction Payment Button
			Hack  32.   Provide Purchase Options with Drop-Down Listboxes
			Hack  33.   Include More Than Two Option Fields
			Hack  34.   Override Shipping and Handling Preferences
			Hack  35.   Build Notification Tracking
			Hack  36.   Hack-Proof Your Payment
			Hack  37.   Hack-Proof Your Buttons with Encryption
			Hack  38.   Include Payment Buttons in Email Messages
			Hack  39.   Hide Your Email Address from Spammers
			Hack  40.   Accept Donations
			Hack  41.   PayPal-Enable Your Flash
			Hack  42.   Get More Out of Dreamweaver and PayPal
			Hack  43.   Provide Options with ASP.NET Web Controls
			Hack  44.   Try Accepting Payments in a Bogus Currency
		Chapter 5.   Storefronts and Shopping Carts
			Introduction: Hacks #45-50
			Hack  45.   Hack Shopping Cart Buttons
			Hack  46.   Create Shopping Cart Links
			Hack  47.   Specify the Size of the Shopping Cart Window
			Hack  48.   Deal with Design and Layout Issues
			Hack  49.   Put Both Cart Buttons in One Form
			Hack  50.   Integrate a Third-Party Shopping Cart with PayPal
			Hack  51.   Customize Checkout Pages
			Hack  52.   Display the Merchant Transaction ID on Your Return Page
			Hack  53.   Remember Your Customers
			Hack  54.   Create a Dynamic Storefront
			Hack  55.   Add Dynamic Storefront Details
			Hack  56.   Insert Dynamic Images
			Hack  57.   Build an Order-Tracking Page
			Hack  58.   Offer Discount Coupons
			Hack  59.   Increase Search Engine Exposure
			Hack  60.   Sell Digital Goods with PayLoadz
		Chapter 6.   Managing Subscriptions
			Introduction: Hacks #61-64
			Hack  61.   Sell Subscriptions to Your Online Content
			Hack  62.   Offer Tiered Subscriptions
			Hack  63.   Time Your Subscriptions to End on Specific Dates
			Hack  64.   Manage Subscription Passwords the Easy Way
		Chapter 7.   IPN and PDT
			Introduction: Hacks #65-86
			What IPN and PDT Are
			How IPN Works
			Advantages of PDT
			Hack  65.   Receive Instant Payment Notifications
			Hack  66.   Troubleshoot Instant Payment Notifications
			Hack  67.   Send a Purchase Confirmation Email with IPN
			Hack  68.   Process Shopping Carts with IPN
			Hack  69.   Use IPN with eBay Listings
			Hack  70.   Track Your eBay Products with IPN
			Hack  71.   Deliver Digital Goods with IPN
			Hack  72.   Deliver Digital Goods with a Return Page
			Hack  73.   Implement Price Checking with IPN
			Hack  74.   Provide an Order Summary with IPN
			Hack  75.   Upsell Your Customers
			Hack  76.   Enable Multiple IPN Pages
			Hack  77.   Use Mass Pay to Create an Affiliate System
			Hack  78.   Manage Your Inventory with IPN
			Hack  79.   Display Donation Goals on Your Web Site
			Hack  80.   Display a Recent Donor List
			Hack  81.   Capture Customer Information with IPN
			Hack  82.   Insert Payment Details into a Database with IPN
			Hack  83.   Insert Cart Details into a Database
			Hack  84.   Track Google Referrals
			Hack  85.   Process Payments like a Credit Card with PDT
			Hack  86.   Synchronizing PDT and IPN
		Chapter 8.   The PayPal Web Services API
			Introduction: Hacks #87-100
			Section 8.2.   Create a Developer Account
			Hack  87.   Set up the Sandbox
			Hack  88.   Make Your First API Call
			Hack  89.   Create a Wrapper Class for Your API Calls
			Hack  90.   Use the PayPal API Wrapper Class
			Hack  91.   Refund Payments with the API
			Hack  92.   Handle Transaction Errors within the API Wrapper
			Hack  93.   Retrieve Transaction Details with the API
			Hack  94.   Search for PayPal Transactions
			Hack  95.   Hack the API Wrapper
			Hack  96.   Issue Payments en Masse with the Mass Pay API
			Hack  97.   Pay Affiliates and Suppliers on a Schedule
			Hack  98.   Search eBay for Listings that Accept PayPal
			Hack  99.   Test IPN and PDT in the Sandbox
			Hack  100.   Go Live
		Colophon
		Index