PayPal feature question

[sloDavid]

I'm being asked whether we can have the PayPal UI where the customer essentially logs into PayPal from the Submit Payment page PRIOR to submitting the order. So to be clear, the user flow would be OnePageCheckout -> PayPal login -> Return to OnePageCheckout -> Submit Order. Is that possible with the built-in PayPal payment gateway? Is it a lot of work to implement? We're using R11. Part of the changes will be the R12 upgrade, in case that matters.

By contrast, we have another client that does Payment Page -> Submit Order -> PayPal payment. That flow will NOT suffice for the new work.

NOTE: I've seen another site do this, and they were probably using PayPal's "Seamless Checkout" via their Identity API. https://developer.paypal.com/docs/integ ... -checkout/
One different thing with the demo provided at the above link is that the submit order happens on PayPal, and the site I viewed did that on their own merchant site itself. Not sure if that matters yet.

[Katie]

Hello,

Before jumping into a big customization, you may want to consider some options. We have integrated with Paypal's Braintree system. The documentation and download are available from this page. It is only available for Gold R12.

http://help.ablecommerce.com/mergedProj ... intree.htm

I also have untested code to implement in-context checkout for Paypal Express. I believe that is what you are referring to. You would need the source code to do it, but I have the code changes if you're interested.

Thanks
Katie