What is the "PayPalId" field?

[bugman]

I see in the User data export there is a field named "PayPalId" - what is it exactly? I searched the Merchant Guide but found no reference.

About 4% of my site's registered users have a value in that field, the rest are blank.

Does the presence of a value in this field mean those are users that have paid with Paypal using funds from their PP account?... or ANY method via Paypal (meaning either PP account funds or credit card through their PP account)?...

[mazhar]

This field is populated during PayPal express checkout.

[bugman]

AH! That's interesting info.

I have been wondering if there was a way I could tell which Paypal payments were made using PP Express and which were made with PP Standard (which is the blue Paypal button on the last page of the normal checkout process, right?).

Thanks Mazhar!!

[mazhar]

I have been wondering if there was a way I could tell which Paypal payments were made using PP Express and which were made with PP Standard (which is the blue Paypal button on the last page of the normal checkout process, right?).

Yes the blue button on payment page is for Paypal Standard. The express checkout button is what you see in right sidebar of Basket page.