PayPal Checkout or PayPal Payments Standard

[Starburst]

We used PayPal Payments Standard with another billing system, should we continue using that or switch over to PayPal Checkout?

Are there any benefits, I do see that Checkout allows for Venmo usage. Which is a plus.

 

Thanks

[Paul]

PayPal Checkout is newer and better than PayPal Payments Standard. If you have subscriptions from another billing system, then you'll need to redirect those IPN requests and you should add mapping for those within the gateway in Blesta. See https://docs.blesta.com/display/user/PayPal+Payments+Standard#PayPalPaymentsStandard-CommonIssues for more on doing a redirect.

Note that PayPal Checkout IPN calls can interfere with PayPal Payments Standard, per the alert at https://docs.blesta.com/display/user/PayPal+Checkout It's generally a good idea not to use both.

[Starburst]

Sounds good. Disabled PayPal Payments Standard, and Enabled PayPal Checkout, which I hope adds Venmo as a payment option.

There is a small type-o in the doc https://docs.blesta.com/display/user/PayPal+Checkout

After the Enter the details provided by PayPal Checkout section, right above the box that say's API Fields.

It has "When finished, click "Update Settings" to save the details. You have successfully installed and configured PayPal Payments Standard!" lol