{"id":2796,"date":"2014-03-21T04:45:00","date_gmt":"2014-03-21T04:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tipsandtricks-hq.com\/ecommerce\/?p=2796"},"modified":"2024-01-23T15:13:53","modified_gmt":"2024-01-23T04:13:53","slug":"how-to-setup-paypal-ipn-notification","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tipsandtricks-hq.com\/ecommerce\/how-to-setup-paypal-ipn-notification-2796","title":{"rendered":"How to Setup PayPal IPN Notification"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Instant Payment Notification (IPN) allows you to integrate your PayPal payments with your website&#8217;s back-end operations, so you get immediate notification and authentication of the PayPal payments you receive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#e0f6ff\"><strong>Note:<\/strong> This is not needed for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tipsandtricks-hq.com\/ecommerce\/paypal-ppcp-setup-and-configuration-5023\" title=\"\"><strong>PayPal Commerce Platform<\/strong><\/a> (PayPal&#8217;s New API).<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"video-tutorial-on-paypal-ipn-setup\">Video Tutorial on PayPal IPN Setup<\/h2>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How to Enable the PayPal IPN (Instant Payment Notification) Feature\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eSgQgAjSVys?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"written-instruction\">Written Instruction<\/h2>\n\n\n<p>Do the following to enable IPN in your PayPal account:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"381\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tipsandtricks-hq.com\/ecommerce\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/locating-IPN-new-PayPal.jpg\" alt=\"locating-IPN-new-PayPal\" class=\"wp-image-4662\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tipsandtricks-hq.com\/ecommerce\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/locating-IPN-new-PayPal.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.tipsandtricks-hq.com\/ecommerce\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/locating-IPN-new-PayPal-300x229.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tipsandtricks-hq.com\/ecommerce\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/locating-IPN-new-PayPal-264x200.jpg 264w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Log into your PayPal account.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click on the &#8220;cog&#8221; icon in the right hand corner and then on &#8220;<strong>Account Settings<\/strong>&#8220;.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Under &#8220;<strong>Solutions and Services<\/strong>&#8221; click on &#8220;<strong>Website Payments<\/strong>&#8220;.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Look for an option labelled &#8220;<strong>Instant Payment Notification<\/strong>&#8220;. Click on the update button for that option.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click &#8220;<strong>Choose IPN Settings<\/strong>&#8220;.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Enter the URL of your website and hit &#8220;<strong>Save<\/strong>&#8220;.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"499\" height=\"293\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tipsandtricks-hq.com\/ecommerce\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/enable-paypal-ipn-in-your-profile.jpg\" alt=\"enable-paypal-ipn-in-your-profile\" class=\"wp-image-2799\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tipsandtricks-hq.com\/ecommerce\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/enable-paypal-ipn-in-your-profile.jpg 499w, https:\/\/www.tipsandtricks-hq.com\/ecommerce\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/enable-paypal-ipn-in-your-profile-300x176.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 499px) 100vw, 499px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"resend-paypal-ipn-message\">Resend PayPal IPN Message<\/h2>\n\n\n<p>Read the how to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tipsandtricks-hq.com\/how-to-resend-a-paypal-ipn-message-for-a-transaction-9767\">Resend PayPal IPN message<\/a> tutorial.<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"paypal-beginner-video-tutorials\">PayPal Beginner Video Tutorials<\/h2>\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tipsandtricks-hq.com\/paypal-beginner-video-tutorials-10757\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PayPal beginner video tutorials<\/a> is a good resource to check if you are new to PayPal as a merchant.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Instant Payment Notification (IPN) allows you to integrate your PayPal payments with your website&#8217;s back-end operations, so you get immediate notification and authentication of the PayPal payments you receive. 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