Payments via PayPal/Credit Card

In some cases, it may be necessary to request payment for a booked service through the online booking portal. Softvision Agenda can be configured to accept payments via PayPal/Credit Card at the moment the client makes the booking on the portal. In this way, the appointment request will only be sent to the system if the client successfully completes the payment.

To accept PayPal payments, the first step is to register on www.paypal.com requesting a free Business account, which allows you to start receiving payments immediately.

Once registered, you can log in to the PayPal control panel using your account email and password and follow these steps:

1) Go to the "Account Settings" section

2) Click on the "Website Payments" section. Within the "Website Preferences", after clicking "Update", enable "Auto Return" and enter "https://www.easybook.cloud" in the "Return URL" field. Just below, also enable the "Payment Data Transfer" flag and save the changes.

3) To ensure PayPal immediately notifies the system of customer payments, you must enable PayPal's Instant Payment Notification (IPN). Still on the "Website Payments" page, go to "Instant Payment Notification" (link "Update") and click "Edit Settings". On the opened page, enter "https://www.easybook.cloud" in the "Notification URL" field and enable "Receive IPN Messages (Enabled)".

At this point, you can configure the system's PayPal functionality by accessing Configuration | Preferences and entering your PayPal account email.

Keep in mind that clients without a PayPal account can still use this payment method with a regular credit card. When asked for PayPal account details, they can choose to pay using their credit card without creating a PayPal account (though creating an account is also possible).