PayPal Smart Buttons - Can we use them in Event Booking?

In short, No. The button like that will only process payment with fixed payment amount. When payment completed, it could not notify Events Booking / Membership Pro about the payment, so it could not update status of record, generate tickets, sending emails...

This will require developing a new payment plugin. PayPal asked us, too, but there are some limitations with their checkout API which I will need to figure out

If I can come up with a solution, I will update you

Regards,

Tuan

Hi David, we implemented EB Standard Checkout payment plugin which offer this payment options. In case you are interested, please see joomdonation.com/forum/events-booking-ge...-payment-plugin.html for more details

Regards,

Tuan

Hi Tuan,
Thanks for that. Just a couple of quick questions on the plugin.

1. Do we pay a 'one off' payment for the plugin or do we pay each year?
2. We also have Membership Pro, do we have to buy the plugin again for this component or can we use the same plugin for both?

Kind regards
David
 

Hello David

1. It's one of payment like any other payment plugin

2. If you use Membership Pro, you will need to purchase separate payment plugin for Membership Pro. However, as of right now, the payment plugin won't process recurring subscription, so maybe for Membership Pro, you should stay with standard PayPal payment plugin for now

Tuan

Thanks Tuan,
We will definitely look further at the new plugin for EB.
Kind regards
David

OK. Thanks David.

Hi Tuan,
Sorry one more question.
I just checked the EB documentation and there is nothing there yet about the payment plugin  EB PayPal Standard Checkout . 
  eventbookingdoc.joomservices.com/basic-setup/payment-plugins
I realise this is a new plugin so the documentation might not have yet been updated.
If we want to use this new payment plugin do, we just install it, unpublish the standard Pay Pay plugin and then publish  EB PayPal Standard Checkout  one?
I have never tested a payment plugin before, is it possible to create a test event and test the new plugin only on this single event?
Kind regards
David
 

Hi David

Yes, I haven't added documentation yet, sorry. But you can install the payment plugin, then set Access Level of the plugin to Special for example (so that only users with that access level can see and register for your event using that plugin)

Then you can login using a super admin account and register for the event using that payment method

Tuan

To use payment plugin, you need to get Client ID and Client Secret from your PayPal account. Here is detailed documentation which you can follow www.appinvoice.com/en/s/documentation/ho...id-and-secret-key-22

Tuan