Impulse Help - Integrating PayPal

Now you can use the Web's most popular payment service with Impulse! Follow these simple instructions to get your Impulse site set up to work with PayPal.

Step 1: Get A PayPal account

It's free and easy. If you don't already have an account, head over to the PayPal site and sign up. If you already have an account, go to step 2.

Step 2: Put your order e-mail on your PayPal account

Log in to your PayPal account, then click on "Profile" in the small menu bar at the top. On the next screen, you'll see a number of different links to change attributes of your profile--click on "E-mail". Then click "Add" when the next screen appears, enter the same e-mail address that you use to receive your Impulse orders, and click "Save." This is important--Impulse uses your order e-mail address as your login to PayPal; if PayPal doesn't recognize the e-mail address, the transaction will not work.

Step 3: Make sure Instant Payment Notification is turned off

Go back to the "Profile" section of your PayPal account. Click on the "Instant Payment Notification" link. Make sure that Instant Payment Notification is turned off, and that the URL listed is "None."

Step 4: Add the "PayPal" payment type to Impulse

In Impulse, go to the fourth section: "Ordering Information". Then go to the subsection "Order and Payment Settings". Click the "Specify Payment Methods" button. Go to the very bottom of the list on the left and add "Other". When it asks for a name, put in "PayPal" Click Ok, then Done to close that box.

Step 5: Publish your site

Build your site with Impulse and publish it to the Internet. Now, when a customer gets to the order screen to choose a payment type, the customer can choose "PayPal", and he/she will be diverted to PayPal to make payment. After payment is made, the customer will come back to your thank you page, and you'll receive the e-mail with the details of the order.

If you have any questions about using PayPal with your Impulse site, please let us know at Technical Support .