Multiple prestashop stores with paypal?

[Bleep]

I was just setting up the paypal information when I noticed that the IPN url is of course related to one domain. There doesn't seem to be a setting in paypal that allows for multiple IPN urls. Is it possible to have multiple prestashop stores on different domains and still use paypal? This is really important for me. Thank you.

[pcbob]

I had the same problem and came up with the idea of using the same IPN and email for all sites. Then adding a little footnote somewhere saying "part of the blah blah corporation/partnership" or whatever..
It's the best idea I can come up with , but if anyone else has a better one, I'm more than happy to try it

Bob

[enkelhandel]

Bumping this thread since it is a very important subject, especially since paypal does not like the fact of multiple accounts.

According to the Prestashop wiki you need to set up the IPN.

In Profile >> Selling Preferences >> Instant Payment Notification Preferences, set:

Instant Payment Notification (IPN) to On
Instant Payment Notification (IPN) URL to http://localhost:8888/prestashop/modules/paypal/validation.php

But in the redirect.tpl there is a value for notify_url that is http://{$url}modules/paypal/validation.php that is the IPN URL and thus should override the listener URL in Paypal preferences. That should state that it is fine to use several shops with one paypal account as long as ever shops paypal module is configured to send a value for IPN listener URL.

I have done some testing and everything works seemingly fine, but can anyone, more experienced with module building and paypal confirm?

In the test:
I enabled the IPN and set the URL to www.domain.com
After a seemingly correct payment I checked the IPN history and the URL was instead the ..../validation.php as specified in the redirect.tpl

[jhnstcks]

Bumping this thread since it is a very important subject, especially since paypal does not like the fact of multiple accounts.

So why do they let you register multiple email addresses to use as payment emails?

I have used multiple email addresses for a few years now, at one point I had 4 different sites using one account. When i spoke to Paypal on the phone one time they didn't have any problem with me using the account for different sites. It wouldnt be possible any other way, as you can only register a bank account or debit card once. If you try to register it on another account it wont let you.

[enkelhandel]

Sorry if I made myself unclear but the "accounts" in that sentence is Paypal accounts. Multiple emails is correctly allowed and Paypals suggested method for e.g a small business with several e-shops but only one card. The post was about how to handle that if you still want to be able to set a IPN URL and Auto Return URL. I have as written gotten it to work with the override method but I am not sure if it change something else. Do you have any input on that?

[jhnstcks]

I dont alter anything in the modules for the other shops i run off 1 account. Just install the paypal module, input the paypal email and thats it. All the emails and IPN are sent back to the correct site with no problems at all.

[enkelhandel]

ok so the IPN settings in the Prestashop wiki is outdated?

[crazydeals]

It can be done like what others have suggested, multiple emails from different same under 1 paypal account. If you prefer to have their own account for each website, you can have multiple business paypal accounts.

I have clarified this with PayPal before, its alright for us to have multiple business paypal accounts but its not okay to have multiple personal accounts. Reason that we need multiple business PayPal accounts are due to that we operate registered companies which we require accountability for it.

[enkelhandel]

ok good,thanks for the answers