Paypal Pro Forms and subscription

Hi There

I understand that s2Member Pro works with Paypal Pro but unfortunately PP Pro is not available in the country I reside.

My questions are:
1- Can I use Paypal Pro Forms for a monthly subscription and still be able to keep the recurring charge, for ongoing access feature?, either with Paypal or any other payment available in the form like MasterCard, Visa etc?
2- Do I need any special setup on Paypal side?

Thank you!

You can use the pro-forms with PayPal Express Checkout too, which may be available in your country, even if PayPal Pro isn’t. Pre Sale FAQs » To use s2Member® Pro Forms, will I have to use PayPal® Pro?

Or use the pro-forms with Authorize.Net, that’s the option you have if you want to get payments on your site, without taking the customer elsewhere.

I hope that helps. :)

Thx Cristián
I would like to know actually how the Subscription would be… Using Paypal Pro Forms, would it still be at recurring charge, for ongoing access by the client?
In other words:
Would the client need to re-purchase again the sub after the monthly term or would it be auto-charged to his/her card?

Lastly, if the above is ok, do I need any special setup on Paypal side?

I hope my questions are clear and I’m sorry but I could not find any topic related to recurring payments and subs via Paypal forms…

Thx again…
PS, yes, I understand the Authorize.Net option but I would prefer to use Paypal by now… if possible…

Hi Cristián, I’ve tested the form and it gives the Error #11586. DPRP is disabled… so, I think forms is not the way for me…
Is there anyway you know to go around this Error #11586? Thx

Okay.

Do you have PayPal Pro or not? If you have PayPal Pro to get payments on your site, for the recurring payments you’ll need to pay PayPal that option too. You should contact PayPal support to get the recurring payments enabled in your account.

If you want to just use the free PayPal Express Checkout, then that’s simpler and cheaper, although the user will need to go to PayPal and login to his account to subscribe. In the pro-form’s shortcode change the [hilite mono]accept[/hilite] and [hilite mono]accept_via_paypal[/hilite] attributes to “paypal”: [hilite code]accept="paypal" accept_via_paypal="paypal"[/hilite].

Hi Cristián, Nop, no PP Pro available in the country I reside…

Yes Thx!, now works fine but it’s ver strange because I’ve followed earlier the suggestion at: http://www.s2member.com/faqs/#s2-faqs-paypal-pro-not-required
by changing to

accept_via_paypal="paypal,visa,mastercard,amex,discover,maestro,solo"

and gave the error #11586 once choosing payment via Mastercard…
Now, PayPal button is the only available option…
So, all the other option can’t be used without PP Pro?

Thx again…

Hi Novus,

Yes, that is correct: The other options require PayPal Pro. If you don’t have PayPal Pro, you can only use the PayPal button option.