Set EOT using buttons created on PayPal

I’ve recently started using S2Member, and am using buttons created on PayPal, as the site where I am selling memberships is different to the site on which S2Member is installed.

Because I want the membership to last for 1 year, I added the following to the “advanced variables” box in the PayPal button generator:

p3=1
t3=Y

However, after going through the payment and registration process (which worked fine), when I looked at the member profile, the date that their membership expires did not show up in the EOT box on the site? Does it always remain blank unless edited manually?

Thanks, Christian

Hi Christian,

s2Member does not set an EOT date until while the subscription to your site is still active, because the user could have access for an undetermined amount of time. If you were to set up a One-Time payment for a specific amount of time, users *would* have an EOT date. Users are also given an EOT date when they cancel recurring billing.

When I used the PayPal button generator on the PayPal website, I did select the “buy now” button type as opposed to the subscription option. So I thought that by adding the variables I mentioned in the advanced variables field that I *was* I setting up a one-time payment for a specific amount of time. The fact that no EOT appeared suggests that I didn’t. Are the advanced variables I was entering incorrect?

Christian, Buy Now transactions would have the EOT time by s2Member, not having it set would indicate something went wrong.

You are using a button created over at PayPal, did you integrate it with s2Member? Knowledge Base » Using PayPal created buttons

What do the logs say about the transaction? [hilite path]Dashboard -› s2Member® -› PayPal® Options -› Account Details -› Logging[/hilite]

You are using a button created over at PayPal, did you integrate it with s2Member?

Yes, I’m using all the integration settings from that article. The registration process worked fine, it assigned the new user to the right level, and returned them to the site after making payment so they could register. But it just didn’t set an EOT.

As for the logging, I didn’t have it enabled. I’ve enabled it now and will try again. Just to confirm, setting p3=1
and t3=Y in the advanced variables box in the PayPal button generator should pass the instructions to S2Member that the EOT will be 1 year from the date of registration?

Hi Christian,

Yes, I’m using all the integration settings from that article. The registration process worked fine, it assigned the new user to the right level, and returned them to the site after making payment so they could register. But it just didn’t set an EOT.

As for the logging, I didn’t have it enabled. I’ve enabled it now and will try again. Just to confirm, setting p3=1
and t3=Y in the advanced variables box in the PayPal button generator should pass the instructions to S2Member that the EOT will be 1 year from the date of registration?

To change the payment from recurring to One-Time, you’ll want to make sure that you’ve set “src” to 0.

With this, the EOT date should be 1 year and 1 day from when the user registered.

To change the payment from recurring to One-Time, you’ll want to make sure that you’ve set “src” to 0.

By that, do you mean I need to add src=0 to the advanced variables box in the PayPal button generator?

By that, do you mean I need to add src=0 to the advanced variables box in the PayPal button generator?

Yes. That’s correct.

I tried that, and it still doesn’t create an EOT.

This is exactly what I have in my advanced variables box:

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rm=2
p3=1
t3=Y
src=0
custom=muscleevo.co.uk
notify_url=http://muscleevo.co.uk/?s2member_paypal_return=1

—–

Is anything missing?

Hi Christian,

Looking at s2Member’s PayPal buttons, these are the fields that are created for a button that does this:

<input type="hidden" name="src" value="0" />
<input type="hidden" name="srt" value="" />
<input type="hidden" name="sra" value="1" />
<!--<input type="hidden" name="a1" value="0" />-->
<!--<input type="hidden" name="p1" value="0" />-->
<!--<input type="hidden" name="t1" value="D" />-->
<input type="hidden" name="a3" value="2" />
<input type="hidden" name="p3" value="1" />
<input type="hidden" name="t3" value="Y" />

I would recommend setting up all of these forms before testing again.

So just to clarify, my advanced variables box should look like this:

rm=2
src=0
srt=??????
sra=1
a3=2
p3=1
t3=Y
custom=muscleevo.co.uk
notify_url=http://muscleevo.co.uk/?s2member_paypal_return=1

What do I use for the srt value, as it doesn’t have one in the example you provided – just leave it blank?

[hilite mono]srt[/hilite] is for subscriptions that should be charged only a certain number of terms, instead of indefinitely until cancelled. [hilite path]Dashboard -› s2Member® -› PayPal® Buttons -› Shortcode Attributes -> srt[/hilite]

[hilite mono]src=0[/hilite] would still be a subscription, even if only one payment, so the EOT time won’t be set right away, it’ll be set when PayPal notifies s2Member that the subscription ended. It results in an EOT time similar/same to the Buy Now transaction in the end, but with the latter you have the EOT time set right away and no subscription created over at PayPal: [hilite code][/hilite]

For single payments it’s best to use Buy Now. Single payment subscriptions are only there in case you need an initial/trial term.

For single payments it’s best to use Buy Now. Single payment subscriptions are only there in case you need an initial/trial term.

I had been using the “buy now” button. It still didn’t work.

srt is for subscriptions that should be charged only a certain number of terms, instead of indefinitely until cancelled. Dashboard -› s2Member® -› PayPal® Buttons -› Shortcode Attributes -> srt

On that basis, can I leave srt out of the advanced variables box?

with the latter you have the EOT time set right away and no subscription created over at PayPal:

I will change the src value to BN and try again.

• This reply was modified 4 years, 1 month ago by  Christian Finn.
• This reply was modified 4 years, 1 month ago by  Christian Finn.