Paypal Qty Total and Product description issues

[CWVRV]

Quantity issue:

I see that others have had this issue but I didn't find any resolutions:  PayPal quantity is always "1" even on multiple item orders.

Product description issue:

I you create buy now or add to cart buttons using PayPal Merchant Services and create a check-out page using GeoCities (the process is a total PITA and that's just one major reason this store is so valuable!) when the transaction is completed, the order details appear in the PayPal transaction log, meaning, the items and quantities are right there in the PayPal transaction Details option.

The item(s) description(s) are not showing.

So, I have to go into the store transaction log and see what the person ordered.  For accounting purposes, I have to have both windows open constantly as well and crossreference every order.

I don't know if this is actually a glitch with my program, a bug with the program in general, or the store program is not designed to add the item description in the PayPal button creation routine.

Thanks, it's an excellent program and so easy to use!

[drhamad]

SMF Store (as of v1.3) does not report to PayPal what the purchase is.  I believe this is due to a limit on how many characters PayPal will accept.

Basically you shouldn't ever have to open PayPal.  Do everything in SMF Store.

Anyone else feel free to correct me if I've said anything wrong.

[SMFHacks]

That's correct because paypal has limits on how much data can be reported back to them. For large orders you could be taking the chance that part of the order would not make it though and doing this way also allows us to have unlimited custom fields per item.

All the complete order detail is found under order detail in the store's transaction logs. Including item name, qty ordered etc.

Is there something missing from store transaction log that you need to reference paypal for?