PayPal Integration

GetResponse has launched PayPal integration! Now you can automatically add new customers to your email campaign and start building relationships right away! All you need to do is to follow these simple steps.

 

 

Edit campaign notification settings

PayPal needs to verify the special notification email address so first you need to check that the notification and forwarding emailed is enabled in the campaign settings.

 

Edit notifications settings

In GetResponse, select the campaign you’d like to integrate with your PayPal account at the top right of the account.

 

 

Now go to the Statistics menu and click on Subscription statistics.


Below the Statistics option, click Email notifications link to display the settings. Make sure that Email subscriptions is checked below the Email notifications section.

 

 

Edit forward emails settings

Click the settings icon next to the current campaign. Go to the General settings tab. At the bottom of the page, click to display Advanced settings.

 

Make sure that Forward emails is enabled below the Forward emails section.

 

 

Note: After PayPal has verified the new email, you may wish to disable this feature so that you don’t receive an email after each new PayPal transaction.

 

Click Save settings at the bottom.

 

Edit PayPal notification settings

 

Log into your PayPal account and click Profile-> Add or Edit Email link.

 

Next click the Add button and, in the next step, enter the name of your campaign, followed by paypal@getresponse.com as a new email address. Click the ‘Save’ button.

 

 

Every email address you add to the PayPal account needs to be verified, so PayPal will automatically send each new customer a special message containing a confirmation link. GetResponse will forward this message to the email address you provided in your Settings.

 

 

Finally, please check your email and click the confirmation link. If you are asked for your PayPal password, enter it and click ‘Confirm’.

 

 

Success! The new email address has been added to your PayPal account.

 

Add a purchase link to messages

Now, in order to integrate the ‘Buy Now’ button into your GetResponse campaign, go to the Merchant Services section of your PayPal account.

 

Click to create a Buy Now button. Enter your item details, include name and price.

 

In the transaction notifications section choose to Use my PayPal email address. Select the GetResponse email previously added to the account.

 

 

Then click to Create button.

 

Choose the email tab, and copy the URL address provided.

 

 

In GetResponse, highlight some text in your message. Click the add url button and paste the link URL from PayPal.

 

The text is now linked. When it is clicked it will launch the PayPal transaction.

 

 

That’s it! Anyone who buys your product by clicking the button as set up above will be automatically added to your campaign! What an easy way to grow your list and jumpstart your follow-up sales campaigns!

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  • http://www.davidlovelace.com David Lovelace

    Are customers added to the campaign immediately after clicking the order button whether they complete the order or not? Or are they added only after a transaction has been completed?

    If it’s added immediately, this is a problem, because people who hit the order button, but back out before completing the order, will now receive an email designed for customers only giving them access to the product without paying for it.

    These customer emails typically provide the product access information, specifically true for those selling downloadable products (software and ebooks).

    Also, to clarify, do we need to add the “+” between the campaign name and paypal@getresponse.com? The instructions didn’t say “..by including a + between the campaign and paypal@getresponse.com” but the example showed the plus sign. Please confirm.

    David

  • http://www.freeeuropeantravelguide.com/ETG/gift.php Gabe

    Not sure if they are added until they complete checkout. But, they should only get access to your product after successful checkout by the confirmation page details in the code.

    Yes, you do need to add the “+” between the campaign name and the paypal inclusion.

    Campaign name…”upsell”

    Example:
    upsell+paypal@getresponse.com

    Happy selling!
    Gabe

  • Joseph

    Hi ,

    Do you know if getresponse can also integrate paypal subscriptions (ie : paypal recurring payments ) ?

    Thanks,

    Joseph

  • http://www.HendyIrawan.com/ Hendy Irawan

    “Now, in order to integrate the ‘Buy Now’ button into your GetResponse campaign, simply choose the Plain Text email address option in the Merchant ID section and select the proper address form the drop-down menu.”

    Where is the Merchant ID section? Is it in GetResponse or PayPal?

    BTW the instructions above are quite confusing to read. These “simple steps” only have “1)” step, but no step 2, 3, etc. And I need to reread it several times to find out whether to do a step in PayPal’s or GetResponse’s UI, and still confused to this moment.

  • http://twilightmovie.biz Cleotilde Guadeloupe

    I read your blog all the time and I just thought I’d say keep up the terrific work!

  • http://www.golf-hypnotist.com Andrew

    I like this approach and I have a couple of questions.

    1. Does this also work with PayPal “Add to Cart buttons?

    2. I assume I can add several different products each linked by their button options to different GetResponse campaigns. What then happens if a client adds several of these different products to their cart and then purchases them all at once? Do they get added to all the respective campaigns?

    3. What happens if a client buys one product and then comes back and buys another product linked to the same campaign?

    Thanks in anticipation,
    Andrew

  • http://ayurvedicroast.com coffee substitute

    I would like to see getresponse please answer the above questions…as I am wondering same!

  • http://ayurvedicroast.com coffee substitute

    I followed the steps, but never got a confirmation email from paypal…did this work for anybody else?

  • Karolina Stefanowicz

    Hi All,

    Thanks for all the questions. If you’re experiencing problems with your PayPal integration or have doubts concerning the way it woks, please contact our Customer Support and they will clear out everything for you.
    http://www.getresponse.com/support.html
    Thanks!

  • Ian

    It does work :)
    Make sure to activate your autoresponder in that campaign first.

    In order to do that go to that campaign settings>>Opt-in>>Advanced settings and check “Activate Autoresponder” and save changes.

    Then proceed with the integration once again with
    autoresponder activated.

    You should then be forwarded the PayPal email from GetResponse so you can confirm the new email address.
    Click the link and you are done :)

  • http://twitter.com/ways2market Melissa

    thxxx

  • Steve

    I’m not understanding. If you’re putting this “buy now button” into an email, aren’t they already on your email campaign? What’s the point in re-adding the same email address?

    Not to mention, I never put a buy now button in my email messages. I use a sales letter/video hosted online. Don’t most people? I’m sure I’m missing something but I’m just not seeing the usefulness of this…

  • http://twitter.com/getresponse GetResponse

    Hi Steve,

    Note that the primary function pf the Buy Now button is to make a PayPal transaction, but remember that the message can be forwarded to people who are not on your campaign yet which means you can easily add new contacts this way. Cheers,

  • http://www.jesusp.com/ Jesus

    In the forum, it’s stated this method of integration no longer works. Instead, the forum post suggest using the steps in this PDF. http://www.getresponse.com/documents/core/pages/marketing/learning-center/product-tutorials/paypal_integration.pdf. Can you please confirm/deny and update this post as needed? Thanks.

  • http://twitter.com/getresponse GetResponse

    Hi Jesus, this method is still valid – (the post was updated some time ago) – can you please provide the link to the forum post you’re referring to? Also, we’re currently preparing a video tutorial that will show the integration step by step with the most recent screenshots and content. Will let you know as soon as it’s put together and in the meantime, let us know if you have any problems following the steps.

  • http://us.beruby.com/promocode/uLR9JN Ph. Lazarus

    Easy integration!!
    thanx

  • http://www.jesusp.com/ Jesus

    Thanks for the confirmation! Here is the link to the forum topic: http://forum.getresponse.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=551

  • http://www.jesusp.com/ Jesus

    FYI…it is working perfectly using this blog post’s instructions. Thanks again!

  • http://twitter.com/karolstefan Karolina Stefanowicz

    Great news, glad it works for you! :)

  • Anonymous

    Hi, Can you please contact GetResponse Customer Service and describe the problem in detail? They will sure help! Thanks! http://www.getresponse.com/support.html