PayPal button shortcode set for non-recurring creates a recurring payment in PayPal

#1

The paypal button I generated for a 3 week, non-recurring membership is producing a recurring payment transaction in PayPal.

Here is the shortcode: [s2Member-PayPal-Button level=“1” ccaps="" desc=“The Cynergistic Life - Change Your Mindset” ps=“TCL” lc="" cc=“USD” dg=“0” ns=“1” custom=“www.thecynergisticlife.com” ta=“0” tp=“0” tt=“D” ra=“49.00” rp=“3” rt=“W” rr=“0” rrt="" rra=“1” image="/images/starttoday.png" output=“button” /]

It indicates that it is 1 cycle, however, it’s very confusing for the customer to see recurring. AND - this never happened before…

Can you help me with this please?

Thank you!

#2

I’d remove the following attributes from the shortcode as they are not needed for a one-time payment:

rr="0" rrt="" rra="1"

That said I don’t know why PayPal is showing an Initial Payment of $0.00 and a Recurring Payment of $49.00 as the ra=$49.00 can be either a recurring or one-time payment and rr="0" means that this is a non-recurring payment. This may be something on the PayPal side, but I’d still try removing the rr attributes. I’d try it with a new shortcode with a small payment (.01) first.

#3

@ccwadsworth: Maybe it’s good to build the shortcode again, and to check what is different, if any. You could do something wrong at the first attempt.

#4

Thank you for your response Pat.

I tried your suggestion using this code:

[s2Member-PayPal-Button level=“1” ccaps="" desc=“The Cynergistic Life - Change Your Mindset” ps=“TCL” lc="" cc=“USD” dg=“0” ns=“1” custom=“www.thecynergisticlife.com” ta=“0” tp=“0” tt=“D” ra=".01" rp=“3” rt=“W” image="/images/starttoday.png" output=“button” /]

And here is the result; it still shows up as recurring…

Carol Carse Wadsworth

www.BeezDezines.com

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#5

Shouldn’t your shortcode include rr="BN" after rt="W"?

That means “Buy Now”, i.e. it’s a one-off and not a recurring purchase. It looks to me as though you’ve picked the wrong shortcode option in the dropdown box.

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#6

Thank you Tim!
Let me revisit that.
Appreciate your response!

Carol Carse Wadsworth

www.BeezDezines.com