Things don't appear to be working at the moment. Please try again later. Error after attempting payment

#1

Hey all,

I’m using the free version of s2 member and just a standard Paypal Business account. I am trying to set up a standard member subscription on my site with a recurring monthly payment. I’ve generated a button via s2’s button generator and am using the shortcode on my site. I’ve got encryption enabled on both s2 member and in Paypal, so when I click on the button on my site with a dummy account, I am brought to Paypal as I should be.

I then go through the payment process on Paypal, selecting my payment method then clicking continue. I’m then shown a confirmation screen on Paypal with all the details of the payment and a button at the bottom that says agree and subscribe. I click that and that is when I receive the ‘Things don’t appear to be working’ message from Paypal. No payment is taken from that account and no payment is received in the business account associated with my site.

Here is the shortcode for the button on my site.
[s2Member-PayPal-Button level=“1” ccaps="" desc=“Bronze Member / description and pricing details here.” ps=“paypal” lc="" cc=“USD” dg=“0” ns=“1” custom=“theheartexchange.com” ta=“0” tp=“0” tt=“D” ra=“0.01” rp=“1” rt=“M” rr=“1” rrt="" rra=“1” image=“default” output=“button” /]

Anybody know what is going on?

Thank you

#2

Looks fine on first glance. Have a look in the PayPal API log and take a look at the message handshake for errors:

https://developer.paypal.com/developer/dashboard/live/

I’m assuming you are testing in the Sandbox?

#3

It’s recommended by s2 to not use the sandbox for testing. Instead use a minimal amount like “0.01”.

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#4

Huh…learn something new every day. Never saw that recommendation. Always used the sandbox.

Question still stands…have a look in the PayPal API log and take a look at the message handshake for errors:

What does the message log look like?

#5

Thank you both,

It was a simple error on my end that I discovered from following your link Tim. I only just created my Paypal Business account, and had yet to verify the email on the account. That was it. I knew it too, once I saw that, I didn’t even need to run a test.

#6

Excellent. GLad you got it sorted :slight_smile: