Error Messages with PayPal Express

  • thinkgroupholdings
    Asked on August 6, 2014 at 2:42 PM

    Hi,

    I'm trying to create a form to collect donations using PayPal Express. I can't seem to get it to work, though. With my current setup (no digital goods, no shipping address required, and API information filled in), when you click "Submit" it just gets stuck on "Please wait…". When I click the "Digital Goods" checkbox in Jotform wizard setup, PayPal attempts to load but I get either "We are unable to complete your request at this time. Please try again later. We apologize for the inconvenience." error or an "Internal Server Error - Read error" (in Firefox). I thought this might be a PayPal issue but there's nothing wrong with my account, and the regular PayPal checkout works just fine.

    Any advice is greatly appreciated.

    Matt

     

  • Jeanette JotForm Support
    Replied on August 6, 2014 at 5:16 PM

    I've made a test and was able to reproduce the same error, it only happens with the donation field.

    I'm forwarding this to our second level so they can fix it ASAP

  • NeilVicente
    Replied on August 6, 2014 at 5:29 PM

    Hello Matt,

    We are happy to inform you that the error you mentioned (in red) has been fixed. It is related to donation/custom payments.

    However, upon testing your form, I found out that your PayPal account is not signed up to accept Digital Goods payments, hence the error returned.

    Error Messages with PayPal Express Image 1 Screenshot 20

    Please do enable Digital Goods for your account in order to proceed.

    https://www.jotform.com/help/285-PayPal-Express-Checkout-

    Otherwise, you will have to uncheck the said option on your form's integration.

    Thanks!

  • thinkgroupholdings
    Replied on August 6, 2014 at 11:01 PM

    Thanks for your response! I unchecked "Digital Goods" from the wizard and now a blank page shows upon clicking "Submit". Any thoughts?

  • Jeanette JotForm Support
    Replied on August 7, 2014 at 12:35 AM

    Can you please try to remove and rebuild the integration?

  • getedgeucated
    Replied on August 7, 2014 at 11:04 PM

    Thanks, it's working now with "digital goods" unchecked. It uses the old express checkout though, so I wanted to check "digital goods" to take advantage of the new system. How can I enable that in my PayPal account with their new website design? I can't seem to find it.

     

    Thanks,

    Matt

  • thinkgroupholdings
    Replied on August 7, 2014 at 11:07 PM

    ^ that's me too. I was signed in under another account. Sorry!

  • Ashwin JotForm Support
    Replied on August 8, 2014 at 4:03 AM

    Hello Matt,

    Please check our following guide on how to enable the "Digital Goods" in the "Payment Solution" of your PayPal account: http://www.jotform.com/help/285-PayPal-Express-Checkout- 

    Hope this helps.

    Do get back to us if you have any questions.

    Thank you!

  • riskprocessor
    Replied on August 8, 2014 at 3:46 PM

    Such errors are quite common. I wonder why most users fail to understand that it is mandatory to enable the “Accept Digital Goods Payments” to be able to complete the shipping process.
  • KadeJM
    Replied on August 8, 2014 at 4:01 PM

    @riskprocessor

    I'm not sure if you are asking a follow-up question or just posting that as a general statement, but either way it's unrelated to the original issue here even though it is of a similar topic so I have moved it.