Select a Transaction Type from the drop-down menu. Depending on your selection, you have to specify additional information. You have the following transaction type options for Credit Card:
Confirms the amount of funds and places a "hold to buy" on a customer's credit card account. This holds the funds for you to capture at a later time (using a Delayed Capture transaction). You can also process an Account Verification transaction using this selection.
If you select this option, perform this following steps:
Specify a Credit Card Number that will be billed for the transaction.
If you are using a pre-paid card number, enter the pre-paid card number in the Credit Card Number field.
For Transaction Mode, select Live or Test transaction from the drop-down menu.
Click Submit.
Refunds money from the merchant's account to the card holder's credit card account.
If you select this option, perform this following steps:
Specify a Credit Card Number that will be credited for the transaction.
For Transaction Mode, select Live or Test transaction from the drop-down menu.
Enter the Original Transaction ID of the transaction you are crediting.
Delayed Capture, Credit, and Void transactions require the Transaction ID of the original transaction. The value appears in the Daily Activity and Custom reports.
Click Submit.
Uses the information from an Authorization transaction to settle the transaction and bill the card holder's credit card.
If you select this option, perform this following steps:
Specify a Credit Card Number that was used for the original Authorization transaction.
For Transaction Mode, select Live or Test transaction from the drop-down menu.
Enter the Original Transaction ID of the Authorization transaction you are capturing.
Delayed Capture, Credit, and Void transactions require the Transaction ID of the original transaction. The value appears in the Daily Activity and Custom reports.
Click Submit.
Bills the purchaser's credit card immediately. When PayPal receives authorization from the processor, we immediately schedule it for settlement.
If you select this option, perform this following steps:
Specify a Credit Card Number that will be billed for the transaction.
If you are using a pre-paid card number, enter the pre-paid card number in the Credit Card Number field.
For Transaction Mode, select Live or Test transaction from the drop-down menu.
Click Submit.
Approves off-line transactions processed by telephoning the cardholder's bank. Some transactions cannot be authorized over the Internet (for example, high monetary amounts). If the transaction is approved, the bank provided you with a Voice Authorization number (also called Authorization Code or AUTHCODE). Once a Voice Authorization transaction has been approved, it is treated like a Sale or a Delayed Capture transaction.
If you select this option, perform this following steps:
Specify a Credit Card Number that will be billed for the transaction.
For Transaction Mode, select Live or Test transaction from the drop-down menu.
Enter the Voice Authorization Number for the transaction.
Click Submit.
Voids a Sale or Delayed Capture transaction so that it will not settle. If you void a Delayed Capture, you also void the corresponding Authorization transaction.
If you select this option, perform this following steps:
Specify a Credit Card Number used for the transaction you are voiding.
For Transaction Mode, select Live or Test transaction from the drop-down menu.
Enter the Original Transaction ID of the Authorization transaction you are voiding.
Delayed Capture, Credit, and Void transactions require the Transaction ID of the original transaction. The value appears in the Daily Activity and Custom reports.
Click Submit.