April 2008 - Posts

• PayPal Sandbox currently unavailable April 30 - May 1, 2008 - RESOLVED

  UPDATE #2 The issues with PayPal Sandbox environment have been RESOLVED: May 1, 2008 3:00 PM PDT (May 1, 2008 11:00 PM BST). We apologize once again for the inconvenience this has caused you. ============================================ UPDATE #1 The... Posted Apr 30 2008, 05:29 AM by Sandbox Status

• Payflow Reporting Engine Issues April 29, 2008

  The Payflow Reporting Engine eperienced sporadic issues starting Thursday April 24th, 2008 at 1:31 PM PT (9:31 PM BST) to April 30, 2008 8:15 AM PDT (April 30, 2008 4:15 PM BST) During this time users using the Payflow Reporting Engine may have experienced... Posted Apr 29 2008, 05:32 PM by Payflow Gateway

• Payflow Gateway Live Scheduled Maintenance Notification - 2008-05-01

  PayPal, Inc. Merchant Technical Services Notification This notification is designed to inform you of the following Scheduled Maintenance: Service: - Payflow Gateway Live Affected Product(s): - Payflow Pro - Payflow Link - Express Checkout Start Time:... Posted Apr 29 2008, 05:01 PM by Payflow Gateway

• PCI Compliance Is "Industry Self-regulation"

  The major credit card companies, Visa, MasterCard, Discover and American Express, have collaborated on minimum payment-processing security requirements. These requirements make up the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS). Merchants and... Posted Apr 28 2008, 06:27 PM by dashCommerce on NewsGator Online

• RESOLVED: Sporadic Result code 127 - April 25, 2008

  RESOLVED: as of April 25, 2008 2:10 PM PDT (April 25, 2008 10:10 PM BST). =========================================== PayPal, Inc. Merchant Technical Services Notification This notification is designed to inform you of the following ON-GOING issue: Service... Posted Apr 25 2008, 01:49 PM by Payflow Gateway

• RESOLVED: Payflow Payment Gateway Paymentech Tampa Issues April 24th, 2008

  The Paymentech Tampa processor experienced sporadic Result Code 5 "Invalid Merchant Information" on Thursday April 24th, 2008 between 5:12 AM PT (1:12 PM BST) to 12:20 PM PT (8:20 PM BST). During this time users with Tampa as their processor... Posted Apr 24 2008, 01:50 PM by Payflow Gateway

• PayPal Sandbox currently unavailable April 24, 2008 > RESOLVED

  This issue has been RESOLVED: - April 24, 2008 3:00 AM PDT (April 24, 2008 11:00 AM BST) ======================================== Original post: The PayPal Sandbox and APIs are currently unavailable. Our technical teams are working diligently to resolve... Posted Apr 24 2008, 05:43 AM by Sandbox Status

• PayPal Sandbox Site Scheduled Enhancements Notification - 2008-04-24

  Update: the enhancement activities have been extended till April 24, 2008 6:00pm PST (April 25, 2008 2:00AM BST) PayPal, Inc. Merchant Technical Services Notification This notification is designed to inform you of the following Scheduled Enhancements... Posted Apr 23 2008, 07:06 PM by Sandbox Status

• Payflow Payment Gateway MESP Issues April 19th, 2008

  On Saturday, April 19th 2008, the settlement process for merchants who use MESP processor failed. Transactions that were available to settle on the 19th were successfully settled on the 20th. In the PayPal Manager, you will see no batches for April 19th... Posted Apr 21 2008, 03:27 PM by Payflow Gateway

• XMLPay namespace change Maintenance Notification June 9, 2008

  Update (May 20, 2008): The date for this maintenance has been changed from May 27, 2008 and tentatively scheduled for June 9, 2008. The date in the subject line for this entry has been updated accordingly. PO --------------------------------------- The... Posted Apr 18 2008, 08:59 PM by Payflow Gateway

• PayPal Sandbox Site Notification - 2008-04-17

  Update: This issue was resolved as of April 17, 2008 11:59AM PDT (April 17th, 2008 7:59 PM BST) PayPal, Inc. Merchant Technical Services Notification This notification is designed to inform you of the following ON-GOING issue: Service: - PayPal Sandbox... Posted Apr 17 2008, 11:39 AM by Sandbox Status

• Patch Uploaded

  omerkamal has uploaded a patch. Description: Fixed: updating items in the cart when the listed prouct allowes -ve inventories. Please read the following link for further reference. http://dashcommerce.org/forums/p/570/1837... Posted Apr 17 2008, 10:47 AM by dashCommerce on NewsGator Online

• Protect Customers' Data Or Lose Your Business

  Back-end store security: It's the most important, yet the oft-overlooked parameter of running an online business. Without securing customer data, you have no claim to running a legitimate business. I often hear excuses of ignorance, which makes me wonder how many online store owners take the time to read the latest ecommerce news and even merchant account information that comes in the mail? But it doesn't matter. You'll learn now, and you'll commit-right now-to taking the steps to make it right. I've my own gripes and rants about the lack of attention to security, and they're vast. So I've picked a few key points and will preface with this fact: Nearly 80 percent of the online stores, upon my first entry, compromise customer information and sensitive sales information. Most heed to the warnings, but I have had to outright refuse to work on stores that ignored recommendations and continued to violate either legal or moral issues when it comes to security. Forget about what a... Posted Apr 14 2008, 05:00 PM by Practical Ecommerce Articles

• Delete Old Email Addresses

  Over the years, I've seen many ecommerce store owners make one simple but deadly mistake when they get started with email marketing: They send emails to old, obsolete email addresses. Does this sound like you? You started your ecommerce store a few years ago. Even back then, you had the foresight to start collecting email addresses because you knew you'd be sending marketing emails someday. Finally, you locate an email service provider (ESP). You spend hours designing and testing your first campaign, and you hit the send button. Then your email service provider shuts down your account because you've been blacklisted by all the major Internet service providers (ISPs). What gives? For one, people change email addresses all the time, such as when they get new jobs or switch ISPs. Or they get inundated with so much spam at one email address that they create a fresh email account, so all those emails you sent to them will bounce. Too many bounces tell the ISPs that your list is... Posted Apr 14 2008, 04:43 PM by Practical Ecommerce Articles

• Email Marketing: One "Deadly" Mistake

  Over the years, I've seen many ecommerce store owners make one simple but deadly mistake when they get started with email marketing: They send emails to old, obsolete email addresses. Does this sound like you? You started your ecommerce store a few years ago. Even back then, you had the foresight to start collecting email addresses because you knew you'd be sending marketing emails someday. Finally, you locate an email service provider (ESP). You spend hours designing and testing your first campaign, and you hit the send button. Then your email service provider shuts down your account because you've been blacklisted by all the major Internet service providers (ISPs). What gives? For one, people change email addresses all the time, such as when they get new jobs or switch ISPs. Or they get inundated with so much spam at one email address that they create a fresh email account, so all those emails you sent to them will bounce. Too many bounces tell the ISPs that your list is... Posted Apr 14 2008, 04:43 PM by Practical Ecommerce Articles