
PayPal Mobile Checkout Overview
How Mobile Checkout Works
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8 October 2009 Mobile Checkout Developer Guide
on and support SSL connections. However, not all devices meet these standards or
have implemented these standards to the associated specification.
How Mobile Checkout Works
1. After selecting products to purchase, your customers click a Checkout with PayPal link or
button on your mobile site or in a Short Message Service (SMS) text message.
2. They are transferred to PayPal, where they log in, review and select their payment method
and the correct shipping address.
3. The customer is returned to your mobile site to complete the transaction. PayPal returns to
you the shipping address, email, and other customer information needed to fulfill the order.
Availability
Only authorized business and premier merchants have access to the Mobile Checkout API. For
more information, contact your PayPal Account Manager.
Customer Activation for Mobile Checkout
Because numeric characters are easier to enter on a phone than an alphanumeric password, the
PayPal Mobile Checkout flow encourages customers to create a numeric PIN to use for future
transactions. The process of creating a numeric PIN is known as activation. In the checkout
flow, customers can activate their phones on the PayPal website or as part of the checkout
process when using Mobile Checkout.
If the customer has previously activated their phone, they log into PayPal Mobile Checkout
using their phone number and PIN. If the customer is not activated, they must enter their
PayPal user name (email) and password. They can then optionally create a new PIN.
Depending on the information PayPal gets about the phone number from cookies or the API
call, PayPal presents either the user name and password login option or the phone number and
PIN option.
Figure 1.1 illustrates the login flow for activated customers. Figure 1.2 illustrates the login
flow for non-activated customers.
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