I contacted PayPal about NOT using the first Express Checkout page on their site, because we are concerned that their predatory practice of making people think they need to sign up for an account with them first harms business. They told me I could bypass that an send them directly to a page that only requires the customer to enter their card info by doing the following:

You can do this by setting the following two variables in your SetExpressCheckout API call.

SOLUTIONTYPE=Sole

LANDINGPAGE=Billing

Unfortunately I know almost nothing about php. Can anyone help me accomplish this?

Poke around in this page. Be careful.

shop\ccdata\php\checkoutpp.cls.php

Hi Eric, thanks for the help, but I've checked that subfolder, (PHP) and appears to be empty. I've looked for "all files" with three progams and don't see anything.

Line 72

Right, but I cannot locate the file in the first place. Folder: shop\ccdata\php\ is empty, in my copy of the program. Is the file in another location?

Hi Eric. I figured it out. Sorry for the slow learning curve. I just needed to walk away and grab another gallon of coffee. Thanks for your help!

Can you post what you did for others please.

Hi Eric, I'd be happy to ....as soon as I figure it out. Line 72 already has the LANDINGPAGE=Billing. I am trying to figure out where the "SOLUTIONTYPE=Sole" line goes.

I've done a little experimenting, but so far nothing.

It looks like PayPal just bamboozled me. The landing page is not what I asked them for. I'll have to contact them again and see why they are being so difficult.

Great! Thanks for touching back.