i just tried an experimental purchase on my site for £0.01

item listing

http://www.jewelersshop.net/cart1/viewi … oductid=57

using another paypal account it accepted the total of £0.01

and transaction completed fine no error reports

Have any of the others by any chance used a pointed url

when i use www.exquisitesilver.co.uk i get a lack of ssl ie not https

? could it be part of the issue ?

just tried that pointed url again and now it is throwing up NO CUSTOMER INFORMATION where the enter your detais section shoulkd be

hit paypal butten again (AS IT REQUESTS) and it goese to https, but with error below

Sorry, an error occurred after you clicked the last link
If you were in the process of buying something, or sending money to family or friends, we recommend you check both your PayPal account and your email inbox for a transaction confirmation after 30 minutes.

If you came to this page from another website, you may want to return to that site (we advise that you don't just use your browser's back button) and restart your activity.

If you stumbled upon this page from the PayPal website, simply click the PayPal logo in the top left corner to return to the UK home page and restart your activity. You might have to log in again.

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Scott,
I remember getting a message about a $0.00 item on the previous build...but not to my recollection on build 5.

Now that I think of it perhaps if you create a new item and don't change the price on the item to a value other than zero on NEWLY CREATED items you will encounter some resistance from the software the first time. However, I think once I've entered a price for a created item I can then go back at a later time and change the price BACK to zero without issue?

I was able to finally replicate the issue and get the PayPal error myself. The issue IS caused by having a $0.00 in your cart when trying to checkout. PayPal requires that you at least have have 0.01 value or higher.

Right now the software is not designed to have free items. I will have or programmers put a few more checks in the software to prevent 0.00 items from being added to the cart so this error does not appear anymore.

Thanks Dr. James for the help in that.

I read through all of your posts, as I just went through this myself and I'm new to it.

I have a zero worth item in my catalogue, but I didn't put it in my shopping cart before checkout and keep getting the error anyway.

Regardless, it may have something to do with all of my items having zero tax and shipping (I do online services, so neither apply).

Please get this fixed, as you would be a HUGE help to my business and many others that I can refer to you, if so.

Oh, and I have version 3.0, Build 5.

Right now the software is not designed to have free items. I will have or programmers put a few more checks in the software to prevent 0.00 items from being added to the cart so this error does not appear anymore.

That would be fine, but can we then have an announcements area or somewhere where we can offer services that might range? In other words, I offer a service that has a price that ranges from $20-$40, so I can't list it unless I put a free item in, with a description noting this and an email address for them to contact.

By the way, I still have a problem here, where I didn't add the item worth $0 to the cart and it still generates the error. I'll contact Paypal and see if it's on their end.

Thank you for the wonderfully simply approach to all of this. It makes life much easier.

Hey, can we use this to setup carts for our clients (I own a website hosting, design, & development business)?

I have been working with Neil's cart and I had him send me all his API information. When I put it into my cart and on my server, it worked, no errors.

I think the issue maybe something with how some of you are uploading. I uploaded directly through the software. For those having the problems, are you uploading in a different way?

I've uploaded using the software, as well. I just pulled off any $0 items in my cart and then reactivated the PayPal option. Still giving errors...

I would suggest trying it on another hosting account next and see if you have better luck.