Bill Dalton Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 Just now getting around to trying out PS 1.7.5.1 and the PayPal module v4.4.2 - free by Braintree? To install it insists that I use it's api rather than my own existing credentials. Unfortunately I can find no information on what that means. Can someone help me out and catch me up to the current state of Prestashop & PayPal? Do we need to purchase a PayPal module now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Dalton Posted February 24, 2019 Author Share Posted February 24, 2019 Wow, tumbleweeds and crickets. 🏳️ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
razaro Posted February 25, 2019 Share Posted February 25, 2019 Hi Bill In 1.7 it is bit different, new PayPal module is activated differently. So when you install PayPal and before you activate it https://nimb.ws/XfFkD4 you need to be logged into PayPal with account you will use. And then when you click Activate in module https://nimb.ws/q3Bvow if this appears use same login details. Sometimes it does not work from first try Than if will activate and auto fill your API credentials. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Dalton Posted February 25, 2019 Author Share Posted February 25, 2019 My concern with it is because it asked for permission to give Prestashop permission to submit customer data on my behalf. It looks like Prestashop is now using the service Braintree Authhttps://www.braintreepayments.com/ca/products/braintree-auth and if that is the case than my data first goes to Prestashop the company and then to Braintree. So if this is the case it adds a whole new layer of abstraction and things that could go wrong, vs what I have now ... a module that talks directly to PayPal. I'm assuming Prestashop will get a percentage of the sale, I'm fine with that. But I don't know what is going on, more info is needed. If my data is going through a Prestashop server, I gotta wonder how reliable is that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Dalton Posted February 25, 2019 Author Share Posted February 25, 2019 I guess my point is, if the official Prestshop PayPal module is now part of Braintree Authhttps://www.braintreepayments.com/ca/products/braintree-auth then perhaps I should buy a third party module that allows me to use my direct PayPal account credentials, vs using a free Prestashop Module that is not providing any information on how it works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
razaro Posted February 25, 2019 Share Posted February 25, 2019 Check this topic also And also ask @202ecommerce directly maybe, or use contact on their website. AS they are developers of free module. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Dalton Posted February 25, 2019 Author Share Posted February 25, 2019 Thanks razaro! @202ecommerce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Dalton Posted February 25, 2019 Author Share Posted February 25, 2019 After reading that thread it is very much clear what is going on. No need to talk to @202ecommerce he is obviously a robot and not human I'm not going to use PayPal module v4.4.2 - free by Braintree nor will I recommend using that module to anyone else. I'm shocked that Prestashop is allowing this as an official module. There must be some reason for that, but I can't imagine what that reason would be. Prestashop isn't saying why they are asking the trust of their users to a robot called 202ecommerce. In fact they are not informing users that their transactions will be trusted and routed to a lone server that could go down at any time owned by who? Apparently not even Prestashop. 🔇 This is so wrong on so many levels. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrestaHeroes USA Posted February 25, 2019 Share Posted February 25, 2019 free to you but dev needs to buy kids shoes, so payment companies allow affiliates, i.e. we write a free module for payment gateway. we have agreement with payment gateway that we will receive a small faction of every transaction. so we can buy shoes for kids I've had other agency contact me for sole reason to use their modules on our client shops which hooks them into that business model. also we have 'big' issue with braintree, 'braintree waiting validation' status even though money cleared, the 4 hours later we get payment rec. status update....so that is bigger issue I highly recommend 'stripe', no fuss no muss well written free module with great cc intake on fo/mobile. I have spoken...lol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrestaHeroes USA Posted February 25, 2019 Share Posted February 25, 2019 and to be honest @202 ecommerce saved PS, the old payment eco was the worse! 1000'of posts for support on forum....it's a much better world have actual people responsible for a quality product, I see this in their work.... Hey Bill! nice to see you again....happy selling... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Dalton Posted February 25, 2019 Author Share Posted February 25, 2019 Hey El Patron, I'm still using a heavily modified copy of PS 1.5.6.3 To test the latest and greatest of Prestashop I installed PS 1.7.5.0 on a spare computer I have for testing. I tried several Migration modules to bring in my data from PS 1.5x. They all were very hard to operate and seem to work well for very small shops. I had best luck with MigrationPro: Prestashop Upgrade and Migrate tool Module Problem is PS 1.7.5.0 is now using a new call in FO for how it handles attribute switching and it is REAL slow. Apparently they have improved this "feature" in PS 1.7.5.1 but I'm having trouble getting it to update. Wow, I had forgotten the "JOY" of trying to setup up a working Prestashop. Here is good info, 202 ecommerce PrestaShop agency for 8 yearshttps://www.prestashop.com/fr/experts/agences-web/202-ecommerce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrestaHeroes USA Posted February 25, 2019 Share Posted February 25, 2019 we do it the old fashioned way, autoupgrade. we do as many or maybe more...pain in the arse but in the end we exceed expectations. that takes a lot of hats, I got many hats on team so my job is easy...:) https://www.prestashop.com/en/experts/web-agencies/prestaheroes-heroic-support-and-solutions you need to get updated Bill....maybe in .ca it's ok to have dated 'stuff'....but probably not lol. cheers, el Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Dalton Posted February 25, 2019 Author Share Posted February 25, 2019 Truthfully the ONLY reason I want to upgrade is for PHP 7 So ... I do still like the PS eco system and I pretty much have all the modules I need ... I'll work on the upgrade for fun, see how I get along. It's good to know razaro is around if needed. (He is the best)✔️ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrestaHeroes USA Posted February 25, 2019 Share Posted February 25, 2019 I own razaro's soul.....that's not even off topic. I can tell a shop built by owner a mile away..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Dalton Posted February 25, 2019 Author Share Posted February 25, 2019 15 minutes ago, El Patron said: I can tell a shop built by owner a mile away..... I get that. Even if they use a service like shopify that takes care of the plumping and wiring for them, you need to have images and know how to use them. Lot of hats as you said earlier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrestaHeroes USA Posted February 25, 2019 Share Posted February 25, 2019 can't sell guns on shopify...lol I'm confident with 1.7+ we will finally start to see first world modules that work out of the box....most non-US shop owners don't even know what best practice is...having US centric eyeballs in eCommrce, priceless...lol any grandpa in US break most non US eCommerce. having odd karma day today, nuggets of golden rants Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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