Digital Goods for Express Checkout streamlines the checkout process for buyers and keeps buyers on your website.
Digital goods payments combine JavaScript with the Express Checkout API to streamline the checkout process for buyers of digital goods.
Digital goods are items such as e-books, music files, and digital images distributed in electronic format. The buyer can conveniently purchase digital goods during checkout with a minimum of clicks without leaving your website or interrupting their online activities.
To make a payment for a digital goods item, the buyer:
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Choise Pay With PayPal.
The button click triggers the call to the SetExpressCheckout API operation. PayPal redirects the buyer to a lightbox overlaying your website.
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Clicks Pay to accept the order.
The button click triggers JavaScript code that closes the lightbox.
- Confirms the order on your page after the lightbox closes.
- Resumes activity on your page.