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Paypal2SalesforceLead (1.0)
- Paypal2SalesforceLead download link: http://plone.org/products/paypal2salesforcelead/releases
- Homepage of Paypal2SalesforceLead: http://plone.org/products/paypal2salesforcelead/
- Paypal2SalesforceLead repository: http://svn.plone.org/svn/collective/Paypal2SalesforceLead
- Description source: http://svn.plone.org/svn/collective/Paypal2SalesforceLead/trunk/README.txt
Description
Paypal provides a service called Instant Payment Notification (IPN) which can notify a URL when a payment is made. Paypal2SalesforceLead is a very simple Product for Plone which sets up a listener for IPN, and adds a new Lead to a Salesforce.com account using a Salesforce web-to-lead form whenever a new payment is made.
See https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=p/xcl/rec/ipn-intro-outside for more background on Paypal IPN.
Who's This For?
This Product is intended for non-profit organizations that are already using Paypal to collect donations and Salesforce.com for CRM, but need a way to integrate the two. On its own, Paypal is a reasonable option for such organizations to raise money on the web, because it's simple and ongoing costs are nil. However, without using IPN it is difficult to collect contact information and maintain ongoing relationships with customers. Using this Product to receive this information and store it in Salesforce.com helps address this need.
Paypal2SalesforceLead is also intended for use by integrators who are setting up Plone and Salesforce.com for multiple clients. A single installation of this Product can be used to handle multiple Paypal and Salesforce.com accounts, so that configuration for new customers is minimized.
Requirements
- Plone 2.5 or greater. (Tested in 2.5 and 3.0)
- Zope 2.9+
- Python 2.4.3+
- SalesforceBaseConnector
- Paypal business account
- Salesforce.com Enterprise Edition (or higher) or Developer account -- required for access to the Salesforce Web Services API
