PayPal Commerce Platform?

I have several eCart sites that use PayPal Pro/Advanced for checkout. Now I am being asked if I can change a couple of them over to something called "PayPal Commerce Platform".

https://developer.paypal.com/docs/multiparty/

I'm having trouble finding any useful information about what it is other than the link above, which is pretty confusing. Is there any information anywhere as to how it relates to eCart in this scenario? As with all PayPal methods, there are several names for the same thing. In this case, I also see "Marketplaces" and "Multiparty Payments". I think they all somehow work together maybe? I don't know.

Thanks,
TroyD

What features are they interested in that makes them want to change? I could probably help in a premier support ticket, but we don't have any extensions for it yet.

Sorry Ray, I just saw your reply.

There really isn't a feature that they need. It's all based on a better rate on the charges. I think the Commerce Platform is something new and PP is promoting it. Honestly, I do not know why the rate is better for the new platform but that's what they said would be required.

Anyway, I have a conference call with PP in a couple of days, and they are going to fill me in on what is required in terms of the api. If you don't mind, I will report back what I find out, then perhaps once my client decides what we are doing, I can make a decision on what help will be needed.

Thanks,
TroyD

Are you sure the rates are different? It looks like a different api to the same payment options. I don't see how it would save any processing fees.

Where did you see the better rate on charges advertised?

Premier support tickets are $100 per hour. This is something that would probably take about 2 hours.

I think this was an instance where they called up PP and mentioned they could get better rates somewhere else. So PP beat that rate but said they could only do it if they moved to the new platform. Not sure why.

OK, well let me know what they decide.

It has been several days of research, then dead ends mixed with a lot of other projects that took me away from this. So sorry for the delay in following up.

After my phone conference with PP, they sent me a couple of links to read documents. Ignore the link in my first post. That one is for much larger applications.

This is what they sent me.

Documentation
Advanced Checkout Overview - https://developer.paypal.com/docs/checkout/advanced/
Integration Details - https://developer.paypal.com/docs/checkout/advanced/integrate/
JavaScript SDK reference - https://developer.paypal.com/sdk/js/
Orders API - https://developer.paypal.com/docs/api/orders/v2/

Then the example file
https://github.com/paypal-examples/docs-examples/tree/main/advanced-integration

The examples they show use EJS templating and I couldn't seem to get node.js on my local MAMP server. They don't offer any other examples, so I did some searching. Although I did find some PayPal Rest API examples, they all use composer. SO, I setup composer for my local project root. The files I have created based on some tutorials seem to be functioning but honestly, I don't think those are using the right SDK for the front end.

I really wish they could provide a barebones example in php so I can see how this is suppose to work.
I know there is a client-side and a server-side. A request and a response.
The PayPal js SDK is used on the client-side and the Orders REST API is used on the server-side. But then you have to generate a client token and I can't seem to figure any of that out.

Since eCart has always been there to do all of that, I don't have the experience but I'm trying to learn. I'm just trying to have all the materials I need ready, before requesting a Premier support ticket so I will get back to you on my progress and when I'm at that point.

Thanks,
TroyD

I'm sure I can take it from here when you are ready as long as you have an active account setup.

Ray,

If by "active account setup" you mean a developer account along with business and buyer sandbox accounts, yes. I also have the REST App & API credentials ready. Is it ok that they are my dummy accounts and not associated with the actual client's account for now? I figured I would get the local staging version of the site working, then I can simply swap out the sandbox api credentials created by my client in their account later.

(see pm)

Thanks,
TroyD

Just call me using the number at the bottom of the webassist site and we can coordinate a time for a meeting.