# Paypal Subscriptions

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/paypal-subscriptions/109395>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [July 14, 2007, 6:47am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/paypal-subscriptions/109395 "2007-07-14T06:47:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![dcgrigsby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/b5e925/32.png) [@dcgrigsby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dcgrigsby)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2007, 6:47am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/paypal-subscriptions/109395/1 "2007-07-14T06:47:50Z")

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Hi, I’m currently using paypal with activemerchant and would like to  
implement a recurring billing model. I’m hoping there’s a way… is  
there?

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**Author:** ![dcgrigsby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/b5e925/32.png) [@dcgrigsby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dcgrigsby)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2007, 12:23am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/paypal-subscriptions/109395/2 "2007-07-17T00:23:24Z")

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Dan,

It is possible to do recurring billing with paypal and activemerchant  
if you are have a Website Payments Pro Payflow Edition account w/  
recurring billing enabled. This type of account isn’t a standard  
offering on the paypal sites. I had to call a sales rep and  
specifically request this to get a special “token” I could use to  
apply. Activemerchant has built in support for doing recurring billing  
via Payflow using the Payflow gateway (which uses Paypal’s XMLPay  
apis).

- Robin Curry

On Jul 13, 11:47 pm, Dan G. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)

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**Author:** ![dcgrigsby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/b5e925/32.png) [@dcgrigsby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dcgrigsby)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2007, 3:35am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/paypal-subscriptions/109395/3 "2007-07-17T03:35:40Z")

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On 7/16/07, removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> apis).  
> This is a complicated topic, especially with Paypal. They’re going  
> through a branding transition, so it may not make sense right away. I  
> wrote up how I’m handling this in Lighthouse:

[http://activereload.net/2007/5/17/dealing-with-subscription-payments](http://activereload.net/2007/5/17/dealing-with-subscription-payments)  
[http://activereload.net/2007/6/6/follow-up-to-subscriptions](http://activereload.net/2007/6/6/follow-up-to-subscriptions)

–  
Rick O.  
[http://lighthouseapp.com](http://lighthouseapp.com)  
[http://weblog.techno-weenie.net](http://weblog.techno-weenie.net)  
[http://mephistoblog.com](http://mephistoblog.com)