Developer Network: Community: Digital Goods XSpace. Paypal digital goods Introducing Express Checkout. Express Checkout is a fast, easy way for buyers to pay with PayPal.
Express Checkout eliminates one of the major causes of checkout abandonment by giving buyers all the transaction details at once, including order details, shipping options, insurance choices, and tax totals. Studies show that adding the Express Checkout button to your website can increase your sales up to 18 percent. Contents. Table of Contents. The following list links to the integration guides for the PayPal NVP/SOAP APIs.
These integration guides do not include v.zero SDK and PayPal REST API integration details. For information on PayPal's more recently introduced API products, see all PayPal API docs. Alphabetical List of APIs and Tools. Express Checkout API. API Reference. Introducing Digital Goods for Express Checkout. Digital goods payments combine JavaScript with the Express Checkout API to streamline the checkout process for buyers of digital goods and keep buyers on your website.
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. The following figure encapsulates digital goods payments: Figure 1. PayPal for digital goods payments.