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I created a Paypal subscription button. But I see that the number of billing circles is limited by 30 circles. But I need to create 60 circles or 120 circles. How can I do it?

Kon Nít
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While you are correct the PayPal Standard Subscription buttons has a limit of 30 Cycles (or unlimited if no limit given), Express Checkout Recurring Billing will allow you to have 120 cycles.

Express Checkout Recurring Payments

From the PayPal Documentation on Express Checkout Recurring you will send the below in your CreateRecurringPaymentsProfile call include :

&METHOD=CreateRecurringPaymentsProfile
TOKEN=EC-13W99099UU817504D
&PROFILESTARTDATE:20XX-03-05T03:00:00
&DESC=Movie clips
&BILLINGPERIOD=Month
&BILLINGFREQUENCY=1
&TOTALBILLINGCYCLES=120
&AMT=1.00
&CURRENCYCODE=USD
&EMAIL=payername@bbb.net
&L_PAYMENTREQUEST_0_ITEMCATEGORY0=Digital
&L_PAYMENTREQUEST_0_NAME0=Kitty Antics
&L_PAYMENTREQUEST_0_AMT0=1.00
&L_PAYMENTREQUEST_0_QTY0=1

You will also need to have a working Express Checkout setup, here is a link to the PayPal Integration Wizard Sample Code.

pp_MSI_Jenn
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  • Thank you for your answer. But If I would my customer recurring for 5 years,pay every month so I should set total billing cycles for 59 or 60 cycles? – Kon Nít Oct 02 '15 at 03:05
  • That is correct, I was only using your example of 120 cycles, but for 5 years it is 60 cycles if you are billing monthly. For 10 years it is 120 cycles. – pp_MSI_Jenn Oct 02 '15 at 15:02
  • One more thing that I called DoExpressCheckoutPayment to return transaction ID but it charge buyer two time. How can I get transaction ID without call DoExpressCheckoutPayment or call it but still charge one time? Thanks you again. – Kon Nít Oct 07 '15 at 03:15
  • You can either use [GetTransactionDetails](https://developer.paypal.com/docs/classic/api/merchant/GetTransactionDetails_API_Operation_NVP/) or [TransactionSearch](https://developer.paypal.com/docs/classic/express-checkout/ht_searchRetrieveTransactionData-curl-etc/) – pp_MSI_Jenn Oct 07 '15 at 14:35