This table lists the typical order through which an invoice moves through status values: StatusĪ merchant creates a draft invoice. The merchant refunds a payment by check, wire transfer, or another method and manually records the refund. Similarly, an invoice refund can be disconnected from an invoice. The merchant manually records the payment. The customer pays by check, wire transfer, or another method. The payment is automatically recorded.ĭisconnected from an invoice. The customer clicks Pay on the invoice to make a payment. An invoice payment can be either:Ĭonnected to an invoice. The status also indicates whether the invoice is unpaid, partially paid, fully paid, partially refunded, or fully refunded. The status indicates the phase of an invoice in its lifecycle. When you search for invoices, you must specify this value as an array. Then, the merchant manually sends the invoice link in his or her own email.Įnum: 'DRAFT' 'SENT' 'SCHEDULED' 'PAID' 'MARKED_AS_PAID' 'CANCELLED' 'REFUNDED' 'PARTIALLY_REFUNDED' 'MARKED_AS_REFUNDED' In a web app, the invoice appears as Unpaid (sent).Ī merchant sends an invoice and sets the notify_merchant and notify_customer query parameters to false to suppress the PayPal email notification.A Payment button appears on the invoice.PayPal emails the invoice to the customer.Note: Most payments never go into a payment-pending state.Ī merchant fully refunds an invoice through one or both of these methods:Ī merchant schedules an invoice to be emailed by PayPal on a specified date.Ī merchant sends an invoice to the customer. The payment is in an accept or deny state upon which the merchant must act.A merchant makes an online refund for an online invoice payment.Ī customer pays an invoice but the payment is pending for one of these reasons:.To complete this action, the merchant must previously mark the invoice as paid. A merchant marks an invoice as refunded.A customer makes an online payment for the invoice.Ī merchant or customer fully pays an invoice through one or both of these methods:Ī merchant partially refunds an invoice through one or both of these methods:.A merchant marks an invoice as paid after he or she receives a check or cash payment from the customer for the invoice.It is marked as paid through one or both of these methods:

Note: A merchant can only mark a marked-as-paid invoice as refunded.Ī customer fully pays an invoice. Note: A customer cannot pay an invoice until a merchant sends it.Ī merchant marks an invoice as paid after he or she receives a check or cash payment for the invoice.Ī merchant marks an invoice as refunded. The status indicates the phase of the invoice in its lifecycle: StatusĪ merchant or customer cancels a sent invoice.Ī merchant creates a draft invoice. To search by status, specify this value as an array.

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