Hello PayPal!

It’s no secret that our users want to attach the checkout process to their Wufoo form submissions. Hands down, with over 10,000 views, the most popular feature request to our team has been PayPal integration. The implementation challenge for us was a little tricky seeing that we wanted to implement it in a way that was both simple to understand and flexible for future upgrades. After months of development, we’ve come up with a solution that we’re quite proud of and are delighted to announce that you all can start making money today.

For those of you looking to jump right in, here’s what you need to know:

• PayPal integration is available for ($24) Bona Fide plans and higher.
• Just click on “Payment” in the Form Manager to get started.
• We’ve created a couple of Video Screencasts so you guys can see her in action—Thanks Mom! Intro to Payment Settings, Entry and Report Integration
• And we’ve provided some written documentation in case you need to study.

Once your form is payment enabled, all submissions will have the appropriate payment data associated with them. In the entry manager and in reports, you can view, filter, and graph the payment totals and easily see which payments are pending, paid and unpaid. You can even cross reference your PayPal account using the appropriate confirmation numbers. We’ve done our best to make the process as simple and seamless as we could imagine. We’re really excited about this feature and we can’t wait to develop it in the future. Please do try it out and tell us what you think.

The topic of IP addresses has been highly debated in the Wufoo headquarters. We have always collected them per submission for statistics and to limit one entry per user, but we have kept them away from your eyes so that they do not get abused. While not a huge security risk (since someone has to voluntarily fill out your form) we were leaning towards playing it safe. And then users began explaining their workflow, and how an IP address works similar to a digital signature by offering a way to locate where an entry came from. We’ve been working out a compromise to satisfy both thoughts.

IP addresses are currently tracked on public submissions. They are now available in the entry manager, reports, and exports, but come along with a few precautions. In the entry manager, you can see the address in the datagrid, and in a new section just underneath the datagrid. You can also filter by IP address. For reports, functionality is just the same except that the IP address is not a column that can be added/removed via the “+” in the top right hand of the datagrid. It has to be one of the columns showing on load to show in the report. This is to prevent users from unknowingly sharing every IP address on every public report.

Thanks for all of the feedback on the topic. We’re excited about the implementation, and about the new changes to the entry manager. Enjoy.