[Skip to main content](#vessel-content) # PayPal Instructions from Buyer? ## - **[dlong22](/forum/user/30393-dlong22 "View dlong22's Profile")** - [![dlong22's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/core/svg/person.svg)](/forum/user/30393-dlong22 "View dlong22's Profile") Topic Author - [ Offline](/forum/user/30393-dlong22) Less More - Posts: 7 - Thank you received: 0 - - 12 years 10 months ago [\#137718](#137718) by [dlong22](/forum/user/30393-dlong22 "View dlong22's Profile") *[PayPal Instructions from Buyer?](/forum/29-payment-methods/864547-paypal-instructions-from-buyer#137718 "Is there a way to add a field for communicating from the buyer to the PayPal gateway, such as special instructions to the merchant? Any pointers appreciated.")* was created by *[dlong22](/forum/user/30393-dlong22 "View dlong22's Profile")* Is there a way to add a field for communicating from the buyer to the PayPal gateway, such as special instructions to the merchant? Any pointers appreciated. Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzI5LXBheW1lbnQtbWV0aG9kcy84NjQ1NDctcGF5cGFsLWluc3RydWN0aW9ucy1mcm9tLWJ1eWVyP3RtcGw9bWFya2Rvd24=) or [Create an account](/component/users/registration?Itemid=101) to join the conversation. - **[Jerome](/forum/user/80-jerome "View Jerome's Profile")** - [![Jerome's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/avatars/resized/size144/users/avatar80.png)](/forum/user/80-jerome "View Jerome's Profile") - [ Offline](/forum/user/80-jerome) - HikaShop core developer Less More - Posts: 26394 - Thank you received: 4078 - - [](http://obsi.dev) - 12 years 10 months ago [\#137748](#137748) by [Jerome](/forum/user/80-jerome "View Jerome's Profile") Replied by *[Jerome](/forum/user/80-jerome "View Jerome's Profile")* on topic *[PayPal Instructions from Buyer?](/forum/29-payment-methods/864547-paypal-instructions-from-buyer#137748 "Is there a way to add a field for communicating from the buyer to the PayPal gateway, such as special instructions to the merchant? Any pointers appreciated.")* Hi, In HikaShop Business you can create "order custom fields". It allow you to have special field that the customer can fill during the checkout and you will see after in the order management. But I don't understand why you want to send some special fields to the paypal gateway. Paypal won't understand extra fields (that are not in the API) ; so you won't be able to see them after. Regards, --- Jerome - Obsidev.com HikaMarket & HikaSerial developer / HikaShop core dev team. Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzI5LXBheW1lbnQtbWV0aG9kcy84NjQ1NDctcGF5cGFsLWluc3RydWN0aW9ucy1mcm9tLWJ1eWVyP3RtcGw9bWFya2Rvd24=) or [Create an account](/component/users/registration?Itemid=101) to join the conversation. - **[dlong22](/forum/user/30393-dlong22 "View dlong22's Profile")** - [![dlong22's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/core/svg/person.svg)](/forum/user/30393-dlong22 "View dlong22's Profile") Topic Author - [ Offline](/forum/user/30393-dlong22) Less More - Posts: 7 - Thank you received: 0 - - 12 years 10 months ago [\#137774](#137774) by [dlong22](/forum/user/30393-dlong22 "View dlong22's Profile") Replied by *[dlong22](/forum/user/30393-dlong22 "View dlong22's Profile")* on topic *[PayPal Instructions from Buyer?](/forum/29-payment-methods/864547-paypal-instructions-from-buyer#137774 "Is there a way to add a field for communicating from the buyer to the PayPal gateway, such as special instructions to the merchant? Any pointers appreciated.")* Hi Jerome, My website allows for anonymous purchases, and we are a dues-paying charity. Using HikaCart, amazingly I can now allow members to purchase their annual dues online. But without some sort of variable field I won't know which member purchased their dues without investigating the buyer's email address. I guess it would be ideal if the shopping cart included any sort of textbox for the buyers to fill in, so that the string appeared in the emails which PayPal sends out to merchants. PayPal itself allows for a variable field for their PayPal button links, placed onto websites, and I guess this field's string becomes concatenated into the item's description on the PayPal website, as well as printed onto email communications to the merchant. Regards, David Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzI5LXBheW1lbnQtbWV0aG9kcy84NjQ1NDctcGF5cGFsLWluc3RydWN0aW9ucy1mcm9tLWJ1eWVyP3RtcGw9bWFya2Rvd24=) or [Create an account](/component/users/registration?Itemid=101) to join the conversation. - **[nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile")** - [![nicolas's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/avatars/resized/size144/users/avatar63.png)](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile") - [ Offline](/forum/user/63-nicolas) Less More - Posts: 86293 - Thank you received: 14271 - - 12 years 10 months ago [\#137822](#137822) by [nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile") Replied by *[nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile")* on topic *[PayPal Instructions from Buyer?](/forum/29-payment-methods/864547-paypal-instructions-from-buyer#137822 "Is there a way to add a field for communicating from the buyer to the PayPal gateway, such as special instructions to the merchant? Any pointers appreciated.")* Hi, As Jerome said, a custom field of the table "order" will allow you to add such field on the checkout. The field value with them be added to the order in the backend, and to all the order notification emails sent by HikaShop and mainly the order admin notification which is sent to the shop owner upon order creation. Best regards, Nicolas Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzI5LXBheW1lbnQtbWV0aG9kcy84NjQ1NDctcGF5cGFsLWluc3RydWN0aW9ucy1mcm9tLWJ1eWVyP3RtcGw9bWFya2Rvd24=) or [Create an account](/component/users/registration?Itemid=101) to join the conversation. 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