paypal order invoice

Question

I have a really weird phenomena happening w/ my checkout and paypal.

I'm using paypal express checkout; If I use any of the paypal express buttons to checkout, when I return from paypal to finish the order and submit it - the quote is processed into an order and invoiced. (THIS IS THE FUNCTIONALITY I WANT)

Invoices orders when used this way

When I use the normal One Page Checkout flow, and select paypal through that workflow, when I return from paypal to finish the order and submit it - the quote is processed into an order but IS NOT invoiced.

Doesn't invoice orders this way

Anyone ever come across this? or ideas how to fix? I have not modified the or overridden any functionality that deals w/ the payment gateways, and this is a pretty bare-bones site. Not a whole lot of extra functionality that would be messing anything up.

Answer 1

These are two differing methods - Express, and Standard.

It sounds like Standard is behaving the way you want, but Express is doing Authorize-Only. This is a system configuration option under System > Configuration > Paypal > Express Checkout Settings:

To capture payment and generate an invoice immediately, set it to 'Sale' or 'Order'. I'm honestly not sure of the difference between the two.