Paypal - Configure Paypal to handle UTF-8

If you are using Paypal for payment processing, you need to configure Paypal's IPN to accept UTF-8 IPN responses. This is required when customer information such as the customer's name or address contain accented characters.

To configure Paypal to handle UTF-8:

• Login to your paypal account

• Click Profile then Profile and Settings

• Click My selling tools

• Scroll to the bottom of the page to the More selling tools section and click Paypal button language encoding

• Click More Options

• Set the Encoding to UTF-8

• Set the "Do you want to use the same encoding for data sent from PayPal to you (e.g., IPN, downloadable logs, emails)?" to Yes

• Click Save