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# How to fix PayPal Instant Payment Notification (IPN) Warning [SOLVED]

Fixing the **PayPal Instant Payment Notification (IPN) Warning** is important to ensure your store processes payments correctly. If you’ve ever run into this issue, you’ve likely received the following message from PayPal:

> “Please check your server that handles PayPal Instant Payment Notification (IPN).  
> IPNs sent to the following URL(s) are failing:  
> http://yourstore.com/paypal/ipn/  
> If you do not recognize this URL, you may be using a service provider that is using IPN on your behalf. Please contact your service provider with the above information.  
> If this problem continues, IPNs may be disabled for your account.”

Here’s how to solve it step by step:

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### Step 1: Check your PayPal IPN settings
1. Log into your **PayPal Account**.  
2. Navigate to:  
   **My Account -> Profile -> My Selling Tools -> Instant Payment Notifications -> Update -> Choose IPN Settings**.  
3. Paste the notification URL provided by your store.  
4. Enable the option **“Receive IPN messages”**.

![paypal-instant-payment-notification-settings.png](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/-/3/8/8/c/388cf4f87113be00/864e6809-4fd7-4ecd-af62-8d6f63_1ltd04m.png)

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### Step 2: Multiple stores using the same PayPal account
If you’re using one PayPal merchant account across multiple stores, you may see conflicts.

- Some recommend creating a separate PayPal account per store, but this isn’t practical.  
- Instead, note that each shop system automatically sends its **own IPN URL** to PayPal during checkout, which overrides the default PayPal IPN URL.  
- This means you don’t *have* to set a fixed IPN URL in your PayPal account.

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### Step 3: Create a blank page for PayPal IPN
1. Create a **blank page** on your server. This page will not process data — it simply exists to receive default PayPal IPN calls.  
2. Set the **URL of this blank page** as your default PayPal IPN URL.  

This way, when payments come from other stores, PayPal sends notifications to this blank page, preventing warning messages about IPN failures.

![paypal-blank-page-ipn-url.png](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/-/4/2/c/d/42cdff2e0398d400/9b38c8f2-8c6c-4025-9acf-49b0c5_zftp2.png)

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✅ After completing these steps, PayPal should no longer send IPN warning notifications, and your stores will continue handling transactions correctly.