title: PayPal recurring payments profile with initial amount - potential 24 hour delay even for initial amount?
body: <p>We're setting up a recurring payment with an initial amount specified. We want to give the subscriber pretty much immediate access to the content, but we only want to give the user access to the content if the initial payment is successful. </p>
  
  <p>The <a href="https://developer.paypal.com/webapps/developer/docs/classic/paypal-payments-pro/integration-guide/WPRecurringPayments/" rel="noreferrer">PayPal documentation</a> says that a recurring payments profile may take up to 24 hours to activate. </p>
  
  <p>Does this mean that the initial payment may not come through for 24 hours? Does this mean we should not use this method of charging for the first period if we want to give the user immediate access to the content?</p>
  
  <p>What is the best way forward?</p>