How do I set up PayPal in my online store?
PayPal is one of the most popular online payment methods that enables you to pay, send money, and accept payments through credit cards, bank accounts, or PayPal accounts.
To accept credit card transactions, you need a Business PayPal account. With questions regarding PayPal accounts, please contact the PayPal Sales team.
PayPal Checkout
PayPal is one of our default payment providers.
Navigate to your E-Commerce tile > Settings > Payment > PayPal section, and select “Enable PayPal”. Now PayPal will be available to your customers at checkout and can be used for receiving payments.
If you don’t have a PayPal account, sign up here. If you already have a PayPal account with a different email address, switch your PayPal account. Select “Change PayPal account”.
Enter a valid PayPal account email.
Select “Enable PayPal”. Now you are all set up to accept payments through PayPal.
PayPal Checkout Button on Cart Page
You can give your customers a fast PayPal checkout option that allows them to skip entering address information and use shipping and payment details from their PayPal account.
To enable the PayPal Checkout button on the cart page, navigate to your E-Commerce tile and go to Settings > Payment.
Select Actions > Edit in the PayPal Checkout block.
Expand the Advanced settings.
Toggle the Enable PayPal checkout on the cart page option.
Now your customers will see the PayPal Checkout button on the cart page.
In addition to the regular Checkout button, PayPal can display some extra payment methods on the cart page, including:
- PayPal Credit
- Venmo (for the USA)
- iDEAL (for the Netherlands)
- Bancontact (for Belgium)
- MyBank (for Italy)
- Giropay and SEPA Direct Debit (for Germany)
- EPS (for Australia).
PayPal presents these buttons dynamically based on customer location and browser cookies. If you sell internationally, it means that you don’t need to sign up with a variety of local payment providers.
PayPal picks out the most relevant payment methods, like local wallets and country-specific funding sources, for each buyer at checkout. This gives your potential clients more choice and flexibility in how they pay, and they are more likely to convert. Regardless of the payment method a customer chooses at checkout, PayPal will send the funds to your PayPal account so you can manage your transactions as usual.
This is an example of the cart page with additional payment buttons.
The actual set of PayPal Checkout buttons may vary for each customer. According to PayPal, the buttons may be displayed based on customer location and browser cookies.
PayPal Credit
PayPal Credit is an online payment option that allows your customers to pay for their orders over time as if they are using a credit card: they buy now and pay later. You still get paid by PayPal right away, so you don’t have to worry whether the customer has paid their credit.
PayPal Credit requires that you enable a regular PayPal Checkout button in your store. To offer PayPal Credit in your store, navigate to your E-Commerce tile, and go to Settings > Payment.
Expand the Advanced settings.
Toggle the Show PayPal Credit button.
PayPal Payflow Link
PayPal Payflow Link is a payment method available to merchants from the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the UK. This payment gateway links your website to your merchant account and payment processor. With Payflow, businesses can accept credit card payments directly to their bank.
Setup
- Sign up for PayPal Payflow.
- Log in to PayPal Manager account.
- Select the Service Settings tab.
- Select Set Up.
- At the bottom of the page, under Security Options, set Enable Secure Token to Yes.
- Click Save Changes.
- DO NOT change any other values on this page or on the Customize page. We will pass these values on your behalf automatically.
- From your E-Commerce tile, go to Settings > Payment.
- Scroll down to Other ways to get paid:
Click “Choose Payment Processor” and select PayPal Payflow. Enter your credentials in the settings pop-up and select “Save”. Place a test order to make sure the payment option works correctly.
Once you've verified that your account works, log in to PayPal Manager and click “Activate Account”. From your E-Commerce tile, go to Settings > Payment, PayPal Payflow Link section. Select Account Settings. Disable the Send transactions to the test server option.
PayPal Advanced
The PayPal Advanced method is available for US and UK merchants only.
Setup
- Sign up for PayPal Advanced.
- Log in to PayPal Manager account.
- Select the Service Settings tab.
- Select Set Up.
- At the bottom of the page, under Security Options, set Enable Secure Token to Yes.
- Click Save Changes.
- DO NOT change any other values on this page or on the Customize page. We will pass these values on your behalf automatically.
- From your E-Commerce tile, go to Settings > Payment.
- Scroll down to Other ways to get paid:
Select “Choose Payment Processor” and select PayPal Payments Advanced. Enter your credentials in the settings pop-up and select “Save”. Place a test order to make sure the payment option works correctly.
Once you've verified that your account works, log in to PayPal Manager and select “Activate Account”. From your E-Commerce tile, go to Settings > Payment, PayPal Payments Advanced section. Select Account Settings. Disable the Send transactions to the test server option.
PayPal Payments Pro Hosted
PayPal Payments Pro Hosted is a way to accept credit cards or PayPal payments without redirecting your customers to PayPal. Keeping customers in your store during checkout allows you to provide a seamless shopping experience. PayPal Payments Pro Hosted works for merchants in the UK, Australia, and Italy.
Setup
- Sign up for a PayPal Payments Pro account.
- From your E-Commerce tile, go to Settings > Payment.
- Scroll down to Other ways to get paid.
Select “Choose Payment Processor” and select PayPal Payments Pro Hosted.
Enter your PayPal Pro Hosted email address in the settings pop-up and select “Save”.
PayPal Insights (PayPal Marketing Solutions)
PayPal Insights helps increase sales by applying the power of PayPal shopping data with targeted promotions. With PayPal Insights, you can offer your customers PayPal Credit and encourage them to buy more. PayPal Insights is only available for merchants in the US.
To enable PayPal Insights, from your E-Commerce tile, go to Settings > Payment. Scroll to PayPal Checkout and select Actions > Account Settings.
Select “Activate” under PayPal Insights.
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