How to Connect Your PayPal Business Account to GetPaid?
You will need to grab your PayPal API credentials in order to connect your PayPal account to GetPaid. Before going any further, you will need to install and activate our PayPal Pro payment gateway extension.
Note that you can only connect PayPal Premium and PayPal Business accounts via an API key. You can generate an API key using a PayPal Personal account, but you cannot use it to connect to payment gateways.
Connecting PayPal Business Accounts to GetPaid
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- First, login to your PayPal account. Head to Profile Name > Account Settings.
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- Select Website Payments, and then click API Access.
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- You will need to select the " NVP/SOAP API integration (Classic)" option.
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- On the next page, copy your API Username, API Password and Signature. That's all, you have successfully generated your PayPal API credentials.
Lastly, be sure to add your API crendentials to the PayPal Pro payment gateway in GetPaid. Find detailed instructions here.