Guides

PayPal setup

Accept PayPal by forwarding PayPal's payment emails to us. We read them and settle the transaction the moment one arrives.

Friends and Family, or Goods and Services

You can accept either or both, per PayPal account.

Friends and FamilyNo fees, and harder for a buyer to dispute, so less likely to get an account limited. Not available everywhere.
Goods and ServicesAvailable almost everywhere, but carries high fees and is easy for a buyer to dispute.

Set it up

  1. Set PayPal's language to English

    In your PayPal account settings, set the account language to English. The emails we read must be in English.

  2. Add the account in the dashboard

    Under PayPal in the dashboard settings, add the account's email, its currency, and whether it accepts Friends and Family, Goods and Services, or both. The same page shows your forwarding address.

  3. Forward PayPal's emails

    Forward the emails PayPal sends to your account's primary address to your forwarding address. The next section shows how in Gmail.

Forwarding from Gmail

  1. Open the forwarding settings

    In Gmail on the web, click the gear icon, choose See all settings, then open Forwarding and POP/IMAP.

  2. Add your forwarding address

    Click Add a forwarding address and enter the address from the dashboard. We confirm forwarding requests automatically; if it does not confirm, send the confirmation email again.

  3. Forward only PayPal's emails

    Click Create a filter, set From to paypal, click Create filter, and set Forward it to your forwarding address.

Done

From now on a PayPal payment to that account settles its transaction like any other method, webhooks included.