How to setup PayPal payments

In this guide you will learn how to setup your PayPal accounts to receive PayPal Friends and Family* and/or Goods and Services* payments.

Friends and Family*
These payments are harder for a buyer to dispute and have no fees.
They are less likely to get your account limited and are preferred for sellers, but are not available everywhere.

Goods and Services*
These payments are easy for a buyer to dispute and have high fees.
They are less ideal for sellers but are widely available.

General


Step 1: PayPal settings
In the PayPal settings set your account language to English.

Step 2: Email Forwarding
To automatically process PayPal payments you need to setup email forwarding from your PayPal accounts primary email to us.
Get your forwarding email from here.

Check out these further setup instructions for popular email providers:

Gmail Setup


Step 1: Access forwarding settings
On the Gmail website click the gear icon and select "See all settings".
Then navigate to "Forwarding and POP/IMAP".

Step 2: Add forwarding address
Click "Add a forwarding address" and enter your forwarding email from here.

We automatically confirm incoming forwarding requests though you may have to resend the confirmation email if it does not work initially.

After the email was confirmed click on the "Create a filter" and

  • Set "From" to "paypal"
  • Click "Create Filter"
  • Set "Forward it to" to your forwarding email

Done.