Setup Paypal Account + Payment Gateway
Click here to learn how to setup PayPal Payment Gateway in your store.PayPal is a fast, secure way to send and receive money. For businesses, it is a payment system you can use for your online store to get paid online for your products or services. PayPal is accepted in 190 countries and covers 19 different currencies. Getting a PayPal Business Account is FREE and It takes just minutes to sign up!
Click here to sign up a PayPal Business Account. On PayPal Website, click on "Get Started for Free".
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Enter your business email address.
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Fill in your Business Account Information. Once you're done, click on "Agree and Continue".
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Fill in your business information and click "Continue". Fill in your personal information and finalize the registration.
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Click on "My PayPal".
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Click on "Get verified".
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Fill in your credit card details and click "Continue". PayPal will send a unique 4-digit code via SMS. Once you get the code, go back to PayPal account page to verify your account.
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Now that you have created your PayPal Account. You can setup your site's payment gateway.
To setup your PayPal payment gateway, click on "Profile" in your account page.
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Click My selling tools > Update in Website preferences.
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Apply the following settings in Website Payment Preferences page.
- AutoReturn: On
- Return URL: http://www.yourwebsite.com
- Payment Data Tranfer (PDT): On
- Encrypted Website Payments: Off
- PayPal Account Optional: On
- Contact Telephone Number: On (Optional Field)
- Express Checkout Settings (Giropay): No
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Click on Profile on top navigation again and then click Update link in Instant payment notifications.
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On Instant Payment Notification (IPN) page, click on yellow Choose IPN Settings button.
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On Edit Instant Payment Notification (IPN) settings page, enter your website address in Notification URL field, and add "index.php?route=payment/pp_standard/callback" behind your website's address , select Receive IPN messages (Enabled) and click on yellow Save button.
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Now that you've successfully setup your PayPal account, it's time to setup your store's payment gateway.
To setup your store's payment gateway, go to Settings > Payment.
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In the payment page, click on PayPal Payments.
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In this page, enter:
- PayPal E-mail
- Set Sandbox Mode to No
- Enable Status
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You've now successfully setup your PayPal Payment Gateway.
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