Setting up your payment gateway (PayPal)

To setup your PayPal account:

1. Click the Payment & Transactions tab, Configure Payments

2. Click Link Account (under PayPal) 

3. Click Login to PayPal

4. Login to your PayPal account OR create a new account

 5. After logging in, click Agree and click Done to save!

If you use our PayPal payment gateway, Paypal payment fee will be a percentage of the total transaction value plus a minimal fixed fee per transaction of 3.9% + 50 cents. The percentage and fixed fee will vary by country/ currency.

You can check the pricing for your country through visiting https://www.paypal.com/webapps/mpp/paypal-fees  and pick your country on the bottom right of the page.

Unlike Stripe, PayPal also charges a commission from the marketplace admin, so it is important to take note that your marketplace admin commission percentage should be enough to cover the PayPal fee. Therefore, in your PayPal payment summary, it will reflect 2 recipients as one payment is to you, the marketplace admin (admin fees) and another payment are to your marketplace seller.

To understand how the fees are calculated, here is an example for you to follow:

If you decide to change your PayPal account, simply login with your new PayPal account under the Payment & transactions tab and follow the steps above, or refer to this article.

Alternatively, this video link will assist you in understanding the flow of payment for the payment method that you have integrated.