Note
Before you begin, make sure that the PayPal payments add-on is active and configured. In order to use PayPal Pro, your server must also support PHP’s CURL.
Switch to the Configure tab and specify the settings of PayPal Pro:
Currency—the currency of your PayPal account.
This currency must exist in your store and, ideally, it should be your primary currency. That is because prices are always converted to PayPal currency according to the rates you specified, before being sent to PayPal.
Order prefix (optional)—any prefix you want invoice IDs to have on PayPal site (for example, mycart). Using the prefix allows to prevent duplicate invoice IDs when you use the same PayPal account to accept payments from several websites.
Make sure to fill in the Technical details:
Username—your PayPal Pro API username.
Password—your PayPal Pro API password.
PayPal authentication method—select the desired authentication method:
Note
You can get the certificate and signature, as well as other API access credentials, from your account on www.paypal.com.
Send customer shipping address—tick this checkbox if you want to send the customer’s shipping address to PayPal.
Test/Live mode—select Live mode.
You can use the Test mode to see how the payment method works. But this mode doesn’t work with live PayPal accounts. For testing you’ll need to use test accounts from PayPal Sandbox.
(optional) If necessary, click Use Cardinal Centinel® for 3-D Secure Payer Authentication. This will expand the additional section of the settings that you’ll need to fill in.
If you change your mind, click Don’t use Cardinal Centinel® for 3-D Secure Payer Authentication.
Click the Create button.
Questions & Feedback
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