Note
Before you begin, make sure that the PayPal payments add-on is active and configured.
In the Administration panel, go to Administration → Payment methods.
Click the + button (Add payment method) in the top right corner of the page.
Fill in the form:
Switch to the Configure tab and specify the settings of PayPal Express Checkout:
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 (for example, mycart).
Invoice IDs on the PayPal website will have that prefix; this will prevent duplicate invoice IDs when you use the same PayPal account to accept payments from several websites.
Click one of the Connect to PayPal buttons. This will open another pop-up window, where you’ll be able to sign in to your existing PayPal account or register a new one.
Note
Once you sign in or register an account, the fields in the Technical details section will be filled in automatically.
(optional) If you didn’t use Connect to PayPal buttons, make sure to fill in the Technical details manually:
Use In-Context Checkout—tick this checkbox if you want to use In-Context Checkout. Please note that In-Context Checkout won’t be used when the store is running in the Widget mode.
Merchant ID—this field is required if you choose to use In-Context Checkout. You can find Merchant ID in your PayPal account.
Username—your PayPal Express Checkout API username.
Password—your PayPal Express Checkout 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.
Click the Create button.
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