PayPal is an online payment service that lets customers use their PayPal account to make online bookings. Customers store their credit or debit cards in their PayPal account, and then use that account to pay online and on-site.
Integrate Adyen via Activation Link
Create a live PayPal Business account.
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Make sure you have also activated your account. This step ensures that you can receive payments.
Provide the email address with which you sign in to your PayPal account to your Ventrata Payment Operations Specialist.
You will receive an activation link to your email address.
Open the activation link.
📒 NOTE
The activation link is valid for 7 days. Please make sure you use the link before it expires.
Log into your PayPal Business account.
Accept all permissions that Adyen is asking for.
Within the same business day, the status of PayPal in your Adyen Customer Area will change to Active. Your Ventrata Payment Operation Specialist will keep you updated at every step.
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If the activation link does not change the status of PayPal to Active in your Adyen Customer Area for any reason, please work with your Ventrata Payment Operations Specialist to integrate Adyen manually.
Integrate Adyen Manually
Prerequisites:
You have a live PayPal Business account.
Your PayPal Business account has been activated.
Grant 3rd Party Permissions
Log into your PayPal Business account.
Click on your profile at the top right.
Select Account Settings.
Under 'Account and Security', click Account Access.
Click Update next to API Access.
On the API Access page, select Pre-Build Payment Solution.
📒 NOTE
You can grant or update the NVP/SOAP API permissions to your third party.
Click the Add API User button.
Type in 'paypal_api2.adyen.com' in the Third party API Username field and press Enter on your keyboard.
Select the following permission types that will be granted to Adyen:
Use Express Checkout to process payments
Issue a refund for a specific transaction
Process your shopper's credit or debit card payments
Authorize and capture your PayPal transactions
Obtain information about a single transaction
Obtain authorization for pre-approved payments and initiate pre-approved transactions
Generate consolidated reports for all accounts (if available in your region)
Use Express Checkout to process mobile payments (if you plan on supporting mobile payments)
Press the Add button to save your selection.
Provide PayPal Email and Merchant ID
Log into your PayPal Business account.
Go to Account Settings.
Click Business Information under 'Business profile'.
Your ID is located next to 'PayPal Merchant ID'.
Copy your PayPal Merchant ID.
Send the email with which you logged into your PayPal Business account and your PayPal Merchant ID to your Ventrata Payment Operations Specialist.
They will set up your PayPal mobile payment solution in Adyen. You will receive a message from Ventrata when your PayPal payment method is ready and operational.