Paypal

Paypal


We are now fully integrated with Paypal! To start using Paypal for your upcoming campaign - please see below!

What do you need to do?


1. Please provide your Campaign Manager with the following information: 

- Client ID
- App Secret

2. Make sure you are able to access your Paypal account to confirm that you see our test donation and refund it. 
This is to ensure the integration has worked correctly. 

3. Please be aware that any edits or changes to your Paypal account during the campaign will be completely under your jurisdiction. Causematch has no access to your Paypal account and therefore we cannot make any changes or edits. 

PLEASE NOTE: 

1. Paypal charges are often much higher than other credit card processors. 

2. Paypal often holds money for a few months when there is a large influx of transactions through the account.

2. Paypal is best used as an additional gateway and not as the main gateway. If you choose to use Paypal as your main gateway - please understand that the donor will only be offered to pay via regular credit card once they click on the Paypal button to pay. This is how Paypal has set up their system and there is the potential risk that a donor who do does not have Paypal - may have an issue with this. 

CANT FIND YOUR CLIENT ID AND APP SECRET? SEE BELOW: 

Step 1

Navigate to the PayPal developer page and login to the dashboard.

URL : https://developer.paypal.com/

Step 2

Once logged in, click on the “Dashboard” option under the profile dropdown seen on the right side of the page.

Once logged in you will see the following screen:


Step 3

Click on the “Live” button next to “Sandbox” under “My apps & credentials”


Step 4

Now click on the “Create App” button to start creating your app.


After that, provide your App name and click “Create App” button as shown below:

Step 5

You will now find the Client ID listed.



Below that you can click on the “Show” button to get your Secret key




To accept Credit card/debit cards through Guest payments

 In order to be able to accept the credit card/ debit card for donors without a PayPal account, please make sure that the clients do enable Guest Payment/PayPal account optional on their Paypal account.

Depending on the region or country of the user, the instructions to set this up might change a bit. Please follow the steps explained below:

Option 1

  • Navigate and log into your PayPal account.

  • In the top right corner, click on your profile icon and choose Account Settings.

  • Select Website Payments from the list on the left side of the page.

  • Find Website preferences in the list that appears on the screen and click Update.

  • From the list of website payment preferences, scroll down to find PayPal account optional and make sure it is marked ‘On’.

 

Option 2

  • Log into your PayPal account and click the settings icon ( icon) at the top right corner.

  • Select Seller Tools from the options that appear just below the top bar.

  • Find Website preferences in the list that appears on the screen and click Update.

  • From the list of website payment preferences, scroll down to find PayPal account optional and make sure it is marked ‘On’.


  1. Please note that the PayPal Guest Checkout Functionality does not work for recurring/any subscription donations.

  2. Donors don’t always have the option to make their purchases without using or creating a PayPal account. This option is presented based on several risk factors, including but not limited to the donor's PayPal purchase history, PayPal cookies stored on their computer, the donor's location, and/or a credit assessment. Even the address that they fill in needs to be very precise.

Reference: https://developer.paypal.com/docs/archive/payments/guest-payments/



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