PayPal provides a self-service sign-up for a sandbox account. To sign-up for an
account visit the
sign-up page and fill
in the details, ensuring to choose Business Account when prompted.
The PayPal Webhook ID can be set once you’ve configured the app and added a webhook.
In the PayPal Merchant Dashboard create a webhook to the system with the URL
provided after the connector is set up. Once set up, you are given a webhook ID by PayPal.Webhooks work with the system, but the webhook signature cannot be validated.
The BN Code is an optional field that identifies the integration partner to PayPal. By default
this is set to the BN code but if you are already an integration partner then
you can set this to your own value.
By default, billing, and shipping details received from PayPal are not imported. To enable this feature, head
over to Connections -> Configured and select your PayPal connector. Next, go to Credentials and toggle Import billing details
and/or Import shipping details.When Import billing details is enabled, any of the user’s name, email address, and billing address are automatically imported
into your transaction, merging it with any data already present on the transaction. Linked buyers are not updated, but only
the snapshot of the buyer on the transaction.When Import shipping details is enabled, the user’s shipping address is automatically requested and imported
into your transaction, merging it with any data already present on the transaction. Linked buyers are not updated, but only
the snapshot of the buyer on the transaction.Please note that the ingestion of billing and shipping details is not available for tokenized payments.
By default, PayPal only settles payments automatically if the payment is in the primary currency of the
PayPal merchant account. If you need to accept payments in additional currencies, you need to open a
PayPal account balance in each of the currencies you intend to accept. Alternatively, you can configure
your PayPal merchant account to automatically convert payments into the primary currency.If you receive a payment in a currency that your PayPal merchant account is not configured to accept, the
payment enters a pending state and you need to log-in to the PayPal merchant dashboard to trigger settlement, either by opening the required currency balance, or converting the payment into the primary currency of
your PayPal account.Please note that payments left in a pending state are eventually reversed by PayPal.
To allow customers to tokenize their PayPal account for future payments, you need to contact PayPal and
request that your account be enabled for Vault.Once Vault has been enabled on your PayPal merchant account, you can toggle the tokenization feature on within the
PayPal connector settings in the dashboard.
FraudNet is a PayPal-developed, JavaScript library that collects browser-based data to help reduce fraud. Upon checkout, the FraudNet library sends data elements
to PayPal Risk Services for fraud and risk assessment.When creating transactions, the PayPal FraudNet library must be included on the checkout page for all transactions. When using Embed, the PayPal FraudNet library is included automatically. If you are using the API directly, you need to use the device fingerprinting library which includes the PayPal FraudNet library.
