Add Your PayPal Account

Before you start

You need a PayPal business account with Payouts enabled, a confirmed email, a linked bank account, and enough balance to pay vendors. PayPal charges its own fee on each payout (currently $0.25). VendorPayout does not add that fee.

PayPal is optional. You can still record a bank transfer or cash payment on a payout statement.

Save the keys in VendorPayout

1. Open Payouts.
2. Open the PayPal Setup tab.
3. Under PayPal API, the box is labeled Live (Production). Paste Client ID and Secret Key.
4. Click Save Live settings.

Create the key in PayPal

The same PayPal Setup page lists the PayPal steps. Follow those, not an older Business Tools menu:

1. Click Login to PayPal on that page.
2. Under My Apps & Credentials, click Create App.
3. App name: VendorPayout. App type: Merchant. Click Create App.
4. Copy the Client ID and the secret (use Show), then paste them into Live (Production) and click Save Live settings.
5. PayPal starts you on the sandbox app. Repeat the steps for a Live app. VendorPayout sends real payouts with the live keys.

If a payout returns AUTHORIZATION_ERROR, PayPal may still be checking the account. The PayPal Setup page links to PayPal's account status page. Payouts must be enabled there.

Saved live keys turn on Pay via PayPal Payouts when you settle a payout statement, the one-time Pay Vendor form, and recurring payouts.