PayPal Setup

Requires: Verified PayPal Business account. PayPal allows customers to pay using their PayPal balance, linked bank accounts, or cards stored in their PayPal account. Through PCI Booking’s Payments Library, PayPal is offered alongside card payments and other methods on the same checkout page.

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How PayPal Works with PCI Booking

When a customer selects PayPal at checkout, the Payments Library opens a PayPal authorization window. The customer logs in to their PayPal account, selects a funding source, and authorizes the payment. Once authorized, PCI Booking completes the charge and notifies your system. No payment credentials pass through your servers. PayPal supports CHARGE operations only. Tokenization and 3D Secure are not applicable to PayPal transactions.

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Prerequisites

• A verified PayPal Business account
• A PCI Booking merchant account

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1. Access Developer Dashboard

1. Go to the PayPal Developer Dashboard.
2. Sign in with your PayPal Business account.

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2. Create an App

1. Navigate to Apps & Credentials.
2. Select Live (or Sandbox for testing).
3. Click Create App.
4. Enter a name and select Merchant as the app type.
5. Click Create App.

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3. Copy Credentials

• Client ID - visible under the app name.
• Secret - click Show to reveal.

Keep these credentials secure. You will need both the Client ID and Secret to configure PayPal in PCI Booking.

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4. Store in PCI Booking

Create an eWallet account in PCI Booking with: You can store credentials through the PCI Booking portal or programmatically via the Store Credentials API.

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Testing

PayPal provides a full sandbox environment for testing. To test your integration:

1. In the PayPal Developer Dashboard, switch to Sandbox mode and create a sandbox app with its own Client ID and Secret.
2. Create sandbox test accounts (both buyer and seller) to simulate transactions.
3. Store the sandbox credentials in PCI Booking (use a separate eWallet account for testing).
4. Use the sandbox buyer account to complete a test payment through your checkout page.

Sandbox transactions do not involve real money and do not appear on any live PayPal account.

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Next Steps