I would like to know the best way for me as a business owner / developer to use the PayPal API to transfer funds from my PayPal account / bank account to a customer's PayPal account.
I was using Stripe, but just as I launched my business, I found out that Stripe cannot perform international transfers of funds under any circumstances. If I have an international customer / user that I owe a portion of funds to, what is the best way to send them these funds using the PayPal API?
There is a Payouts API you can request access to
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I'd like to find a cheaper (free) service to use to transfer money between my websites customers and Stripe's fees a very high.
I can't seem to get any clear answer from the PayPal website for developers or by talking with a customer service reps on the phone.
In my website, I want to transfer money (via API) from my customers account (PayPal) to my business account (PayPal), then at a later time, transfer money from my business account to another customer account (PayPal).
Can this be done NO transaction fee?
If no, what are the transaction fees for this, I'm a little confused by the fee site.
Is this is the correct page? - https://developer.paypal.com/docs/payouts/reference/fees/
Or do I look under the merchant fees and which link? - https://www.paypal.com/us/webapps/mpp/merchant-fees#paypal-payouts
I also see adaptive payments, but it says on the site that it isn't available for "new integrations". Does this mean I can start using it when I go live with my site?
https://developer.paypal.com/docs/archive/adaptive-payments/
API...without paying a fee
No, the usual processing fees apply to all API transactions.
The only PayPal transfers without a fee are in certain countries that have payments to "friends & family", which are not for business or commercial purposes and can be initiated only in paypal.com and sourced from the PayPal balance or local bank (sending money from a card always has a fee).
Regarding fee types, merchant fees apply to receiving payments to your account and payouts fees apply to sending money from your account (if you have the payouts service)
I have been building a marketplace application with an iOS app as front-end that drives the business. The app can accept payment either through a paypal account or a credit card. I have integrated Braintree iOS SDK into my app and linked the paypal business account in Braintree controlpanel. The funds processed using PayPal are being routed to the paypal and those processed using cards end up in the bank account linked with Braintree merchant.
Now, the core of the application is to take a certain commission and payout the rest to the sellers involved in transaction. I have taken the seller's PayPal ID at the time of registration to pay them.I have explored the PayPal docs and found that Payouts REST API does exactly what I need provided I maintain the required balance in the merchant account.This is where things came to a standstill. Specifically, I need to get confirmation on the below points
1.As there are two different places(paypal merchant and bank account
linked to braintree) where my funds are parked, Is there any
possibility that the transaction could directly be funded from the
bank account if the same is linked to both merchant accounts?
2.Will PayPal withdraw the entire amount at once or in partial
transactions.
Can anyone who have been in a similar situation suggest how to go about paying out the sellers. I am open to any alternative that satisfies all the requirements of the app.
I'm developing a mobile app and a website that allow the user to pay for a good. I need to split the payment in two parts, one to the seller and one to the market owner.
I thought of using Braintree for allow the user to choose to pay with credit card or paypal, but I know that the Braintree Marketplace is available only for merchants in the United States as writed here: https://developer.paypal.com/docs/marketplace/
So I have read that I can use the Paypal Adaptive Payment for split a payment, but I know that Adaptive Payments is now a limited release product. It is restricted to select partners for approved use cases and should not be used for new integrations without guidance from PayPal. It's writed here: https://developer.paypal.com/docs/classic/adaptive-payments/integration-guide/APIntro/
Then I thought of using Braintree sdk for let the user to pay the entire payment to the market owner account, and then using Paypal Payouts api for send a part of the payment to the seller's paypal account. But in this way I will pay the fees two time. It's right? https://developer.paypal.com/docs/integration/direct/payouts/
So, what is the best way for European merchants to split a payment using Braintree / Paypal?
I'm looking for a way to pay users to their PayPal account - ideally without manual intervention. I've looked at the MassPay & Payout APIs, but it seems that I need to hold the balance to be paid out in my PayPal account and there is no way to add funds to the PayPal account via the API.
I've also looked at the AdaptivePay API with the implicit payment option. However it fails to mention
1.) If I need to have the funds in the PayPal or if it will do an transfer from my primary banking source.
2.) What the fees for the transaction are? AFAIK it seems like payments can be made for free which would be strange considering the Payout API requires a fee.
Adaptive API with implicit payment will transfer the fund from the primary bank if balance cannot cover it, and implicit payment transaction fees is the same as normal transactions. MassPay & Payout APIs are usually used to send money to like hundreds of users while implicit payment can send money to 9 users at one time.
I'm looking to integrate paypal as a payment gateways for my customers.
I provide a software online to customer who sells products to users, so I'm developping paypal as a third party, so the money is directly transferred in my customer's paypal account, and not mine.
I have create my account in paypal so I have my credentials, and let my customer grant permission to my app manually as write here (https://developer.paypal.com/docs/classic/admin/third-party/ )
I'm using the merchantSDK and DoDirectPayment method which is only available in US, UK & Canada.
My question is about the location of my acccount. Do I also need an account in US/UK/Canada (DoDirectPayment Api can just be use in US/UK/Canada - as write here : http://go.developer.ebay.com/developers/paypal/forums/soap/dodirectpayment-merchant-country-not-supported), or the only requirement is that my customer must have a US/UK/Canada business paypal account ?
Thank your for your help.
Only the account actually running the DoDirectPayment call would need Pro enabled.