I am new to paypal and a bit of confused about its types of account and their rules and functionalities. A lot of questions came to my mind while going through those accounts and I searched for them but couldn't get a clear answer on these
1.What is the difference between personal business and developer's account?
2.Do we have to have a real bank account for paypal developer's account?
3.If it is so, then does paypal charges even for developer's account ?
4.If not can we get fake credit from paypal itself just for testing purpose?
and finally 5.where do a developer finally login to access the REST API which the paypal provides?
1) Not a whole lot. In most cases people use Personal accounts in the sandbox as payer accounts, and use business accounts for seller accounts. You need a business account setup for things like Payment Pro, Payments Advanced, etc.
2) No, when you create your developer sandbox accounts they will get setup with a fake bank account and credit card number.
3) No, any transactions made in the sandbox are completely fake, but it does allow you to complete transactions all the way through so you can see the entire flow, and then also see what it looks like in each user's PayPal account.
4) Answered in #3.
5) Not exactly sure what you're asking here. Just login to http://developer.paypal.com and go into the Documentation section. Everything you need is in there.
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This is what I want to do?
I am building a online fundraising platform where people can create a page on my site and setup their payment colletion facility so the funds can go directly into their account.
I already have Stripe which allows me to do that where users essentially provide their Stripe account details and all those funds go into that account directly instead of mine.
Does anyone know if this is possible in Paypal as well?
I couldn't find it anywhere.
Example where it works now?
Ebay is perfect example where sellers setup their account and provide their paypal details. Then all funds go into their paypal account.
To be honest, I haven't seen this anywhere else on the same website domain.
Any solution ideas would be great!
After X hours of searching and lost-ing inside documentation and this community, I understand that, if :
I'm non US developer
my client is not a US company
I want integrate Paypal in market-place
sending several emails to Paypal support
I need to:
register as Business Account US in paypal.com ( and not in sandbox )
find an US user because I'm not, otherwise I need to fake my address, zip code and state
enter in developer.paypal.com
Someone can answer me YES ? or the right procedure ?
Thanks
from https://developer.paypal.com/docs/faq/#international-developer-questions
"I'm a non-U.S. developer. What products are available to me?
The REST API supports a number of countries and currencies. The REST API provides simple payment processing for common business needs, including PayPal payments, direct credit card payments, authorization and capture, and refunds. For more advanced payment solutions such as parallel and recurring payments, you can use the NVP/SOAP APIs.
If you've previously used our NVP/SOAP APIs, you can continue to use them. Using your old Sandbox email address and password, you can import existing Sandbox accounts on the Sandbox Accounts page."
I started on this page:
https://developer.paypal.com/developer/accounts/
My company is looking to use the vaulting feature with Paypal for storing credit card info. I am not on the development side of things. I just need to know do we just need to have a paypal account to use this vault? Do we need to have a business account or a contract with paypal in order to use this? This is very time sensitive so any help would be greatly appreciated.
Scott
Yes, you will need to set up a PayPal account for this functionality.
Those in charge of the financial account to which the PayPal account will be linked (i.e. your company's bank account) will also need to answer questions regarding the bank account's validity correctly in order to unlock full API access for your developer(s):
https://developer.paypal.com/docs/api/
Your developers will also need to be set up, once the PayPal account has been confirmed and validated, with authorized logins for the account, as well, so they can test and ensure that PayPal transactions are confirmed during the development process.
A word of caution: Though I'm unaware of your business, its practices, etc. it's a hefty sum of responsibility and potential liability to offer the storing of user-sensitive financial information. If you're not prepared to handle the legal ramifications if this data is ever stolen or accessed without authorization, then this is not the development path your company should take.
You would just need a business account to use REST API PayPal.List of countries supported.
The REST API supports many countries for PayPal account payments. All you need is to upgrade to a Business account. For country-specific offerings and limitations, refer to PayPal Offerings Worldwide and visit your country-specific site for further details.
No need of a PRO account.
I was using Paypal Sandbox for testing transactions last year using my PayPal developer account.
I just checked last week that I cannot access my old account, so I decided to sign up for a new account. However, you need now to sign up for a business account. Business account is only available to U.S. businesses (I came from outside the US).
I was hoping if you can suggest an alternative and free developer account (similar to PayPal), but with a different payment gateway.
Thank you.
How about stripe ?
Stripe
Uses a JavaScript based API to complete transactions.
Simpler to integrate with multiple platforms.
You don't need a US Business account to use developer.paypal.com.
Simply sign up via https://www.paypal.com/ for a live PayPal account, either Premier or Business, and you'll be able to log in to developer.paypal.com with it.
Note however that the new REST API is currently available for live US Business accounts only, but this won't affect the availability of other Sandbox products or functionality.
I'll look into why the messaging states that you do, because that's not correct. Thanks for pointing this out!
I have tested my application using sandbox account in paypal using IPN method.
Now I want to start live selling my products. I need you guys to help me which type of accounts is good or best. Do I need Merchant account or another type of account share me link where can i signup for seller account and also send me link where i can signup for one buyer account. And also please give some tip about live paypal. Its going to be my first paypal experience.
This is old, but I'll answer it in case someone else is in this boat.
You need a business account to access most of the API. The exception is the Payments Pro API (including GetTransactionDetails). For this, you need a Pro account.