Accept payments with PayPal on Square Online
Before you begin
Square doesn’t charge any additional transaction fees for using PayPal’s payment processor, but PayPal does have its own. To learn more about current PayPal transaction fees, get in touch with the PayPal support team.
Step 1: create a PayPal Business account
To start setup, you’ll need a PayPal Business account. If you don’t already have one, you can convert your personal PayPal account to a Business account or sign up for a new PayPal Business account.
Step 2: set up PayPal on your site
To accept payments with PayPal on Square Online:
from your Square Online Overview page, go to Settings > Checkout or Shared Settings > Checkout.
Under PayPal, select Connect and log in to your PayPal account to authorise the connection.
Note: your customers will be unable to pay for Square Appointments, Square Gift Cards, or local delivery orders using PayPal on your Square Online site.
Setup troubleshooting
If you run into an error while connecting PayPal to Square Online, you may need to make some changes to your PayPal account settings to complete the setup process. Follow the guide below for troubleshooting steps:
log in to your PayPal account and go to Profile > Website payments. Locate the ‘API access’ section and select the Update link.
Select Grant API permission under the ‘Pre-built payment solution’ section.
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Paste the following text into the Third-Party Permission Username field, then select Lookup
info_api1.weebly.com
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Enable the following options under Available Permissions, then select Add:
use Express Checkout to process payments
Issue a refund for a specific transaction
Authorise and capture your PayPal transactions
Obtain information about a single transaction
Issue a refund for any prior transaction
Go back to the Checkout tab in your Square Online Overview page to finish connecting PayPal. When prompted, tick the box to confirm you’ve granted permission through PayPal and click Done.
Your PayPal account should now be connected and you can begin accepting payments through Square Online.
Note: if you disconnect your PayPal account, you may need to go through this process again before you can reconnect.
Support
If you need assistance with PayPal outside of connecting it as a payment processor to your Square Online site, please contact the PayPal support team.