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Setting up payments with PayPal. This article compiles most information you need.

Guide to getting started with PayPal payments

PayPal can be enabled in 26 currencies and many countries at Sharetribe. Find out which currency works in your country.

PayPal charges a fee over each transaction. Both providers and admin will pay one: find out how much exactly.

The online payment system is the core of your marketplace and you can rely on PayPal to process paid transactions in your marketplace.

To allow providers and buyers to pay and receive money via PayPal, you need to configure it by connecting your own PayPal account.

To use PayPal as a payment gateway on you marketplace or receive payments with it, you need to upgrade your account.

Through PayPal, buyers can pay with credit cards, debit cards, PayPal accounts and more.

It is possible that PayPal requires you to verify your account before you can connect it to your user profile.

Providers must agree to some permissions in order to be able to receive money from buyers: here is the whole list, with details.

To receive money through PayPal, providers have to connect their PayPal accounts to their profiles – here’s how.

For buyers, the creation of a PayPal account isn't mandatory. However sometimes that setting has to be reviewed in the seller's account.

Transactions going through PayPal follow a few steps, from accepting the request to the payment and reviews. Here's a complete description.

This is an illustrated, in-depth guide about the PayPal transaction process.

Considering fees and payment flow, transactions can be quite complex. Here are some examples to better understand how PayPal works.

If you enable a commission for a transaction the sellers in your marketplace are automatically charged. Find out how.

When the admin is also the seller the commission is not shown on a transaction (but isn't lost!). Read more to learn why.

If your marketplace processes small amounts for each transaction, micropayments can help to decrease the payment fees charged by PayPal.

After a payment with PayPal, money is transferred immediately to providers.

If a transaction goes wrong, buyers might ask for a refund from providers. With PayPal, this needs to happen in the provider user account.

When connecting your own PayPal account, you may encounter this error. It is usually easy to fix: here is how.

Email, bank account, identity: these are some things to check if PayPal requires a confirmed account from providers in your marketplace.