The PayPal payment gateway is a unified payments integration that allows you to accept payments in over 100 currencies from 325 million active customers across 200 markets.
PayPal offers several features to optimize checkout conversion and grow your business.
- Local payment methods and PayPal Pay Later to expand your global customer base and encourage larger purchases
- One Touch™ to skip the PayPal login process and streamline checkout on recognized computers
- Stored credit cards and PayPal accounts
- Real-time Account Updater to automatically refresh stored card information when it expires
- Risk management tools to prevent fraud and minimize chargebacks
Requirements
- Your store must be using Optimized One-Page Checkout.
- Manage Payments and Manage Settings user permissions must be enabled.
- Your store must be in a supported country. All countries supported by PayPal are supported by BigCommerce, except:
- India
- Israel
- To use hosted credit/debit card fields directly on the checkout page, your store must meet the country and currency requirements.
- To offer stored credit cards, you must have hosted credit/debit card fields enabled.
- For stored credit cards and stored PayPal accounts, your store must be on a Plus plan or higher, located in one of the following countries, and offering one of the supported currencies for that country:
- Australia
- Canada
- France
- Germany
- Italy
- Spain
- United Kingdom
- United States
- To use Real-time Account Updater with stored credit cards, your store must be located in the United States.
- Real-time Account Updater is only available for stored cards with a United States billing address at this time.
- To use post-purchase shipping sync and shipping tracking settings, your store must be located in one of the following countries:
- Australia
- Canada
- France
- Germany
- Italy
- Spain
- United Kingdom
- United States
Setup
Use the following steps to connect your PayPal merchant account with your store.
1. Go to Settings › Payments and from the list of Online Payment Methods, click Set up next to PayPal.