Set-up Paypal payouts
The article gives you important information on how to get started making payouts to your vendors via Paypal on PuppetVendors.
To use this feature, you must meet all of Paypal's requirements listed below.
Have a PayPal business account. If not, Click here to signup
Once your PayPal business account is set-up, make sure that you have confirmed your identity, email and have your bank account linked to your PayPal business account
Permissions from PayPal to use their payouts feature (scroll to the last section for instructions to this)
If you based out of the United States (US), you are charged a fee of USD $0.25 for each payout. These are fees charged by PayPal and not PuppetVendors.
PayPal fees for other countries can be found here
After meeting PayPal's criteria above, you will need to connect PayPal to PuppetVendors. Steps on how to do this is listed below.
Create a new developer account or log in to your existing account by clicking on here -> Log in or Sign up
Once created and logged in, you should see a screen like below
Click on "My Apps & Credentials" (1)
Click on "Live" (2)
Click on "Create App" (3)
Upon clicking on "Create App", you will see the following screen
Enter "PuppetVendors" as the App Name (1)
Click on "Create App" (2)
After clicking the "Create App" button, you will be presented with the Client ID and Secret screen. These are what you need to use to connect PayPal with PuppetVendors.
Make sure you are logged into PuppetVendors and then click on this link or go to Settings -> Payouts
Copy and paste the Client ID and Secret from PayPal to their respective fields in PuppetVendors as shown in the image below
Click on the "Test Connection" button. If success, you are ready to go, else please contact support@puppetvendors.com for assistance.
You will need to request PayPal to use their payouts feature as it's not enabled by default. Follow the steps below to enable PayPal payouts.
Visit "My Account" in the same dashboard where created the app
Scroll down on the right column and click on "Enable..."
Then click on the "Contact Us" button that shows. Request the PayPal staff to enable this feature for your account.
PayPal Requirements
To use this feature, you must meet all of Paypal's requirements listed below.
Have a PayPal business account. If not, Click here to signup
Once your PayPal business account is set-up, make sure that you have confirmed your identity, email and have your bank account linked to your PayPal business account
Permissions from PayPal to use their payouts feature (scroll to the last section for instructions to this)
If you based out of the United States (US), you are charged a fee of USD $0.25 for each payout. These are fees charged by PayPal and not PuppetVendors.
PayPal fees for other countries can be found here
Connecting PayPal to PuppetVendors
After meeting PayPal's criteria above, you will need to connect PayPal to PuppetVendors. Steps on how to do this is listed below.
Create a new developer account or log in to your existing account by clicking on here -> Log in or Sign up
Once created and logged in, you should see a screen like below
Click on "My Apps & Credentials" (1)
Click on "Live" (2)
Click on "Create App" (3)
Upon clicking on "Create App", you will see the following screen
Enter "PuppetVendors" as the App Name (1)
Click on "Create App" (2)
After clicking the "Create App" button, you will be presented with the Client ID and Secret screen. These are what you need to use to connect PayPal with PuppetVendors.
Make sure you are logged into PuppetVendors and then click on this link or go to Settings -> Payouts
Copy and paste the Client ID and Secret from PayPal to their respective fields in PuppetVendors as shown in the image below
Click on the "Test Connection" button. If success, you are ready to go, else please contact support@puppetvendors.com for assistance.
Request PayPal to use the feature
You will need to request PayPal to use their payouts feature as it's not enabled by default. Follow the steps below to enable PayPal payouts.
Visit "My Account" in the same dashboard where created the app
Scroll down on the right column and click on "Enable..."
Then click on the "Contact Us" button that shows. Request the PayPal staff to enable this feature for your account.
Updated on: 21/08/2023
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