How do I set up a PayPal Credit Card Gateway?You can set up a credit card gateway to accept credit card payments using Express Accounts, including the PayPal gateway.
To set up the gateway for PayPal, follow these steps
- Click the Options button on the toolbar
- Select Payments from the list on the left
- If Paypal is already displayed in the list of Credit Card Gateways, skip to Step 6
- Click the Update List button
- Click Yes to allow NCH Software to add each Plugin
- Click OK when all plugins have been added
- Select the checkbox next to either Legacy Paypal or Paypal Payflow Pro
- Click the Configure... button
- For Legacy Paypal
- Enter the API Username and Password provided to you from PayPal.
- The Gateway URL is https://api-3t.paypal.com/nvp, though you may want to test the gateway in the sandbox using the URL https://api-3t.sandbox.paypal.com/nvp.
- For API Credentials, you will select 3-token Authentication and enter the signature provided by PayPal. If you have your own SSL certificate, select Client Side SSL, enter the certificate password and browse for the certificate file.
- Click the Test Connection button
- If everything is working, click the Save button, if not, check all of your data for accuracy, then try Test Connection again
- For Paypal Payflow Pro
- Enter the Partner, Merchant Login, User and Passward
- Click the Test Connection button
- If everything is working, click the Save button, if not, check all of your data for accuracy, then try Test Connection again
- Click the OK button to save your changes and close the Options window
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