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Taking payments with PayPal

Connect your own PayPal Business account so card and PayPal payments go straight to you. Test with Sandbox first.

Part of CPS eMart and CPS Custom.

Money from your shop goes to you, not to us. CPS adds no transaction fee.

  1. You need a PayPal Business account (free; a personal account can be upgraded).
  2. At developer.paypal.com > Apps and Credentials, choose Sandbox, create an app and copy its Client ID and Secret.
  3. Shop settings > Payments > PayPal: paste both, save, and press Test connection.
  4. Place a test order with a Sandbox buyer account. When it works, repeat with a Live app.

Your secret is encrypted on our side and never shown again, not even to you. To change it, paste a new one.

Tip: PayPal does not take every currency. If your shop sells in one it does not take (such as AED), it charges in US dollars at the official rate, and the Payments screen shows the exact conversion.

Where: Open Payments (sign in first)

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