Adding PayPal Express as a Payment Processor in Eventsquid
In order to configure your Eventsquid account to use PapPal Express as a payment processor, you will need to 1) gather credentials from your PayPal account and 2) add them to your Eventsquid account.
From your PayPal account, you will need the following credentials:
API User Name
API Password
API Signature
Locating your API Credentials within PayPal
Fast Path
1. Sign in to your PayPal account https://www.paypal.com/us/signin
2. After you have signed in, visit https://www.paypal.com/businessprofile/mytools/apiaccess/firstparty/signature
Click Show next to each element to reveal your credentials. Copy those to a text (editor or similar) or just leave the tab open for easy copy/paste.
If that worked for you, skip to Adding your PayPal API Credentials to Eventsquid
Step-by-Step
1. Sign in to your PayPal account https://www.paypal.com/us/signin
2. Click on your name in the upper right and click ACCOUNT SETTINGS
3. Under Account Access, click Update to the right of API access
4. Scroll down to NVP/SOAP API integration (Classic) under Custom checkout experience and click on Manage API credentials
5. Click Show next to each element to reveal your credentials
Adding your PayPal API Credentials to Eventsquid
1. From your main Eventsquid dashboard, click Manage Organization
2. Click the Payment Processing panel or Payment Processing from the menu on the left
3. Click ADD and select PayPal Express
4. You can give your PayPal Express account a nickname for easy reference (optional). If you don't want to include a nickname just leave it blank and click Add.
5. Enter your PayPal API credentials gathered from your PayPal account. Click Default in the upper left to make your PayPal processor available for events. Click Save Processor when complete.
Once you have your payment processor configured, you are ready to accept payments for your event!