Create a PayPal Business Account

Content of this article

  1. Preliminary remarks
  2. Create a PayPal Business Account
  3. Create Rest API

1. Preliminary remarks

To be able to connect PayPal to the plenigo Merchant Backend, a PayPal Business Account must be created.
PayPal provides comprehensive resources for activating an account.

2. Create a PayPal Business Account

  • Open the following link: https://www.paypal.com/de/home
  • Click on Sign Up.
  • Select Business.
  • Fill in the form.
  • Follow the account activation assistant.
    This step can also be skipped and carried out at a later time.
  • Open the registration mail in your mail box.
  • Click on the link to verify your email address.
The Business Account has been successfully created.

Note: Use the slider to switch between sandbox and live data.



3. Create Rest API

For the stage system in the plenigo merchant backend, the API must be created in the sandbox mode.
For the live system in the plenigo merchant backend the API must be created in the live mode.
In the details, the API credentials can be called for API calls and transactions.


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