PayPal Payments is the newest PayPal integration available in WHMCS. Since its release last year, it has proven to be a reliable solution, with many benefits and advantages over previous integrations.
We are recommending that all merchants using PayPal with WHMCS activate and begin accepting payments via the new PayPal Payments integration*.
The advantages of the latest PayPal Payments module/integration are:
- Faster Checkout - A simplified experience that allows customers to authorize charges for all their products and services through a one-time agreement workflow.
- Branded Checkout - A modal based experience that means customers don't leave your website to complete the payment authorisation with PayPal.
- Complete Billing - No matter the term or pricing, with a PayPal Payments vaulted payment method, you get total flexibility of amount and term.
- Optimised Recurring Billing Experience - No more subscription challenges and inconvenience such as over or under-payments, or duplicate billings.
- Optimised Upsells - With authorisation in place, existing customers can checkout faster and pay with PayPal without needing to re-login or re-authenticate with PayPal.
- Secure Tokenisation - your WHMCS instance receives a secure tokenised link to the users PayPal account which is used for repeat charges.
* Activating PayPal Payments does not affect existing customers or PayPal Subscriptions. Your customers will not need to take any action. PayPal Subscriptions will continue uninterrupted as they do today. PayPal Payments will only be used for new customers, and for existing customers on their next in-person payment checkout experience. Learn more
Requirements
- WHMCS Installation - Version 8.9 or later.
- A PayPal Account
How to Get Started
To get started with PayPal Payments, simply follow the steps below. - Login to your WHMCS admin area
- Navigate to Configuration > Apps & Integrations
- Locate PayPal Payments (either via search or Browse > Payments)
- Click Activate
- On the subsequent page, click "Link PayPal Account"
- After completing the authorisation and linking workflow, uncheck the "Test Mode" checkbox and click Save Changes to complete the setup process
Congratulations! You are now live and accepting payments using the latest PayPal Payments integration.
IMPORTANT!
Do not deactivate any legacy PayPal modules you were using previously (eg. PayPal Basic or PayPal Checkout). These must remain active for legacy PayPal Subscriptions to continue to be recognised and applied appropriately. WHMCS will automatically hide the legacy PayPal gateways from user selection choices - no further action is required by you. Learn more Further Reading
