Upfluence PayPal Integration helps teams pay influencers with just one click!
Before connecting your account:
You must have a PayPal Business Account.
The PayPal account must have PayPal Payouts Enabled.
Not all PayPal accounts have this feature enabled automatically, especially if you are outside the U.S.
Keep in mind this process is only necessary to make payments, for creators to receive payments none of these steps need to be done
How to Switch to a PayPal Business Account
You can easily change your PayPal account to a business account for free. First, log in to your PayPal account at PayPal.com
Go to your ⚙ Settings.
Scroll down and Click Upgrade to a Business account.
Enter your business information and click Agree and Continue.
Setting up PayPal Payouts
Enable Payouts
You must verify that the Payout API is enabled. This is a required step to continue the PayPal integration.
Scroll down and, at the bottom of the column called permission name, make sure that Payouts is ENABLED. You will notice a green check mark indicating the API is active.
If that's not the case:
US merchants — Go to this page for PayPal Standard Payouts, review your prerequisites and once you meet all off them click on “Request access to PayPal Payouts”
Non-US merchants — To enable Payouts, contact your Account Manager or PayPal customer support. Please read this guide and follow the instructions: Enable PayPal Payouts for Non-US merchants (EMEA)
Get your REST API API credentials
Click on “Developer” on the main menu
Enable the “Live mode” in the top right corner. This will let you create credentials that do not target a test environment.
Click on “API Credentials”
Next, click the “Create App” button.
Add the App name of your choice. Make sure to name it properly in order to easily identify it. When you are ready, click the “Create App” button. Your app will be created, it will take a few seconds.
When the app is created, you'll see the details required to connect PayPal to Upfluence.
NOTE: We recommend opening up a text editor like Notepad or a Google Doc and copying and pasting those IDs to reference later in this article.
Don't close this page and open Upfluence Integration page to connect your PayPal account.
Paste the following values:
Client ID ➡️ Client ID
Secret Key 1 ➡️ Secret
Keep Upfluence opened and go back to PayPal. We will create the second credentials.
Get your NVP/SOAP API credentials
Open a new tab and go to NVP/SOAP API management page and select “Request an API signature”. This step is mandatory to access your PayPal balance from Upfluence.
Generate credentials and also, keep this page open. We will paste the last PayPal credentials on Upfluence
Open Upfluence and paste the following values:
API Username ➡️ Username
API Password ➡️ Password
Signature ➡️ Signature
As you previously pasted the previous credentials, you should now be able to confirm the PayPal account addition. Click on “Add PayPal account” to conform.
You should now see your PayPal integration connected.
Additional detail(s)
If you can't enable PayPal Payouts on your account please, follow this PayPal article: https://developer.paypal.com/docs/payouts/standard/#payouts-prerequisites
Fees charged by PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/us/webapps/mpp/merchant-fees#paypal-payouts
Frequently asked questions:
Is it possible to connect multiple PayPal accounts to my Upfluence account?
Yes, it is possible to add several PayPal accounts to your Upfluence account.