PayPal Pro: How do I set up my shopping cart to accept payments PayPal
Pro?
Log into
your PayPal Business account. Then select to upgrade to Paypal Pro
from within your account.
Click the Profile Tab, then from the
Profle page click the API Access link
On the API access page, click Request API
credentials.
On the API credentials screen, select the
API SSL Client side certificate radio button, Agree to their contract,
and click Submit.
The next page that it shows you will show
you your and "API Password".
- Select and copy the "API Username:" . In another window open the
shop/owner Checkout page. Select PayPal Payments Pro as the checkout type. Then in the
"PayPal Pro Username field paste in the
API Username value that you copied from the Paypal page.
-Now select and copy the "API Password" . In the other window which is open to the
shop/owner Checkout Type page, paste in the API Password value (that you copied from
the Paypal.com page) into the PayPal Pro Password field.
- In the "E-mail Address" field
type in your the email used for logging in to the Paypal.com
Back at the PayPal.com site, click the Download button. It will
prompt you to download the certificate.
Once
you have downloaded the API Certificate, use the Browse button to the right of the "Add
Paypal Payment Pro API Certificate. " field to select it from your hard
drive.
Now at the bottom of the checkout Type page click the "Save All Changes" button to save these values.
After completing this step switch windows back to the Paypal.com site and click the
"Back To Profile Summary" link at the upper right of the page.
To Profile Summary" link at the upper right of the page. And again click
on the API Access link. From that page then click "Grant API
Permission". On this page you will actually be granting yourself (not a
3rd party) rights to use the certificate that you downloaded. Paste in
your "API Username" (not the one from the example below) , grant it all
4 permissions, and click Submit.
Now test your shopping cart by placing an
order with your credit card or by testing it with another Paypal email
address (it will not let you pay yourself using your own Paypal email
address)
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