Install and configure PayPal in Prestashop 1.6

PayPal has become one of the most popular online payment systems on the Internet. From Ebay, AliExpress or El Corte Inglés, the ease of use and the security of the proposal have led more than 9 million businesses to accept this unique form of payment at the end of their shopping carts.

The electronic alternative to credit cards has become strong in the market thanks to two pillars that are as essential as they are simple: 1) the return of amounts without obstacles and 2) commissions. In the first case, we can recover the payment as long as we are in a situation of fraud or scam. And thanks to the second, PayPal will pocket a percentage of each sale we make.

In this new tutorial from Línea Gráfica we show you how to install and configure the effective PayPal module in our PrestaShop 1.6 store. Making things easier for the customer is never enough, so it's time to keep working to make the site the champion of profitability and online comfort. It's difficult, we know, but we have to trust in our possibilities!

Create a business account on PayPal

In this first step, we will have to create a business account and associate our store's bank account with it, in order to verify it later. Creating a business account on PayPal is very simple, just fill out a form with our company's details and complete the registration. Start your account here

Installing the PayPal Module in our PrestaShop store

Once you have access to our business account, go to the PrestaShop administration panel, click on Module and find “ PayPal Europe Module ” (or simply PayPal) through the search bar. Press the green button that appears on the right and stay tuned, the configuration will start automatically.

Setting up the PayPal PrestaShop module

With the settings open and the PayPal business account available, go to the option “ Activate your online store to accept payments with PayPal ” and click on “Get my PayPal identification data” on the form that we cannot complete yet.

API Credentials

A pop-up window will then appear requesting access to the PayPal Business account we created in the first step.

Once inside, select the “ Request API credentials ” option and click “Request an API signature” on the next screen and click OK. The last informational message will show you “Username”, “API Password” and “Signature”. Copy the data and use it to fill out the form in the previous step.

Click "Save" and celebrate: you now have the module up and running in your PrestaShop 1.6 store .

Any questions to resolve?

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