What is PayPal?
PayPal provides merchant payment acceptance through online checkout and payment links, among other services. Its developer documentation describes a standard checkout integration. Capabilities, eligible payment methods and fees depend on market and account setup; these should be checked for the merchant's country and use case.
Read the full overview
Sources checked 27 September 2026: Accept payments, Checkout Standard, Payment links.
PayPalERP & Business OperationsPayment acceptance for online and direct sales
Key capabilities
- Online checkout: Integrate a documented PayPal checkout flow into a website.
- Payment links: Collect a payment through a shareable merchant link where supported.
- Merchant operations: Review transaction, refund and dispute processes against business needs.
Where PayPal fits
Checkout integration, payment links and merchant account operations are the useful areas to compare.
Positioning and limitations
Choose the integration path from the customer's buying flow: an on-site checkout, a hosted payment experience or a link sent directly. Confirm settlement, refunds and dispute handling with the actual merchant account.
A checkout decision affects conversion and support work; test payment, cancellation and refund paths in the intended market before launch.
“Payment acceptance for online and direct sales”
Technical details
- Access
- See vendor
- Source model
- Commercial
- License
- Commercial
- Founded
- 1998
- Headquarters
- San Jose, California, USA
- Pricing model
- Paid
- Pricing details
- Software and service terms ↗
- API
- Available
- Website
- www.paypal.com ↗
What to verify
Start from the users, systems and operating responsibilities the tool needs to support.
- Confirm current features, licensing and support terms.
- Validate deployment, data location and access control.
- Test integrations, exports and recovery workflows.
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