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.
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Sources checked 27 September 2026: Accept payments, Checkout Standard, Payment links.
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.
Checkout integration, payment links and merchant account operations are the useful areas to compare.
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.
Technical details
- Access
- See vendor
- Source model
- Other license
- Founded
- 1998
- Headquarters
- San Jose, California, USA
- Pricing model
- Paid
- API
- Available
- Website
- www.paypal.com ↗
Official resources
What to verify for your environment
Start from the users, systems and operating responsibilities the tool needs to support.
- Confirm current features, licensing and support terms with the publisher.
- Validate deployment, data location, access control, backup and recovery requirements.
- Test integrations, export paths and a representative operational workflow before committing.
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