Getting started

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How Fastlane works

Fastlane is PayPal's quick guest checkout solution. It securely saves and retrieves payment and shipping information for Fastlane members. Fastlane members enter their email and receive prefilled checkout forms.

Consumer benefits
  • Members can enter their email address and receive prefilled checkout forms.​
  • Members can securely check out with their email address at any site that integrates Fastlane.​
  • No password required. Members get a one-time confirmation code after entering their email address.
  1. The guest enters the checkout page and PayPal sends an email form.
  2. The guest enters their email and sends it to PayPal. PayPal determines if the email is registered for Fastlane.
  3. If the email is registered, the guest receives a one-time password. After entering the password, the guest receives auto-filled checkout details.
  4. If the email is not registered, the guest receives payment detail forms to fill out. After they fill out the forms, they can opt to save the information with their email address. The next time the guest enters their email, they receive auto-filled checkout details.
Guest sign-up
  1. The guest bypasses signed-in checkout and PayPal checkout.
  2. The guest is prompted to enter their email address.
  3. The guest enters payment methods and shipping info to associate with the email.
  4. The guest completes checkout and becomes a Fastlane member.
Members get prefilled info
  1. The member bypasses signed-in checkout and PayPal checkout.
  2. The member enters their email and receives a one-time confirmation code.
  3. The customer enters their email and sends it to PayPal. PayPal determines if the email is registered for Fastlane.
  4. Fastlane returns prefilled payment and shipping info.
  5. The member completes checkout.

Next steps

Integrate Fastlane. Be sure to upgrade any existing integration to our Orders v2 API.

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Integrate Fastlane

Use our ready-made quickstart integration or customize form fields with our flexible integration.

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Upgrade to Fastlane

Upgrade existing PayPal and card integrations to use Fastlane.