Onboard Sellers

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Your sellers complete onboarding so they can accept PayPal payments on your platform. During onboarding, PayPal automates Know Your Customer (KYC) verification, so we vet your sellers, run identity checks, and conduct compliance checks (Office of Foreign Asset Control and Anti-Money Laundering) for you.

How it works

To onboard, your seller clicks a sign-up link on your website which redirects them to PayPal to log in to or sign up for a PayPal account and to grant you permissions to process payments on their behalf. You use the Partner Referrals API to prefill the onboarding form with data that you have previously collected about your sellers, and you can localize the form fields.

Seller experience with existing PayPal account

Seller onboarding existing account

Seller experience for new PayPal account

Seller onboarding new account

Eligibility

Eligibility depends on the type of PayPal account your merchant has, what type of payments they can process, and their location. The table definitions are:

Account
- A casual account is a personal PayPal account.
- A business account is a business PayPal account.
Product
- Branded payments means you pass EXPRESS_CHECKOUT in your features array. Express Checkout includes the debit and credit cards, PayPal, PayPal Credit, Venmo, and alternative payment methods.
- PPCP means you pass PPCP as the feature. PPCP includes the PayPal button and advanced credit and debit cards.
Onboarding
- Connect your sellers with PayPal before they accept PayPal payments from buyers on your platform.
- Connect your sellers with PayPal after they accept PayPal payments from buyers on your platform.

Important: If you are a partner or third-party provider implementing onboarding for an integration that receives payments, do not onboard sellers for the send only countries as sellers who reside in these locations cannot receive payments. This limitation is only for payment integrations.

Scroll through the table to find your country and eligibility.

Country	Business, Branded, Before	Business, Branded, After	Casual, Branded, Before	Casual, Branded, After	Business, PPCP, Before	Casual, PPCP, Before	Business, PPCP, After	Casual, PPCP, After
Albania	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Algeria	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Andorra	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Angola (Send only)	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Anguilla (Send only)	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Antigua & Barbuda	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Argentina	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Armenia (Send only)	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Aruba (Send only)	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Australia	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No
Austria	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No
Azerbaijan (Send only)	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Bahamas	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Bahrain	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Barbados	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Belarus (Send only)	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Belgium	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No
Belize	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Benin (Send only)	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Bermuda	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Bhutan (Send only)	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Bolivia (Send only)	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Bosnia & Herzegovina	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Botswana	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Brazil	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
British Virgin Islands (Send only)	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Brunei (Send only)	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Bulgaria	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Burkina Faso (Send only)	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Burundi (Send only)	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Cote d'Ivoire (Send only)	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Cambodia (Send only)	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Cameroon (Send only)	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Canada	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No
Cape Verde (Send only)	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Cayman Islands	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Chad (Send only)	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Chile	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
China	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Colombia	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Comoros (Send only)	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Congo-Brazzaville (Send only)	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Cook Islands (Send only)	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Costa Rica	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Croatia	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Cyprus	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No
Czech Republic	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No
Denmark	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No
Djibouti (Send only)	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Dominica	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Dominican Republic	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Ecuador	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Egypt	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
El Salvador	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Eritrea (Send only)	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Estonia	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No
Ethiopia (Send only)	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Falkland Islands (Send only)	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Faroe Islands	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Finland	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No
Fiji	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
France	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No
French Guiana	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
French Polynesia	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Gabon (Send only)	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Gambia (Send only)	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Georgia	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Germany	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Gibraltar	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Greece	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No
Greenland	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Grenada	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Guadeloupe	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Guatemala	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Guinea (Send only)	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Guinea-Bissau (Send only)	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Guyana (Send only)	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Honduras	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Hong Kong SAR China	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Hungary	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No
Iceland	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
India	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Indonesia	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Ireland	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Italy	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No
Jamaica	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Japan	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Jordan	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Kazakhstan	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Kenya	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Kiribati (Send only)	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Kuwait	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Kyrgyzstan (Send only)	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Laos (Send only)	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Latvia	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No
Lesotho	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Liechtenstein	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No
Lithunia	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Luxembourg	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No
Macedonia (Send only)	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Madagascar (Send only)	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Malawi	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Malaysia	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Maldives (Send only)	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Mali (Send only)	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Malta	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No
Marshall Islands (Send only)	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Martinique	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Mauritania (Send only)	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Mauritius	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Mayotte (Send only)	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Mexico	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Micronesia (Send only)	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Moldova	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Monaco	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Mongolia (Send only)	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Montenegro (Send only)	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Montserrat (Send only)	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Morocco	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Mozambique	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Namibia (Send only)	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Nauru (Send only)	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Nepal (Send only)	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Netherlands	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No
New Caledonia	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
New Zealand	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Nicaragua	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Niger (Send only)	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Nigeria (Send only)	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Niue (Send only)	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Norfolk Island (Send only)	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Norway	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No
Oman	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Palau	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Panama	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Papua New Guinea (Send only)	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Paraguay (Send only)	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Peru	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Philippines	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Pitcairn Islands (Send only)	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Poland	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No
Portugal	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No
Qatar	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Reunion	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Romania	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No
Russia	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Rwanda (Send only)	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Sao Tome & Principe (Send only)	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Samoa (Send only)	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
San Marino	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Saudi Arabia	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Senegal	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Serbia	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Seychelles	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Sierra Leone (Send only)	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Singapore	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Slovakia	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No
Slovenia	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No
Solomon Islands (Send only)	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Somalia (Send only)	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
South Africa	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
South Korea	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Spain	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No
St. Helena (Send only)	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
St. Kitts & Nevis	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
St. Lucia	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
St. Pierre & Miquelon (Send only)	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
St. Vincent & Grenadines (Send only)	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Suriname (Send only)	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Svalbard & Jan Mayen (Send only)	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Swaziland	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Sweden	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No
Switzerland	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Taiwan	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Tajikistan (Send only)	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Tanzania (Send only)	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Thailand	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Togo (Send only)	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Tonga (Send only)	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Trinidad & Tobago	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Tunisia (Send only)	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Turkmenistan (Send only)	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Turks & Caicos Islands	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Tuvalu (Send only)	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Uganda (Send only)	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Ukraine (Send only)	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
United Arab Emirates	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
United Kingdom	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No
United States	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No
Uruguay	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Vatican City (Send only)	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Venezuela	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Vietnam	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Wallis & Futuna (Send only)	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Yemen (Send only)	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Zambia (Send only)	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Zimbabwe (Send only)	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No

How do you want to integrate?

There are three options for integrating seller onboarding:



Before Payment Connect your sellers with PayPal before they accept PayPal payments from buyers on your platform.	After Payment Connect your sellers to PayPal after they accept PayPal payments from buyers on your platform.	Build into software Set up your software package to include onboarding sellers with PayPal
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Before Payment

Connect your sellers with PayPal before they accept PayPal payments from buyers on your platform.

After Payment

Connect your sellers to PayPal after they accept PayPal payments from buyers on your platform.

Build into software

Set up your software package to include onboarding sellers with PayPal

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