Onboard Sellers
DocsCurrentLast updated: April 6th 2022, @ 4:06:12 pm
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 experience for new PayPal 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.
- Branded payments means you pass
- 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:
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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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