Pay another account

DocsCurrentDirect merchant

Last updated: Feb 28th, 7:44pm

By default, money is paid to the application owner in their own account. The account receiving funds is known as the payee.

To specify a different payee when you create an order:

  1. Add the payee object to the transaction payload.
  2. Include the email_address or merchant_id of the account to receive the payment.

Sample request

1async function createOrder() {
2    // Create accessToken using your clientID and clientSecret
3    // For the full stack example, please see the Standard Integration guide at
4    // https://developer.paypal.com/docs/checkout/standard/integrate/
5    const accessToken = "REPLACE_WITH_YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN"
6    return fetch("https://api-m.sandbox.paypal.com/v2/checkout/orders", {
7            method: "POST",
8            headers: {
9                "Content-Type": "application/json",
10                Authorization: `Bearer ${accessToken}`,
11            },
12            body: JSON.stringify({
13                intent: "CAPTURE",
14                purchase_units: [{
15                    amount: {
16                        value: "15.00",
17                        currency_code: "USD",
18                    },
19                    payee: {
20                        email_address: "payee@exmple.com",
21                    },
22                }, ],
23            }),
24        })
25        .then((response) => response.json())
26        .then((data) => console.log(data));
27}