Stripe Paypal Checkout

7 min

stripe paypal checkout lets your customers pay with their paypal account during checkout paypal appears as a payment option alongside credit cards on the stripe hosted checkout page when a customer pays with paypal, the order flows into chord oms just like any other order how it works flowchart lr a\[customer\ at checkout] >|selects paypal| b\[stripe\ shows paypal option] b >|redirected to paypal| c\[paypal\ authorizes payment] c >|payment confirmed| b b >|order confirmed| d\[chord\ fulfills the order] customer goes to checkout — the stripe checkout page shows paypal as a payment option alongside credit cards customer selects paypal — they are redirected to paypal to log in and authorize the payment payment is processed — paypal confirms the payment through stripe order is created — the order appears in chord, tagged and ready for fulfillment getting started navigate to store > integrations → stripe paypal on chord the setup page walks you through a 5 step checklist stripe api key — your store must have a stripe api key configured (auto detected) request orchestration access — your stripe account needs orchestration preview access enabled by your stripe account representative deploy paypal adapter — a bridge service that connects stripe and paypal must be running \note this step must be handled by chord, so please reach out at \ create custom payment method — a paypal custom payment method must be created in the stripe dashboard enter your token — paste the custom payment method token (starts with cpmt ) into the settings once all steps are complete, click enable to turn on paypal checkout note if your store uses chord's managed paypal account, steps 2–4 may already be handled for you in that case, you just need to enable the feature settings all settings are accessible from the paypal settings page once the feature is enabled token configuration custom payment method token — the token that connects your checkout to paypal (starts with cpmt ) if your store doesn't have its own token, chord's default token is used automatically order processing order channel — the channel name assigned to paypal orders (default "paypal") useful for filtering and reporting order tag — an optional tag applied to all paypal orders useful for identifying paypal transactions at a glance how paypal orders appear paypal orders look and behave like regular orders in your admin panel, with a few differences channel — paypal orders are assigned to their own channel (default "paypal") so you can filter them separately in reports tag — if configured, a custom tag is applied to every paypal order payment type — the payment is recorded as "paypal" rather than a credit card customer info — billing and shipping details are synced from the customer's paypal account refunds paypal refunds must be processed through the stripe dashboard , not through chord oms the refund button is disabled for paypal payments on chord oms to prevent any issues to refund a paypal order go to the stripe dashboard find the payment process the refund from there limitations paypal checkout is available for one time payments only — paypal is not available for subscription orders if a customer's cart contains a subscription, paypal will not appear as a payment option automatic capture — payments are captured immediately at checkout (no manual capture option) currency availability — paypal may not appear for certain localized currencies that paypal doesn't support refunds — must be processed through the stripe dashboard, not the oms admin faq q will paypal appear automatically at checkout? yes once enabled, paypal appears as a payment option on the stripe checkout page alongside credit cards no changes to your storefront are needed q what if my customer's cart has a subscription? paypal will not appear as a payment option the customer can still pay with a credit card q do i need my own paypal account? not necessarily you can use chord's managed paypal account, where payments go through chord and are settled to you alternatively, you can set up your own paypal account and custom payment method token for direct payments q how do i know if an order was paid with paypal? paypal orders are tagged with the channel name (default "paypal") and any custom tag you've configured the payment record also shows "paypal" as the payment type q can i use paypal with multiple stores? yes each store can independently enable paypal with its own token and settings q what happens if paypal is down? customers can still pay with credit cards paypal simply won't appear as an option if the service is unavailable