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Last Updated: February 26, 2009 2:35 PM

PayPal Express® is a payment solution that seamlessly integrates with your existing Quick Shopping Cart checkout process. Your customers proceed through your checkout path and are directed to the PayPal site to complete payment and are then returned to your site. Customers can use a new or existing PayPal account and keep their credit card information on PayPal's Web site.

For more information, see Using PayPal Express.

NOTE: Your customers need to log into PayPal to use this payment method.

To start accepting PayPal Express, you need a PayPal business account. Connect your Quick Shopping Cart account to your PayPal account, and you are ready to accept payment through this method. You pay fees only when you accept a payment.

To Connect Your Quick Shopping Cart Account to Your PayPal Account

  1. Log in to your Account Manager.
  2. In the My Products section, click Quick Shopping Cart.
  3. In the Quick Shopping Cart Account list, click Open next to the Quick Shopping Cart account you want to use.
  4. From the Processing menu, select Payments.
  5. In the PayPal Express section, click Enable.
  6. Click Sign in or Sign up with PayPal. This step opens a new browser window.
  7. Obtain Your PayPal Information.
    1. Log in to your PayPal Business Account or create a new account.
    2. In your PayPal account, under the My Account tab, click Profile.
    3. In the Account Information list, click API Access.
    4. Click Request API Credentials.
    5. Make sure Request API signature is selected, read the terms and conditions, and then click Agree and Submit.
  8. From the PayPal site, copy your API username, API password, and signature from each field and paste them into the correlating fields on your Quick Shopping Cart page.
  9. Click Verify.
  10. Click Save.

Customers can use this payment method to complete their transactions via either the address route or the payment route. For more information, see What's the difference between the Address Route and Payment Route in PayPal Express?