This article covers the new Authorize.net experience for Digital Payments and PayPal for the new Merchant Interface. For the classic experience please see the support article: What is and how to enable PayPal with Authorize.net? - Classic Experience.

Understanding PayPal

PayPal Express Checkout for Authorize.net enables you to offer PayPal as a payment option to your customers by incorporating it within your existing API implementation.

Requirements for PayPal with Authorize.net

• You must have a PayPal account. A Business or Premier PayPal account. A Business or Premier account enables you to become a merchant for whom PayPal collects money from buyers for goods or services. PayPal manages these transactions and charges you a small fee and a percentage of the amount collected from the buyer for each transaction.
• You must enable the service in the Merchant Interface.
• You must generate your Authorize.net API Login ID and Transaction Key.

How PayPal Transactions Work?

PayPal Express Checkout for Authorize.net enables you to offer PayPal as a payment option to your customers by incorporating it within your existing Authorize.net API integrations, for more details below and in the Developer and Integration resources.

Cost of Using PayPal

Authorize.net does not charge any separate or additional fee for using PayPal, Please check on your PayPal account for any fees they may charge.

To see the fees on your Authorize.net account, follow the steps below:

1. Sign in to the Merchant Interface.
2. Be on or switched into the New Merchant Interface (2.0)
3. Click Account and My Business on the left navigation.
4. Click Products & Fees.
5. Below you will see the products and fees for your account under Fee Structures.

Enabling PayPal in the Merchant Interface

Account Owners can follow these steps: 

1. Sign in to the Merchant Interface.
2. Be on or switched into the New Merchant Interface (2.0)
3. Click Account and Digital Payment Solutions on the left navigation.
4. Click Sign Up in the PayPal section.
5. Click Grant Permissions
6. You will be redirected to the PayPal site, which will guide you through the process of linking your PayPal account to your Authorize.net Account. On the PayPal page, you'll be prompted to enter the credentials for PayPal.
7. Once you have your account connected you may now integrate and use your PayPal account with your Authorize.net account. See the Developer and Integration resource for more details.

Important: Ensure you're using the correct account type and environment:

• Use a Production PayPal account with your Production Authorize.net account.
• Use a Sandbox PayPal account with your Sandbox Authorize.net account.
• Mixing environments (e.g., Sandbox PayPal with Production Authorize.net) will result in connection issues.

How to use PayPal with Authorize.net?

Once enabled, you will need to integrate to the API for PayPal with Authorize.net. For more information, see: PayPal Express Checkout

Developer and Integration Resources:

More information can be found in the Developer Documentation and API Reference Guide:

• Developer Documentation
• API Reference Guide