How to Integrate PayPal Checkout With Jotform

PayPal Checkout provides users with a simple and secure checkout experience that doesn’t require navigating away from a website or mobile app to make a payment. With PayPal’s Smart Payment Buttons, payment methods, such as PayPal Credit, are displayed automatically, making it easier for users to complete payments.

Adding and Setting up PayPal Checkout Integration

Create a new or edit an existing form and follow the steps below to integrate PayPal Checkout.

1. In the Form Builder, click the Add Element button on the upper-left side of the page.
2. Look for PayPal Checkout under the Payments tab, and click or drag/drop it to add.

3. In the Payment Settings, select the Environment first. Selecting this first is recommended as this option tells you which PayPal account to use. Test Mode requires a Sandbox account.
4. Next, click the Connect button to connect your PayPal account.

5. Once connected, set up the rest of the options:
   • Currency — The prices and amounts displayed on the form are based on the selected currency. PayPal Checkout only supports a limited number of currencies.
   • Payment Type — Specify whether to process payments for products, user-defined amounts, or custom donations.
   • Replace Submit Button With PayPal — Toggle to display the submit button for manual form submission.
   • Enable PayPal Credit — Toggle to enable PayPal Credit for US-based customers.
   • Enable Card Payments — Toggle to enable card-based payments instead of just PayPal.

Under the Additional Gateway Settings, you can set up a few additional options, which include the following:

• Enable Electronic Direct Debit — Also known as ELV (Elektronisches Lastschriftverfahren), it is an electronic direct debit payment method for banks in Germany.
• PayPal Smart Buttons — This option allows you to change the appearance of the PayPal buttons.
• Show Pay Later Messaging — Pay Later is PayPal’s loan feature for its customers based in Australia, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

6. If you’ve selected Sell Products from the Payment Type, click the Continue button to add your product items. If you have chosen User Defined Amount or Collect Donation options, click the Save button to complete the integration.

See also:

• Setting Up Your First Order Form
• How to Add Options to Payment Forms
• How to Add Coupon Code to Payment Forms
• How to Add Tax to Your Payment Form
• How to Add Shipping Cost to Payment Forms
• How to Generate an Invoice for Your Payment Form

How Does PayPal Checkout Payment Work?

The payment is authorized and executed only when the form is submitted. Below are demos of payment flow when paying through Paypal Credit or Debit/Credit Card.

PayPal Checkout

You will see from this demo that PayPal Credit is available on the checkout page. PayPal Credit is also displayed on the form for eligible users.

Debit/Credit Card

For Debit or Credit Card payments, it is important to remember that cards attached to a PayPal account cannot be used for this type of payment.

Setting up PayPal Checkout with Reusable Payment Connection

Reusable Payment Connection is Jotform’s feature that allows you to set up payment integrations such as PayPal Checkout and reuse the same configuration through your other forms or apps created with Jotform Apps.

Here’s how you can set up PayPal Checkout with Reusable Payment Connection:

1. In the Form Builder, click the Add Element button.
2. Search for PayPal Checkout from the Payments tab, click or drag/drop it to add.

3. In the Payment Properties, click the Plug icon next to the PayPal Checkout label as pointed out in the below image:

4. In the Payment Connection settings, select and do the following:
   • Mode — Select to connect a Sandbox account (Test Mode) or an approved PayPal Premier or Business account (Live Mode).
   • Connection Name — Provide a name for your connection. You can label it with the gateway’s name or personalize it with your form’s name to easily manage it later.
   • Connect with PayPal Checkout — Click this button to connect your PayPal account.

5. Click the Save button to complete the Reusable Payment Connection for PayPal Checkout.

6. Now, set up the other options, particularly the following:
   • Payment Type — PayPal Checkout supports selling products, custom amounts, and donations. It does not support subscriptions.
   • Currency — Select from the supported currencies.
   • Replace Submit Button With PayPal — Keeping this enabled hides the submit button of the form and will automatically submit the form as soon as the payment is completed.
   • Enable PayPal Credit — Toggle to enable PayPal Credit for US-based customers.
   • Enable Card Payments — Toggle to enable card-based payments instead of just PayPal.
   • Enable Electronic Direct Debit — ELV (Elektronisches Lastschriftverfahren) is an electronic direct debit payment method for banks in Germany.
   • PayPal Smart Buttons Style — This option allows you to change the appearance of the PayPal buttons.
   • Show Pay Later Messaging — Pay Later is PayPal’s loan feature for its customers based in Australia, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States.