How to Connect Stan with Paypal

Before you can start making money on Stan, you'll need to connect a payment processor like PayPal or Stripe to your Stan Store! PayPal is a great option as it uses data encryption and anti-fraud technology to help keep your information secure, reducing the risk of online fraud.

If Stripe is not available in your current country, PayPal is a great alternative payment processor for your audience to use!

Example of how your payments will look in your Paypal account:

To setup PayPal with Stan, follow the simple steps below:

1. Login to your Stan account and head over to the Settings in the bottom left corner

2. Select the Payments tab

3. Then, select the small hyperlink +Add Paypal button like below:

4. Next, a PayPal pop-up will appear. Select the Connect to PayPal button and follow the next steps to completing your PayPal setup
   1. If the pop-up does not appear, make sure that your browsers Pop-Up Blocker is turned off in your settings!

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4. Next, enter in the email address associated with your PayPal Business account.

5. If you don't have a PayPal account, its easy to make! Follow the simple steps to create a PayPal account below:

6. After filling out all of the information requested by PayPal, you'll reach this screen below.
7. Be sure to click Return to FindCommunity Inc. to complete the setup process, or else you will not finalize the connection.

8. If you have completed the process, you will see PayPal as a payment option on your Stan store! 🙌🏼
9. Be sure to check your email address to verify your PayPal account.

Troubleshooting PayPal

So sorry to hear that you're having a hard time connecting to PayPal! We've included a few troubleshooting steps below to help you walk through the most common issues when PayPal isn't connecting.

1. Be sure to use a Business PayPal account - it's not possible to connect a personal PayPal account.
2. When connecting PayPal in Stan, on the final page, please be sure to select "Return to FindCommunity Inc."
3. Next, you should receive a verification email from PayPal in your email inbox, please check Spam or Promotions for this! This is important in order to complete the process.
4. Once you find it, be sure to verify your account.
5. Make sure you have a valid bank account connected to PayPal.

If you're still having issues after confirming all the steps below, please reach out to the team and we'd love to continue troubleshooting together! 😊

Using PayPal and Stripe

You have the ability to connect PayPal or Stripe, or both payment processors! If you decide to connect both, your customers will now have the option to pay you using either PayPal or Stripe during their checkout like below:

Alternatively, you can decide to only use one payment provider. Whichever payment provider you decide to connect Stan with will be the only payment option that appears on your checkout page. 

• i.e. If you only connect with Stripe, then your customers will only have the option to pay with their Credit Card. 
• Or, if you'd only like to connect with PayPal, then after connected, your customers will only have the option to pay via PayPal