How to set up PayPal (PayPal Direct Debit) in CRM

Please follow the below topics to show the steps to take in order to connect PayPal (PayPal Direct Debit) in eManage CRM.

1. Create an App on the PayPal Developers' website

  1. Go to https://developer.paypal.com/ and sign in

  2. Click on My Apps & Credentials (on the left side menu).

  3. Note that you have two options in the first section (My apps & credentials): Sandbox and Live. It would be nice to create an App for both environments, so you can also test your funnels before processing real orders. Then, click on Create App button (see the image below)

  4. After creating the app, you will see a screen like the one below.

2. Which information is requested to set up PayPal (PayPal Direct Debit) in CRM

The user needs to note down the below two pieces of information, as are the few pieces of information needed to configure PayPal (PayPal Direct Debit) in CRM:

  1. The Account ID

  2. The Secret Key

  3. The Client ID

note

If the user wants to sell using the Credit Card Form instead of the Checkout with PayPal Button, he/she must enable the feature in their PayPal Account (it was called Payments Pro, but it looks like PayPal has renamed it).

If the user wants to sell using the Credit Card Form instead of the Checkout with PayPal Button, he/she must enable the feature in their PayPal Account (it was called Payments Pro, but it looks like PayPal has renamed it).

Please, contact DFO Banking Team if you need more information about it kindly refer to the DFO Banking Team, or check this link out: https://developer.paypal.com/docs/paypal-payments-pro/

3. Set up the Entity

In order to create an Entity for your payment provider in CRM, the user should follow the below steps.

4. Set PayPal Direct Debit in CRM

In order to set PayPal as a payment provider in CRM, the user should follow the below steps.

  1. Log in to the CRM instance

  2. From the left side menu, scroll down until the Payment section, and then click on Providers

  3. At the top of the Providers page, on the search field type, PayPal, and then one of the results given is: PayPalDirectDebit

  4. Go to the right side of the page, and from the PayPalDirectDebit row, please click on the Edit button

  5. The Edit tab will pop up and from there you need to switch the Is Active toggle to ON and then click on the Save button

  6. Next, go to the right side of the page, and from the PayPalDirectDebit row, please click on the Provider Mids button

  7. Once on the Merchant ID (Mids) page, go to the right and hit the button + Create New

  8. The New Mid tab will pop up, and the user needs to fill it in with the details provided by PayPal

Specifically, from PayPalDirectDebit the user needs to get:

For more information, please check the following helpdesk article: Banking Descriptors

Please note that funnels and campaigns that use MIDs with such option enabled, once the MID have reached the monthly limit, it is automatically blocked.
For this reason, we generally suggest setting up multiple MIDs on the same campaign or funnel.

7. Once all the above have been filled, then click on the Save button at the bottom right of the MID tab

Please find attached below an example of PayPal Direct Debit MID:

How to edit a MID

  1. From the Providers MIDs page, click on the Edit button, on the right side of the page, if you need to update an already existing MID

  2. The MID settings tab will pop up, and the user can make the necessary changes

  3. Once the update is done, please click on the Save button at the bottom of the tab.