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Online payment with PayPal

You can offer your customers who book appointments online the option to pay online via PayPal.

You can access this area via
Settings > Online Payment.
If this function is not activated, it can be activated via "Add Function".

1) Set up PayPal merchant account

If you do not yet have a PayPal merchant account, you will need to set one up first. This process takes only a few minutes. Please note that a private PayPal account is not sufficient for receiving payments.

Click on the PayPal business account page and first click on "Open a business account" and enter your information in the following steps. Then confirm the setup by clicking on the link that PayPal will send you to the email address you provided.

2.) Set up PayPal payment in Belbo Calendar

To set up online payment with PayPal, you will need the API credentials of your merchant account. The API is a programming interface that allows Belbo Calendar to communicate with your merchant account and verify payments.

View API credentials

  1. Log in to your PayPal merchant account and click on "Your Name" > "Account Settings" in the top right corner.

  2. Then click on "Edit" in the "API Access" section.

  3. On the following page, under "NVP/SOAP API Integration", click on "Manage API Permissions".

  4. Depending on the security settings you have configured, a code may be sent to your mobile phone, which you will first need to enter on the PayPal website.
  5. On the following page, you can read the required fields after clicking "Show" for username, password and signature. If no signature has been created yet, you can request one with a click. You will then see the following fields:

Insert API credentials into Belbo Calendar

You can access this area via Settings > Online Payment > PayPal.
  1. Open your Belbo Calendar in a new browser tab and click on "Settings" then "Online Payment > PayPal"
  2. Activate the checkbox next to "Offer PayPal" and enter the API credentials displayed in the previous step for API username, password and signature.
    Please make sure not to enter any spaces after the signature when inserting. This can easily happen by accident when copying and pasting.
  3. Click on "Save"

Activate online payment

Your PayPal merchant account is now linked to Belbo Calendar and can be offered as a payment option for appointments and vouchers.

To activate online payment, please continue on this page.

Please note that fees according to your agreement with PayPal apply to online payments. Belbo does not charge separately for integrating online payment into your booking page.