PayPal

PayPal Integration

Accept payments for paid submissions with PayPal — the checkout your customers already know and trust, available in 200+ countries with both one-time and recurring billing. Connect your own PayPal Business account and keep 100% of your revenue.

Why PayPal?

• Trusted everywhere — "Can I pay with PayPal?" is a question your listers already ask. Offering it removes a real checkout objection.
• Global reach — PayPal accepts buyers in 200+ countries, well beyond where cards alone convert.
• You keep 100% — connect your own PayPal Business account; Directify takes no cut.
• No card forms — buyers approve on PayPal's hosted, PCI-compliant checkout. You never touch card data.

Key Features

• One-time payments and subscriptions for directory submissions.
• You define your plans in Directify — name, price, currency and billing interval. PayPal has no separate product catalog to maintain; we create what's needed behind the scenes.
• Hosted approval — visitors complete payment on PayPal's secure checkout page.
• Live & Sandbox modes — validate the entire flow with PayPal sandbox credentials before charging real money.
• Automatic webhook tracking — order capture and the full subscription lifecycle (activated / updated / cancelled / expired) keep listing status in sync automatically.

How to Set Up

1. Create (or log into) a PayPal Business account at paypal.com.
2. In the PayPal Developer Dashboard → Apps & Credentials, create a REST API app and copy its Client ID and Secret (choose Live or Sandbox to match how you want to test).
3. In Directify, go to Monetize → Payment Providers, pick PayPal, choose the mode, and paste your Client ID and Secret.
4. Click "Connect & Set Up Webhook" — Directify authenticates with PayPal and registers the webhook automatically.
5. Add your plans below (one-time or recurring) and Save.
6. Enable Paid Submissions and you're live.

How It Works

• Users pick a plan on your directory's payment page.
• They approve the payment on PayPal's hosted checkout.
• PayPal notifies Directify via webhook — one-time payments are captured and the listing moves into your approval queue; subscriptions activate automatically.
• Renewals, cancellations and refunds keep the listing status in sync.

Give your listers the checkout they already trust — in more countries than cards alone can reach.