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Connect PayPal Mass Pay to send partner payouts from your PayPal balance, either on demand or automatically on a schedule you set.
This is a payout integration. If you take payments through PayPal and want sales attributed to partners, see PayPal Links & Buttons instead.

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Step 1: Create PayPal API credentials

  1. Log in to PayPal and click Developer at the bottom of the page.
  2. On the developer site, click your name in the top right, then Dashboard.
  3. Make sure you are in Live mode, not Sandbox.
  4. Click Apps & Credentials, then Create app.
  5. Give the app a name — “Partnero affiliate payouts”, for example — and click Create app.
PayPal generates a Client ID and a Secret. You need both.
Mass Pay has to be enabled on your PayPal account before payouts will go through. See Enable PayPal Mass Pay on PayPal.

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Step 2: Connect in Partnero

  1. Go to Integration under Program and scroll to Apps & Integrations.
  2. Click Authorize next to PayPal.
  3. Enter the Client ID and Secret, then click Connect.
A Connected label confirms the connection.

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Step 3: Automate payouts (optional)

With PayPal connected you can let Partnero pay partners on a schedule instead of approving each run by hand. The schedule is configured per program and covers: Automated payouts require accepting both Partnero’s and PayPal’s terms before they can be switched on. For the full walkthrough see Payout automation.

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Paying partners

Partners need PayPal payout details on their profile before they can be paid. Running a payout — manually or automatically — is covered in Payouts using the PayPal Mass Pay integration.

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Troubleshooting

Check you created the app in Live mode. Sandbox credentials look identical but will not authorize a live connection.
Usually the partner’s PayPal payout details are missing or point at an address with no PayPal account. Open the partner profile and check their payout details.
Confirm automated payouts are enabled and both terms of service have been accepted — the schedule will not start until they are. Also check whether partners are falling under your minimum amount.

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Next steps

Payout automation

Set payouts to run on a schedule

Managing payouts

Review, approve and track payouts

Payout settings

Thresholds, requests and documents

Wise

Pay partners through Wise instead