PayPal Merchant Account Admin Guide
Last updated: Sept 19th, 1:22am
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PayPal provides merchants with many features that can be configured from within your PayPal account. Your PayPal account profile contains the account information, financial information, and selling preferences for your organization.
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Set up and maintain your account
Before you receive your first payment on your PayPal account, there are a few things to consider.
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Grant certain permissions to a third-party's API credentials
If you're using a shopping cart solution or another third-party needs to process transactions on your behalf, you can grant a third-party's API credentials certain permissions.
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Customize your PayPal checkout pages
Using your account profile, you can set options to control the way your PayPal checkout pages look and operate.
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You can download your transaction history logs.
If you're a new PayPal merchant, see Introduction to payments to get to know PayPal API features.