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Affiliate payouts through PayPal

The batch leaves your PayPal Business account, never ours. Meritt prepares it, you approve it, PayPal sends it, and each affiliate gets their document.

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Setting it up

  1. On developer.paypal.com, with your PayPal Business account, Apps & Credentials tab in Live mode, create or open an app.
  2. Under Features, tick Payouts (required) and Transaction search (recommended), then save.
  3. Paste the client ID and the secret into Meritt, under payout accounts.
  4. If the Payouts box is greyed out, ask PayPal support to enable Payouts on your account.

How long it takes

A few minutes of setup; up to 5 business days to fund the balance from a bank.

Questions

My payouts are refused although everything is ticked.

PayPal is blocking payouts from this account. Your setup is fine; only PayPal can lift the block. Commissions stay owed meanwhile.

What does the affiliate see?

A payout in the commission currency, and their invoice, receipt or credit note in their space.

What if the affiliate's PayPal address has no account?

The payout comes back. Nothing is lost: the funds return to the affiliate's balance and go out with the next payout, and you are both told.

Can I pay some affiliates through Wise?

Yes. The affiliate picks their method among those you accept, and each batch goes out through its rail.

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Affiliate payouts through PayPal

Free until your first commission. No card asked for.