Throttle + PayPal
Accept PayPal, Pay Later, Venmo, and PayPal-processed cards in Throttle checkout, routed alongside your other payment providers per environment.
What the integration does
Connect your PayPal Business account and Throttle checkout can offer four PayPal payment methods, each a connector you switch on separately:
| Connector | What the buyer sees |
|---|---|
| PayPal | The PayPal wallet button |
| Pay Later | PayPal’s buy-now-pay-later offers |
| Venmo | Venmo, for US buyers paying in USD |
| PayPal card | Card payments processed by PayPal |
All four use the same credentials, and they sit in the same routing rules as your other providers — ordered fallbacks that can branch on the buyer’s card country or payment source — so PayPal can be one option among several rather than a separate checkout.
Payments, captures, and refunds you start from Throttle — in the dashboard or over the API — go to PayPal and come back onto the order.
Setting it up
- Create a REST app in the PayPal Developer Dashboard.
- In Throttle, open Connectors → Add connector, choose a PayPal method, and paste the app’s Client ID and Client secret.
- Choose the countries and currencies it should accept, and whether to use the billing or shipping address PayPal has on file.
Throttle checks the credentials with PayPal before saving, so a mistyped secret fails at setup instead of at a buyer’s checkout. Connecting PayPal shows where each field lives in PayPal’s dashboard.
Sandbox and production
Each workspace environment has its own PayPal connection: non-production environments take PayPal Sandbox credentials, production takes live ones. New applications also start with a PayPal simulator in test environments, so you can run a checkout before you have PayPal credentials at all.
Good to know
- One-time payments only. Subscriptions and saved payment methods need a card connector with tokenization; PayPal isn’t offered on recurring checkouts.
- Refunds and disputes opened inside PayPal don’t sync back yet. Issue refunds from Throttle so both sides agree.
- Credentials are pasted, not one-click. A “Connect with PayPal” button is planned.