thread Re: Can I accept PayPal payments with Square? in Archived Discussions (Read Only)

Can I accept PayPal payments with Square?

thompsonaly — Mon, 01 May 2017 18:09:28 GMT

Can I accept PayPal payments with Square?

Re: accept paypal payments

George — Mon, 18 Apr 2016 20:31:02 GMT

That's not currently on our roadmap, @thompsonaly. But thanks for writing in—I've passed your request along to our team.

Is PayPal an option for customers to pay?

Imagine — Tue, 12 Jul 2016 19:24:18 GMT

Can customers pay with PayPal?

Re: accept paypal payments

amoreno1093 — Thu, 14 Jul 2016 22:09:17 GMT

I'd also like to accept Paypal through Square. I've had many potential customers turn away because they only pay online with Paypal. I absolutely hate Paypal so I refuse to sign up for an account, but I love me some new customers.

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DDodge — Wed, 30 Nov 2016 17:29:18 GMT

totally with you on that. My money was stolen or "lost" from my PayPal account years ago, and I will NEVER go back!

Re: Is PayPal an option for customers to pay?

iluvbearsdls — Sun, 15 Jan 2017 03:14:39 GMT

That also would be my question. Alot of people are comfortable using paypal when they wont use other methods

Re: accept paypal payments

SusanP — Mon, 01 May 2017 15:30:39 GMT

Is that still not on your roadmap one year later?

Re: Is PayPal an option for customers to pay?

writerman8 — Mon, 01 May 2017 17:26:31 GMT

I just got my phone/chip/mag reader + my desktop reader.....I cannot find the app for downloading the program to A. My Samsung 4 Galaxy....or how to download to my desktop computer.....thanks for info

Re: Is PayPal an option for customers to pay?

VanKalkerFarms — Mon, 01 May 2017 18:28:52 GMT

@writerman8 search the google play store for Square Point of Sale. I have a link also posted here.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.squareup&hl=en

Re: accept paypal payments

RideshareGeek — Thu, 16 Nov 2017 17:28:29 GMT

Can customers pay with their PayPal account yet?

Re: accept paypal payments

puka — Sat, 18 Nov 2017 19:44:07 GMT

Hey @RideshareGeek - We currently don't have an timeline on if or when Paypal payments might be a supported feature.

Re: Can I accept PayPal payments with Square?

Pappy — Sat, 18 Nov 2017 19:49:46 GMT

I would run it as a cash sale and let them pay you through your PayPal account.

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FTKDoc — Tue, 21 Nov 2017 14:49:37 GMT

It needs to be on the road map ASAP. We as merchants are losing $$ due to this not being a priority within square.

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SEOHC — Fri, 01 Dec 2017 19:56:48 GMT

I heartily agree that this issue needs to be addressed asap. In this day and age of e-commerce, Paypal integration needs to be a fundamental feature available to any business doing online sales.

Re: accept paypal payments

VanKalkerFarms — Fri, 01 Dec 2017 22:27:32 GMT

I'm trying to think of the right analogy but PayPal and Square are in head to head competition in this space. It's like saying Visa should take payments from MasterCard. Paypal doesn't accept Square cash payments nor would I expect them to.

Square will accept PayPal credit cards because they are MasterCard credit cards, and most PayPal customers have the credit card since PayPal holds their money more like a bank.

And why PayPal, what about venmo, or Facebook messenger cash.

Sure in an ideal world everyone would work together and there wouldn't be different standards in every industry but it isn't.

Re: accept paypal payments

RideshareGeek — Fri, 01 Dec 2017 23:16:51 GMT

You are comparing Apple's and oranges. Square is a merchant that processes credit card and debit card payments.

PayPal is a merchant that primarily processes payments from eBay, other PayPal members and yes credit cards and debit cards.

They are not considered direct competitors.

Re: accept paypal payments

DiscCrazy — Mon, 18 Dec 2017 17:37:17 GMT

Just download the paypal app, get the reader and use the app to accept Paypal - or your phone. Work around.....?

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RMMsocial — Sat, 20 Jan 2018 02:25:44 GMT

We're in the same boat. I've been having customer complain because they want to us paypal. Of course I'm not goin to turn down money so I send them an invoice via paypal but I love Square and would much rather keep everything in one place.

Re: Can I accept PayPal payments with Square?

GUNZNHOZEZ — Sat, 20 Jan 2018 03:26:45 GMT

I normally just close out the payment as "Other" and in the notes type in "Paypal". Since I don't take checks that "Other" payment can only be from a PayPal payment. I have to do it this way cuz I share my in-store merchandise with my online sales. If I didn't close out the transaction there would be no way for my Square to deduct those items from my inventory.

But I do agree that Square needs to make this a priority payment method. To hell with that tap and pay crap with your phone...I don't know anyone that uses it but I know A LOT of people that use PayPal (myself included).

Re: accept paypal payments

VanKalkerFarms — Sat, 20 Jan 2018 04:16:12 GMT

they completely are competitors. For each one of these examples, you could replace PayPal with Square. Paypal has Paypal capital loans, PayPal Here POS register, PayPal online store, PayPal Debit cards, Paypal invoices, PayPal credit loans for customers, and more. PayPal says they serve 17 million merchants.