PayPal Payments Standard

You can integrate your PayPal Payments Standard account with Harvest so your clients can pay you online via the Web Invoice.

Integrating with Harvest

Activating

1. Go to Invoices > Configure > Online Payment, and click PayPal.
2. Enter your email address, and Save.

Deactivating

You can disable payments via PayPal Payments Standard if you’re no longer using the service.

1. Go to Invoices > Configure > Online Payment, and click PayPal.
2. Click the Deactivate PayPal link at the bottom of the page and confirm.

Personal vs. Business Account

If you plan on using PayPal Payments Standard for business transactions, you should sign up for a business account. There is no sign up fee for either personal or business Payments Standard accounts. Fees are applied to your transactions.

To sign up for PayPal Payments Standard:

1. Go to the PayPal website and click the Sign Up link at the top of the page.
2. Click Get Started under Business.
3. From Choose a PayPal Payments Solution menu, click Get Started under Standard.
4. Click Continue, and fill-out the sign up form.

While you do not have to link your bank account to your PayPal Standard or Business Payments account in order to use Harvest Online Payment, we strongly recommend that you do. Linking your bank account to your PayPal account affects things on the PayPal end, which you can read more about on their website.