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Connect PayPal Complete Payments to Bold Checkout

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PayPal Complete Payments (PPCP) gives you the ability to accept payments in multiple currencies around the world. Customers can pay via PayPal wallet, credit or debit cards, local payment methods, or an alternative wallet pay option such as Apple Pay.

PPCP’s payment buttons give you control over the button style (color, size, shape), and present the most relevant payment types to your customers, such as PayPal, or Pay Later, as well as all major credit and debit cards on almost any device.

European merchants can maintain compliance with the SCA directive by enabling 3D Secure.

PPCP is advancing rapidly. With new features on the horizon such as integration with Google Pay and more, this platform warrants top consideration.

Pro-Tip: Bold Checkout is available to use for free when connected to either the PPCP or Braintree payment gateways.

This article outlines the availability, connection steps, and testing instructions for PPCP. 

 

 

Availability

PPCP is available in all countries supported by PayPal. For a full list, please refer to PayPal’s documentation.

The payment buttons that are available for your store will depend on your location. For example, Pay Later has varying options per available location. For more information, please refer to the chart in PayPal's documentation. 

 

 

Payment button locations

All payment buttons are displayed in the Express Checkout section, above the Customer information section. PayPal branded buttons, such as PayPal and PayLater, also appear in the Payment method page.

Example

Customer information page

Express Checkout section

Example

Payment method page

Payment method page

 

 

Setup

Walkthrough

  1. Within Bold Checkout, navigate to Payment options > Payment gateways.
  2. In the Connect a payment gateway section, expand the Alternative payment gateway menu and select PayPal Complete Payments.
  3. Check Allow Bold Checkout to perform payments and refunds.
  4. Optional: Uncheck Use advanced credit and debit card fields.

    Note: Advanced credit and debit card fields are not compatible with the PayPal Checkout Flow extension. If you are connecting to PPCP for this purpose, credit and debit can be enabled as a PayPal payment type option in step 7. 

  5. Click Connect, and log into your PayPal business account.
  6. After successfully logging in, click Return to [store-name].
  7. Once redirected to Bold Checkout, the PPCP settings are displayed. Select your Currency and Payment Types.

    Note: If you select a payment type that is not available to your region, the options for that location will not appear on your storefront.

  8. Optional: Choose your button shape and color.
  9. Optional: Enable 3D Secure card payments.
  10. Optional: Enable Fastlane by PayPal.

    Note: Fastlane is available for Bold-hosted Checkout and Bold Booster for PayPal only. For more information, please visit Fastlane by PayPal.

    1. Optional: Click Style Fastlane to access the Advanced Style Settings.

      Note: Styles must meet PayPal’s standards for accessibility. For more information, please visit PayPal’s developer docs.

  11. Click Save.

 

 

Connect Apple Pay

To connect Apple Pay please follow the steps below.

  1. Enable Apple Pay in your PayPal account.
  2. Select Apple Pay when connecting to PPCP as shown in step 7 above.

    Note: If you've already saved your settings, you can enable Apple Pay by editing your PPCP credentials.

Caution: Please ensure the phone number settings in your Adobe Commerce admin, the Bold Checkout admin, and your PayPal dashboard match. If they do not, Apple Pay will not work.

To set the phone number to required in the PayPal dashboard, please follow the steps below.

  1. In your PayPal business account admin, navigate to Account Settings.
  2. Click Website Payments.
  3. Next to Website Preferences, click Update.
  4. View the Contact telephone number setting.
  5. Ensure the Contact telephone number setting is On (required field).

To set the phone number to required in Bold Checkout, please follow the steps below.

  1. In the Bold Checkout admin, navigate to Settings > General Settings.
  2. Scroll down to the Checkout Process section, and toggle the Phone Number setting on.
  3. Click Save.

 

 

SCA Compliance

You can enable 3D Secure in PPCP to maintain compliance with the SCA directive. The SCA directive applies to merchants within Europe.

To set up SCA within Bold Checkout, please follow the steps below.

  1. Within Bold Checkout, select PayPal Complete Payments to enter the settings.
  2. Scroll down to the bottom of the window and check the Use 3D Secure card payments option.

 

 

Test PPCP

To verify and approve the PPCP solution, you must first set up your own virtual testing environment by following the PayPal sandbox testing guide.

Note: When testing PPCP with Apple Pay, you must have an iCloud developer account and a test credit card added to your device wallet.

Once you have your PayPal sandbox credentials, place Bold Checkout in development mode, and connect to the PPCP development gateway using your sandbox credentials. For more information please visit Place a Test Order in Bold Checkout.