Requesting PayPal API Signature

• To create an API signature, you must have a PayPal Business or Premier Account with PayPal Website Payments Pro (US) service.
  Login to your PayPal Account.
  
  
• Go to profile (on the My Account sub-menu) and click on Request API credentials:

• On the Request API Credentials page go to Option 1 - PayPal API click and click on Set up PayPal API credentials and permissions

• Next go to Option 2 and click on Request API credentials:

• Select Request API Signature and click Agree and Submit:

• View the API signature and click DONE

• Finally go into your Wild Apricot account and enter the API username, API password and API signature in Settings -> Site Settings -> Payment settings:

You can view your API signature details by repeating the 1st 3 steps above.

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1. Click Online (Credit card) checkbox

   Only paid account are able to set up online payments. See pricing table

2. Click Advanced radio in Payment option for visitors section.

   Advanced payment option can not be used with recurring payments. Turn off recurring payment for all membership levels (Renewal policy > Automatic renewal) before selecting the Advanced option.

3. Enter API username, API password and API signature in appropriate textboxes.
4. Click Check integration button.

   You have to click Check integration button and get a successful valid credentials message, otherwise you will not be able to save your payment setting changes.