PayPal

PayPal and Xero have made it easy for you to automatically offer your customers more flexible payment options on invoices. Making it easy for your customers to pay means less time chasing money, so you can spend more time on other parts of your business.

Together, we’ll help your payments arrive sooner.  Adding PayPal as a payment service in Xero is simple. Give your customers the option to pay through their PayPal account in just a few clicks.  PayPal is the secure payment solution behind millions of transactions every day and is a globally recognised and trusted brand. With Xero’s integration with PayPal, you can accept payments from anywhere in the world, in the currency of your choice.

Key benefits:

1. Improve cash flow by making it easier for your customers to pay by using their PayPal account, credit or debit card or a pay later option (available in US, UK, Australia, France and Germany)
2. Convenient and easy way to pay using either desktop or mobile
3. Reduce the amount of manual work required to reconcile payments
   

Set up PayPal in minutes, save hours chasing payments

Add PayPal to Xero: Connect your PayPal account to Xero with just a few clicks. You can turn PayPal on or off for different invoice themes in your payment services settings.

Send your invoice: When you send your next online invoice, a Pay Now button will appear on your invoice. So, your customers can pay instantly with their PayPal account.

Receive payment: You choose how often payments will be deposited into your bank account.

Details updated in Xero: When you set up a PayPal feed, your transactions are  imported into Xero each day, ready for reconciliation. And your invoices paid via PayPal are automatically marked as paid.

Get started with PayPal: It’s quick and easy to start accepting payments with PayPal.  If you don’t already have an account with PayPal, you can set up one in Xero in just a few clicks and then Connect it to Xero.

You only need to link your PayPal and Xero accounts once.  You can do this in your Xero settings.  

In your Xero settings:

1. Go to General Settings and click Payment Services.
2. Click Add PayPal.
3. Enter your PayPal account email address and click Save.

Once you’ve linked your PayPal and Xero accounts:

1. A ‘Pay now’ button appears on your invoices.
2. Your customers simply click the button and either pay with their PayPal account or enter their credit or debit card details.
3. You receive the money in your PayPal account straight away