PayPal at your checkout, paid to your own account.
The second button most shoppers look for — and for some buyers, the only one they trust. 0% SitesPlaced commission, on the free plan.
By Manan Agrawal, Founder · Updated September 7, 2026
PayPal is built into every SitesPlaced store on the free plan. You create an app in your own PayPal developer dashboard and paste its Client ID and Secret. Customers approve the payment on PayPal and come straight back to your store, where the order is completed. Money goes to your PayPal balance; SitesPlaced charges 0% commission.
Plan
FreeFree plan
Where
Dashboard → your store → Settings → Payments & invoices → PayPal
Setup time
about 5 minutes (with an existing PayPal account)
Website
paypal.comWhat PayPal does on a SitesPlaced store
The button buyers already trust
Customers pay with their PayPal balance, a linked bank account or a card — in most countries without needing a PayPal account at all.
Straight to your PayPal balance
Payments settle into the PayPal account you connect. SitesPlaced is never in the money flow and takes no cut on any plan.
Sandbox mode for testing
Connect with PayPal's sandbox credentials first and run a fake order end to end. Switch to live credentials when you're ready to sell.
Sits next to your other methods
PayPal appears alongside Stripe, Razorpay, cash on delivery and WhatsApp checkout. Customers pick whichever they prefer.
Which plan, and what it costs
- ✓SitesPlaced: Free plan — ₹0 to publish, 0% SitesPlaced commission.
- ✓Third-party fees: PayPal charges its own per-transaction fee, which varies by country and whether the payment is domestic or cross-border. Check PayPal's fee page for current rates.
Full plan details are on the pricing page. Plan tags on every SitesPlaced page mirror the real entitlement gate in the product, as of September 7, 2026.
How to set up PayPal
Where: Dashboard → your store → Settings → Payments & invoices → PayPal. Takes: about 5 minutes (with an existing PayPal account).
Create an app in PayPal
Sign in at developer.paypal.com with the PayPal account that should receive the money, open Apps & Credentials, choose the Live tab and create an app.
Copy the Client ID and Secret
Both are on the app's page — the Secret is behind a Show link.
Paste them into your store
In your SitesPlaced dashboard open Settings → Payments & invoices, paste both into the PayPal card, leave Mode on Live and connect. We verify them with PayPal before saving.
Place a test order
Buy something on your live store and pay with PayPal. The order appears in the Orders tab marked paid once the payment completes.
Good to know
- ✓Live and sandbox credentials are not interchangeable. Connecting sandbox credentials in Live mode fails on purpose — the alternative is orders that look paid but never settle.
- ✓PayPal only moves the money when the customer returns to your store after approving. If they close the tab on PayPal's page, nothing is charged and no order is completed.
- ✓PayPal works differently for Indian merchants and is mainly for receiving payments from abroad. An existing PayPal business account can still be connected.
- ✓Refunds are issued in your PayPal account. The order status in SitesPlaced doesn't change automatically for PayPal refunds — update it by hand so your records match.
Other payments integrations
Razorpay, Shiprocket, Shipmozo, WhatsApp API, Meta CAPI: all built in.
Razorpay, cash on delivery, WhatsApp checkout, Shiprocket and Shipmozo are on the free plan. From ₹199/month (Starter): Meta Pixel + Conversions API, your own domain, branding removal, AI and analytics. The ₹499/month Growth plan adds WhatsApp Business API alerts and the 1-click checkouts, bring your own credentials. No app store, no per-integration fees.
Payments
- Free
UPI, cards, net banking and wallets at checkout. SitesPlaced takes 0% commission; Razorpay's standard gateway fee applies.
razorpay.com - Free
StripeNew
Card, Apple Pay and Google Pay from customers worldwide. Connect your own Stripe account with a restricted key — payments land in your Stripe balance and SitesPlaced takes 0% commission.
stripe.com - Free
PayPalNew
Customers pay with their PayPal balance or a card. Connect your own PayPal app — the money lands in your PayPal balance and SitesPlaced takes 0% commission.
paypal.com - Free
PhonePeNew
UPI, cards, net banking and wallets at checkout on your own PhonePe Business account. Money settles straight to you and SitesPlaced takes 0% commission; PhonePe's standard gateway fee applies.
phonepe.com - Free
CashfreeNew
UPI, cards, net banking, wallets and pay-later at checkout on your own Cashfree account. Money settles straight to you and SitesPlaced takes 0% commission; Cashfree's standard gateway fee applies.
cashfree.com - Free
COD at checkout with an optional COD charge you set.
- Free
- ₹499
Sell with ShiprocketNew
1-click checkout by Shiprocket — saved addresses, UPI/cards/COD and RTO scoring, without your own payment gateway. Shiprocket collects and settles to you; SitesPlaced takes 0%, Shiprocket charges 2% per order.
shiprocket.in - ₹499
Razorpay Magic CheckoutNew
1-click checkout on your own Razorpay account — saved addresses, UPI/cards/COD in one step, with COD intelligence and RTO protection. Money settles straight to your Razorpay. Can run alongside Shiprocket checkout.
razorpay.com
Shipping
- Free
Push orders to Shiprocket, get AWB numbers back, and show live tracking on your Track Order page.
shiprocket.in - Free
ShippoNew
USPS, UPS, FedEx, DHL and Royal Mail labels for US, UK and international orders — around 5¢ a label with no monthly fee, billed to your own Shippo account.
goshippo.com - Free
ShipmozoNew
Courier selection, pickup scheduling and tracking status synced back to each order.
shipmozo.com - Free
Rehbar PostNew
Compare courier rates, book the shipment, print the label and track it back — on your own Rehbar Post account.
rehbarpost.com
Fulfilment
- Free
Qikink
Print-on-demand for India — t-shirts, hoodies and mugs printed and shipped domestically from your own Qikink account.
qikink.com - Free
PrintifyNew
Print-on-demand t-shirts, hoodies, mugs and posters. Link a product to your own Printify catalogue and paid orders are sent for printing automatically — Printify bills your account, we take nothing.
printify.com
Messaging
- ₹499
Every new order sends you an alert and the customer a confirmation, from your own WhatsApp Business number via Meta's Cloud API. Bring your own credentials.
business.whatsapp.com
Marketing
- ₹199+
Meta Pixel + Conversions APINew
Your own Pixel on the storefront plus server-side Purchase events from the order record, deduplicated, so Instagram and Facebook ads report real sales. Bring your own credentials.
facebook.com - ₹499
Import the product reviews you already collected in Judge.me on Shopify or WooCommerce onto your product pages, matched by product name. Bring your own API token; SitesPlaced also collects and moderates its own product reviews on every plan.
judge.me - ₹199+
Custom head code
Paste Google Analytics, Clarity or any tag into your live site.
Growth
- ₹199+
yourbrand.com with one-click DNS setup for most Indian registrars.
- Free
Create and edit your store by chatting with your AI assistant.
modelcontextprotocol.io - Free
Bring a catalogue in from Instagram, your existing website, a PDF, dm2buy or Shopexer.
Frequently asked questions
Is PayPal free on SitesPlaced?
Yes. The integration is on the free plan and SitesPlaced charges 0% commission. PayPal's own transaction fee still applies.
Should I use PayPal or Stripe?
Both, if you sell overseas. They cost nothing to have connected and different customers prefer different buttons. Stripe covers cards, Apple Pay and Google Pay; PayPal covers people who keep a PayPal balance or would rather not type card details into a shop they don't know yet.
Is my PayPal secret safe?
It is encrypted before storage and never appears in your website's pages. You can regenerate or delete the app's secret inside PayPal at any time, which stops it working immediately.
Do customers need a PayPal account?
In most countries, no — PayPal's page lets them pay by card as a guest.
Add PayPal to a free store
Build the store free, publish it, and connect PayPal from Settings whenever you want the extra checkout option.
Build my store free →0% SitesPlaced commission on every plan.