Help & guides / PayPal
Setup guide
Accept PayPal and card payments from clients anywhere in the world, paid straight into your own PayPal Business account.
Time: about 10 minutes
You need: a PayPal Business account
You'll copy: 2 codes
PayPal is best for clients outside South Africa. When a client pays by PayPal, the money goes into your PayPal account. You'll copy two codes: a Client ID and a Secret.
PayPal doesn't support Rand. If your website is priced in Rand, it converts the price to US dollars for PayPal clients, using a rate you set (step 4).
You need a PayPal Business account. A personal account can't be used. You can upgrade a personal account to Business for free in your PayPal settings, or sign up for a new one at paypal.com.
1
Go to developer.paypal.com, click Log in to Dashboard and log in with your PayPal Business details. Switch the toggle at the top left to Live (not Sandbox) and click Apps & Credentials.
2
Click Create App, give it a name such as Nunkio Booking, and click Create App again.
3
On your new app's page, copy the Client ID. Next to Secret key 1, click Show (or the eye icon) and copy the secret. Keep the secret private, like a password.
4
Go to Nunkio Booking → Settings → Payments, scroll to PayPal, tick Enable PayPal, paste your Client ID and Client secret, make sure Sandbox mode is not ticked and click Save settings. On Rand websites, check the ZAR → USD rate box too: 0.055 means a R600 session costs $33. Update it every month or two.
5
Book a low-priced service, choose PayPal and pay. Check the booking shows as paid under Nunkio Booking → All Bookings and the payment is in your PayPal account. You can refund yourself afterwards.
Can't connect to PayPal at checkout
Check both codes were copied in full, came from a Live app, and Sandbox mode is unticked.
The price PayPal clients see looks wrong
Check the ZAR → USD rate (step 4). Use a decimal point, e.g. 0.055.
PayPal isn't on the booking form
Make sure Enable PayPal is ticked and saved.
Getting money into a South African bank
Link your FNB account to PayPal, or use PayPal's withdrawal options for your country.
Want the PDF with screenshots? If you have a Nunkio website, you'll find all the PDF guides in your account on nunkio.com or inside your plugin dashboard. Still stuck? Email support@nunkio.com. Please never send us your Secret or PayPal password.
