One of the many ways you can pay influencers via Mavrck is by connecting your own business PayPal account. The below outlines the process of setting up a business account and connecting your account to Mavrck.
- Set up a PayPal business account at PayPal Business Setup Center . If you already have a business PayPal account, you can skip to Step 2.
- Create a PayPal App
- Log into https://developer.paypal.com/ with your business account
- Click on your name in the upper right corner then click on Dashboard
- Click on “My Apps and Credentials”
- Click toggle to “Live”
- Under REST APIs, click “Create App”
- Specify and app name ex: “influencer_payments” or “mavrck_payments” etc.
- Click “Create App”
- Under Secret link click “show”
- Copy Client ID and Secret key
- Request activation of API keys in PayPal Dashboard
- In Live API Credentials section (same as above), click “account eligibility”. This is also available under “My Account” section
- Find and click “request permission to go live.”
- Fill out request form
- Click “Submit”
- PayPal will respond to the email listed on the account within 72 hours confirming the app is live OR requesting more information.
- Submit the following information to the Mavrck team. We highly recommend using GPG Encryption to pass your Webhook ID. Please contact zsibert@mavrck.co to obtain a public key.
- Brand Name
- Client ID
- Secret Key
- After sending over your Client ID and Secret Key, zsibert@mavrck.co will provide you with a Webhook URL with which you will use to configure a webhook in PayPal.
- Log on to PayPal dashboard, click on My Apps & Credentials
- Click on the name of app to be used with Mavrck (as created in step 2)
- Under LIVE WEBHOOKS section, click “Add Webhook”
- Input URL provided by zsibert@mavrck.co into “Webhook URL” field
- Check off event types required for Payouts API - There should be 9 options starting with “Payment payouts-item…”
- Important: If you do not select all of the payout item events seen above, the integration will not function properly
- Click “Save” at the bottom of the page
- Copy Webhook ID that will appear for the Webhook that you just configured.
- Submit your Webhook ID to the Mavrck team. We highly recommend using GPG Encryption to pass your Webhook ID. Please contact zsibert@mavrck.co to obtain a public key.