PayPal integration
PayPal handles money in and out.
PayPal is the only mainstream rail that pays affiliates worldwide for under a dollar a transaction. HeldSway uses PayPal Mass Pay for outbound payouts and Express Checkout / PayPal Commerce for inbound attribution. One connection, two directions.
What the PayPal integration handles.
PayPal Mass Pay payouts
Pay 1–10,000 affiliates in a single API call. PayPal handles the FX, the receiver notifications, and the receipt.
Inbound checkout tracking
PayPal Express Checkout / Commerce on your storefront fires conversion events into HeldSway with affiliate attribution intact.
Refund & dispute reversal
Inbound refunds and successful disputes reverse the affiliate commission. Outbound payout reversals are also supported when affiliates dispute their own payment.
International reach
Mass Pay reaches 200+ countries; minimum payouts as low as $0.10. Cheaper than wire for most international affiliates.
IPN + webhook events
Both Instant Payment Notifications and modern PayPal webhooks are wired in for redundancy.
Read-only OAuth
HeldSway uses PayPal's OAuth2 flow with the smallest scope set possible — payouts.write + transactions.read.
How to connect
Connect both directions in one flow.
- 01
OAuth-connect your PayPal account
Click Connect in HeldSway → log in to PayPal → approve. The same connection covers inbound payments and outbound Mass Pay.
- 02
Set your payout rules
Choose a cadence (weekly, bi-weekly, monthly) and a minimum threshold ($10/$25/$50). Carry-forward handled automatically.
- 03
Run a test payout
Send a $0.01 Mass Pay batch to your own PayPal email. Confirm the rail works before turning real payouts on.
Compatible with
- PayPal Business accounts
- PayPal Commerce Platform
- PayPal Mass Pay
- Express Checkout
- Pay in 4 / installments
- PayPal Reporting API
Pairs naturally with
Pay every affiliate, anywhere, this week.
Free trial includes PayPal payouts on every plan, including Nano. International reach, sub-second batches.