< Back You are here: Home KnowledgeBase Sales & Customers Payments Set Up Paypal Payments Print Set Up Paypal Payments Setup your Paypal payments In this article we will take you though all the steps to set up your Paypal payment gateway, as well as how to configure your payment defaults. Connect to Paypal The first step to set up your Paypal gateway is to connect it:Go to the “”Main Menu” -> Select “Company Settings“ On the “Company Setup” screen:Click on “Payments“Select “Payment Gateway Setup“ Under “Payment Gateway Setup”:Select “Paypal“.Click on “Connect”.Paypal’s website will open in a new tab, sign into your paypal account.The “Capabilities” list at the bottom shows you everything you are capable of doing with Paypal. After clicking on “Connect” a new tab will open in your browser taking you to the Paypal login page.Enter your Paypal Account information and Sign in: After you have signed into your paypal account, go back to Teesom your yellow “Connect” button will now be a green “Disconnect” button. Now that you have connected your payment gateway, you can now set it as the default gateway Teesom will use:Under “Payment and Refund Preferences”.Select the connected gateway to use as the default. After You Set Your Default Gateway You Can Enable Online Payments: Click Here To Learn How Link the Gateway to a Payment Method Teesom will automatically create a payment method and link the gateway to it.Expand “Payment Methods“You can then see the payment method that was created.To edit the payment method click on “Edit“ If you chose to edit the payment method, that will open the “Edit Payment Method” screen:Check the box “Bank Card” to allow bank cards.Select the payment gateway to link the method to.Check the box “Available to Customer” to allow your customers to use this method.Click “Save“. Toggle Online Payments On or Off There are three options for enabling or disabling online payments in Teesom:Enable/disable online payments company wide from the company setup screen.Enable/disable online payments for a specific customer from the customer account screen.Enable/disable online payments on a specific order.We will show you these three options below. Enable or Disable online payments company wide To enable or disable online payments company wide:Go to the “Company Setup” screen.Click on the “Payments” tab.Expand “Payments and Refunds Preferences”.Toggle “Enable online (card) payment option by default” on or off. Note Turning this option ON or OFF will not change existing orders, you will have to manually change them on the order. Enable or Disable online payments for a Customer To enable or disable online payments for a specific customer:Go to the “Customers” screen via the main menu.Click on the “Action” dropdown and select “Edit“. Then on the “Customer Edit” screen:Click on “Allow Customer To Make Online Payments” and toggle online payments on or off.Click “Save” to apply the change. If "Use Default" is selected then the customer will use the company wide default Enable or Disable online payments on an order To enable or disable online payments for a specific order first open the quote or invoice, then: Click on the ( i ) icon. Select Preferences. Check or uncheck the box “Allow Customer To Make Online Payments” to enable or disable online payments on the order. This will override both the company wide default and the customer set option. To Learn More About Enabling Online Payments: Click Here Related Topics: 1.) Taking A Manual Payment 2.) Payment Methods 3.) Customer Paying With A Saved Card Example