Overview
This tutorial uses the following plugins which will be required in order to complete the process.
- PayPal for WooCommerce
- PayPal for WooCommerce – Multi-Account Management
Using these plugins, we will setup multiple PayPal accounts on a single WooCommerce store, and we will process an order where separate item payments are split into separate PayPal accounts based on rules that we create.
Video
1. Download and Install the PayPal for WooCommerce Plugins
To follow along with this tutorial you will need to have our FREE PayPal for WooCommerce plugin, as well as our paid add-on for the Multi-Account management.
Plugins Installed
- You are ready to continue when you have WooCommerce, PayPal for WooCommerce, and the PayPal Multi-Account Manager plugins installed and active.
2. Configure a Primary PayPal Account in Express Checkout
- Follow our Express Checkout setup guide to get PayPal payments working in general on your website.
- The account you configure here will be the primary account where any payment that does not trigger a secondary account will be paid.
3. Go to WooCommerce -> Settings -> PayPal Multi-Account Setup
4. Create a Secondary PayPal Account Rule
- Follow our documentation to configure your secondary PayPal account rule.
- In this example, we are creating a rule that will send all payments for products owned by the “angelleye” Author ID to the PayPal Email set in the rule.
- In this example, the “angelleye” vendor owns a product called PayPal Help.
- A 10% commission will be split as well, which is paid directly to the site admin account.
- This is very useful for marketplace plugins like WC Vendors or Dokan, for example.
- Click Save Changes after configuring your secondary account rule.
5. Create an Additional Secondary PayPal Account Rule
- Follow our documentation to configure your secondary PayPal account rule.
- In this example, we are creating a rule that will send all payments for the “Premium Support” product to the PayPal account for sandbox-seller@angelleye.com.
- Click Save Changes after configuring your secondary account rule.
You’re Ready to Rock!
We have successfully configured a primary account in the main Express Checkout plugin, and secondary accounts in the Multi-Account plugin.
Now we can submit an order that will trigger both rules and see how the PayPal payment gets split between the two.
Add Both Items to the Shopping Cart
Checkout with PayPal
Order / Payment Details
The order details in WooCommerce show two separate transaction IDs because the payment was split between two separate PayPal accounts.
We Can Also See Separate Transactions in the Individual PayPal Accounts
Need Additional Help?
Schedule a live meeting with Drew Angell, PayPal Certified Developer, and get all of your questions or concerns answered.
I want payment gateway
Please elaborate on that. Are you wanting to use PayPal specifically? What country are you located in? Are you wanting to do split payments? Are you working with WordPress / WooCommerce?
one question, this work for wordpress multisites? tanks
Yes, but you would need a separate license for any separate domains.
Hi there,
This plugin looks perfect (why wasn’t this around 12 months ago when I needed it! :)). One question- what does the buyer’s transactions look like? Do they have two different transactions listed, or the one?
Also, do you have any money-back guarantee, if this doesn’t work out?
Cheers,
Jarrod.
Hi Jarrod,
It would be a single transaction, but depending on configuration they may see the split during checkout. Yes, we offer refunds per our refund policy.
Hi Angel!
Does this split payment plugin works if the recipient of the split have different tax rate? Eg PayPal Account A is an individual seller that has 0% sales tax, PayPal Account B is a company account with 10% sales tax?
I.e. $200 sales gets split 50%/50%, $100 to PayPal Account A and $100 to PayPal Account B, but seller B needs to account for 10% sales tax so $110 has to be paid instead of $100, so total payment collected should be $210 instead of $200 or $220
If the tax rules are configured at the product level then it will be handled appropriately. Tax associated with a specific rule that triggered a specific account would all go to that account. If tax is only included at the order level, then it would end up getting split between the different accounts. So of course it’s recommended that you configure this at the product level.
Hi Drew, I need the same split payment system but for a South African paygate called PayFast, is it possible and what would the cost be to develop such a plugin
Andre
Please submit a quote request and we can discuss more details on that. Thanks!
Hi,
Is there a way to have partial payments for a single PayPal account? E.g. offer an item with a 50% down payment and then (when item/order is ready) send a payment link to settle the remaining 50%?
Hi Aldo,
You really wouldn’t need a split payment for that. The Authorization and Capture functionality in our free PayPal for WooCommerce plugin alone would allow you to do that.
What you would do is setup your orders to be paid as Authorization. This will authorize the full amount to ensure the buyer has it when they order, but it won’t actually move any money. When you see the order come through, you can capture 50% of the amount. Then when you have completed the order and are ready to deliver, you can capture the remaining 50%.
We have a detailed guide available here that will help you understand this workflow: https://www.angelleye.com/woocommerce-paypal-authorize-and-capture/
Let me know if you have any questions or concerns about that. Thanks!
Hi Drew,
If the PayPal for WooCommerce Multi-Account Management plugin splits a payment by 3, to disperse the payment into 3 different accounts/Author I.D’s, does PayPal charge x 3 for each of the accounts?
Thank you in advance :).
The percentage portion gets split, of course, so they are not double dipping there. However, they would get the 30¢ transaction fee three times in your example.
Hi Drew,
In the example we didn’t understand where was the “10% commission of the site admin account” and the videos doesn’t show this case.
Could you please, show a case when the owner of the site can hold a commission percentage and share the remainder amount to other accounts based on some rules?
This is the scenario: In a selling of USD $ 100, the owner of the site holds USD $30 (30%), the first secondary account receives (USD $50) (50%) and another secondary account receives (USD $20) (the last 20%). Is this possible?
Thank you in advance.
So that would be a single product that you’re trying to split payment 3 ways? That’s not going to work as it is now. The site admin commission is simple, and you would get that 30% as expected. The other 70% would be split depending on the item(s) in the cart and the rule(s) configured in our plugin. If it’s only a single item, though, it’s only going to trigger a single rule one way or another.
If you had 2 items in the cart, though, one that belongs to receiver A with a price of $80, and another that belongs to receiver B with a price of $20, then you would get your $30, and each receiver would get their amount (less the commission paid.)
Make sense? We could do what you’re wanting, but that would have to be done as a custom project for you. You can submit a quote request if you’re interested in that.
Hi Drew.
Thank you for the explanation.
Please, let us to ask you some more questions: Why in the video are not visible the fields “Site Owner Commission %” and “Site Owner Commission Item Label”? Is it because it is necessary any special or additional configuration? Is there another video where we could see the operation of the “Site Owner Commission %” parameter?
Thank you in advance.
Best regards,
Juan
How do the Rules work when using this plugin with WC Vendors. We want vendors to be able to receive payments directly from buyers. We dont take a commission on sales, we also charge a flat monthly membership fee to our vendors, which goes to the Marketplace account.
When a new vendor is approved in WC Vendors it will automatically create a rule in our multi-account plugin so that their products are paid directly to their account. You can also create rules manually any time you need to, of course.
curiosity – if you are not receiving any commission on sales and the vendors get 100% commission, you don’t need to claim income for tax purposes, right?
Correct. That revenue would never touch your account, and would not be included on the 1099 that PayPal generates for you.