PayPal Integration for Online Invoice Payments

Different clients prefer different rails. Some will always reach for a credit card; others keep a working balance in PayPal and pay instantly when they see the PayPal button. Offering both removes the most common stall — 'I'll pay it later when I'm at my desk' — because the client can settle from whatever account they already trust, on whatever device they opened the invoice on.

PayPal also carries a familiarity advantage with international and consumer-facing clients. A buyer who hesitates to enter card details on an unfamiliar page will often complete the same payment through PayPal's branded checkout because they recognize it. For businesses billing across borders or selling to individuals rather than companies, that recognition converts hesitation into a completed payment.

In Billed, PayPal and card payments are not mutually exclusive. You can present both on the same invoice and let the client choose, which is the configuration that maximizes the chance an invoice gets paid on first open.

PayPal charges its own standard transaction fee per payment, published on PayPal's pricing page and varying by country, payment type, and whether the payment is domestic or cross-border. Billed adds nothing on top — there is no monthly integration fee and no per-invoice surcharge layered over PayPal's rate. You pay PayPal directly and receive the net amount in your PayPal account.

Because cross-border and currency-conversion fees are set by PayPal and change periodically, confirm the current rate for your country on paypal.com before quoting a net figure to yourself. The principle that matters for comparison: Billed does not insert its own payment cut, so the only fee on a PayPal-paid invoice is PayPal's published rate.

Funds typically land in your PayPal balance quickly, and you control when to transfer to your bank from the PayPal dashboard. That payout timing is governed by PayPal, not Billed.

Setup is a settings task, not a development task. Open Settings in Billed, go to the payments or integrations area, and choose Connect PayPal. You authorize the connection through PayPal's secure flow using your existing PayPal business account, then return to Billed with the link active.

After connecting, new invoices include a PayPal payment option by default. You can turn it on or off per invoice, and you can run it alongside the Stripe card option so clients pick their preferred method. When a client pays through PayPal, the payment notification flows back to Billed, the invoice is marked Paid, and the amount is recorded against that client automatically.

If you disconnect PayPal later, the pay option is removed from future invoices while all historical paid records remain in Billed and your transaction history stays in PayPal.