How to sign up for PayPal

Step 1: Sign up for Paypal at - https://www.paypal.com/us/webapps/mpp/product-selection

                Select Standard setup and fill out the information.

Step 2 : Once you have signed up click on “Account Setup” then “Link your bank account”

Step 3: Hover over “Tools” at the top of the page and click on “All Tools”

Step 4: Most of the way down this page click on “API credentials”

Step 5: Under “NVP/SOAP API integration” click on “Request API credentials”

Step 6: Select “Request API certificate” then click on “Agree and Submit”

Step 7: Click “Download Certificate” and email it to us.

Step 8:

1. Log in to your PayPal business account at paypal.com.
2. Click the profile icon () on the top right side of the page. From the Business Profile menu, select Profile and Settings, then select My selling tools.
3. Click the Update link in the Instant payment notifications row, in the Getting paid and managing my risk section.
4. Click Choose IPN Settings to specify your listener's URL and activate the listener. The following page opens:
5. Specify the URL for your listener in the Notification URL field.: http://www.buildingdepartment.com/cgi-bin/processipn.cgi
6. Click Receive IPN messages (Enabled) to enable your listener.
7. Click Save. The following page opens:
8. Click Back to Profile Summary to return to the Profile after activating your listener.