Setting up PayPal

Connecting PayPal lets donors pay from a PayPal balance or card through PayPal. It is not the only way to take payments — cards are handled by Square, which you connect separately. See How you get paid for all the options.

Without any online method connected, the only option supporters see is Cash, which means paying you in person.

What you need

A PayPal account in your name (or your organization's name). Personal PayPal accounts work fine — you don't need a business account.

Add your PayPal email

The easiest way: save it once on your profile (Dashboard → Profile → Payment). Every new campaign picks it up automatically, and you can still enter it directly on the create form.

For an existing campaign:

1. Open your campaign from the dashboard and click Edit Campaign.
2. Scroll to the PayPal Payment Setup section.
3. Enter the email address associated with your PayPal account.
4. Click Connect PayPal Account.

That's it. Donations are now sent directly to that PayPal account when supporters check out.

Connect PayPal at the organization level (if you're running an org)

If you set up an Organization (multi-player team fundraiser), PayPal is configured once on the organization, not per-player.

1. Open your org dashboard at /dashboard/org/[slug].
2. Click the Settings tab.
3. Enter your PayPal email under PayPal email and save.

Every player page under that org will route donations to that PayPal account automatically.

Common questions

Does SquareFundr take a fee? No — donations go directly to your PayPal account. (PayPal itself charges its standard transaction fees, ~2.9% + $0.30 per transaction.)

Can I change my PayPal email later? Yes. Edit the campaign (or org) and update the email. Future donations will go to the new account; past donations are unaffected.

My donor paid but the money isn't in my PayPal. Read the PayPal payment not reflecting article — it covers the most common causes.