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PayPal payouts for partners

Confirm a store-scoped PayPal destination, make it preferred, request eligible commissions, and track PayPal settlement.

Last reviewed: Sep 14, 2026UI path: Partner Portal → select a store → Payout Settings

Before you start

The merchant has made PayPal operational and enabled it for this store.
You control the PayPal email and can access your Affilyn partner email inbox.

Where to find it

Partner Portal → select a store → Payout Settings

Connect and confirm PayPal

The screenshots use fictional stores, masked sample destinations, and sample payments. Your store's available methods and payout history may differ.

Select the store that will pay you.
Open Payout Settings → Connected payout destinations. PayPal shows Setup required when enabled but not yet connected; Unavailable means the merchant must enable it first.
Enter the email belonging to your PayPal account.
Check the ownership confirmation and choose Save (or Update for an existing destination).
Affilyn sends a confirmation message to your partner profile email.
Open the newest message and choose Confirm PayPal email within 24 hours.
Return to the selected store and check that PayPal shows Connected or Preferred, with no pending-confirmation instruction.
Choose Set as preferred if PayPal should receive future/scheduled payouts and is not already marked Preferred.

The confirmation link is one-time. If it is expired, already consumed, or was created for an older destination, save the current PayPal email again and use the newest link.

Partner sidebar with Layla selected beside a PayPal card showing a masked sample email, Setup required, the 24-hour confirmation instruction, and an empty update form. — PayPal confirmation pendingThe sample PayPal destination still shows Setup required. Open the confirmation email before making this destination preferred. The sidebar identifies the selected store.

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What confirmation means

Confirmation proves that the payout destination was deliberately added through your Affilyn account. It allows Affilyn to select the encrypted PayPal email for this store. It does not guarantee that PayPal will accept every payout; your PayPal account must still be able to receive the store's payout currency and comply with PayPal rules.

PayPal destination card showing a masked example.com email and a green Preferred badge above an empty update form. — Confirmed PayPal destination selected as preferredAfter confirmation, this sample destination is Preferred. The empty form below is for replacing the saved destination; it does not mean the existing destination is missing.

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Request or receive automatically

For a request, meet the threshold, wait through the holding period, confirm no other request is active, review the selected PayPal destination, and choose Request payout. Affilyn reserves the exact eligible commissions while the merchant reviews and processes the request.

For weekly/monthly automatic payouts, keep PayPal confirmed and preferred. At the scheduled UTC run, Affilyn skips you safely if PayPal or another eligibility rule is not ready. It never switches to Stripe automatically.

Statuses specific to PayPal

processing: PayPal accepted the payout operation; final outcome is pending.
unclaimed: the recipient has not claimed/cannot yet receive the PayPal item.
paid: PayPal success was verified by webhook or reconciliation.
returned or reversed: PayPal returned funds; the merchant and Affilyn update the ledger.
failed: PayPal reported definitive failure.

If a payout is unclaimed, confirm the masked destination with the merchant. The merchant may cancel the unclaimed item so PayPal returns the funds and Affilyn can make the commissions available again.

Partner Payout History with Layla selected and three PayPal records: 125 USD Processing, 75 USD Unclaimed, and 150 USD Paid, including dates and sample references. — Track PayPal payment outcomesOpen Payout History and choose Payments. These fictional USD records illustrate Processing, Unclaimed and Paid; only Paid confirms completion.

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Safety

Never share a PayPal password, Client Secret, or security code with Affilyn or the merchant.
The merchant needs only your confirmed payout email; merchant API credentials belong only to the merchant.
Do not request a duplicate while a payout is pending, approved, queued, processing, or outcome unknown.
A merchant approval message is not final payment confirmation; wait for paid in history.