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title: 'PayPal Settings and Finding the Token'
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date: '2026-11-14'
description: 'Payage requires certain settings in your PayPal account. You need to find the Website Preferences page in your PayPal account. These settings do not exist in a Personal Paypal account. You must have a Business account. If you have trouble finding the Website Preferences page, login to your account …'
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# PayPal Settings and Finding the Token

Payage requires certain settings in your PayPal account. You need to find the Website Preferences page in your PayPal account.

**These settings do not exist in a Personal Paypal account. You must have a Business account.**

If you have trouble finding the Website Preferences page, login to your account and then use this link:

https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/customerprofileweb?cmd=\_profile-website-payments

The options on the Website Preferences page must be set as follows:

| Option | Setting |
|---|---|
| **Auto Return** | This option **must be On.** |
| **Return URL** | This setting is not required for Payage as Payage will supply a return URL for every transaction. Whatever you specify here will not be used as the return URL for Payage transactions. However, to comply with the PayPal User Agreement, you should enter a URL that links to a page containing text similar to this: "*Thank you for your payment. Your transaction has been completed and we've emailed you a receipt for your purchase. Log in to your PayPal account to view transaction details*". |
| **Payment Data Transfer, and the Token** | The Payment Data Transfer option **must be On**. Payage will not work properly otherwise.  When you click the Save button at the bottom of the page, you should see a message with your Identity Token. This is the Token that you need to copy and paste into the Token field of the Payage settings.  To find your Token in the future, return to this page and the Token will be shown near the Payment Data Transfer option. The token is a long string of characters, like this: `Zgh80XvU9FhzFGeYl9fIfeuojNorjovXiyLPWandA-lRbLKN2_KxGBLTytC` |
| **Encrypted Website Payments** | The option to block non-encrypted website payments must be **Off**. (Unless you configure EWP as described later). |
| **PayPal Account Optional** | This option controls whether or not customers can pay without having a PayPal account, i.e. using a credit or debit card without opening a PayPal account. We recommend switching this option **On**, although Payage works either way. |
| **Contact Telephone Number** | This setting has no effect on Payage. |
| **PayPal Express Checkout Settings** | “Support giropay and bank transfer payments” should be set to **No**. |
| **Language Encoding** | This one is hard to find (see below), but it is important to set it to **UTF-8**. Please see the instructions below. |

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