How to take your shop online with PayPal on Senvow
Connect your own PayPal once and sell food, drinks, merch and more from your venue shop — every payment lands straight in your account, with no per-sale fees. Here's how, step by step.
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A PayPal Business account
Free to create — it's how buyers pay you directly. A personal account upgrades to Business in minutes.
A free Senvow account
Online card payments are included on every plan, including Free — just connect your provider. There's no commission on your sales.
About five minutes
That's all it takes to connect PayPal, and you only do it once.
Connect PayPal in 6 simple steps
Get a PayPal Business account
Sign in to PayPal Business, or create one for free. This is the account your earnings will be paid into.
Open PayPal BusinessOpen the PayPal Developer Dashboard
Sign in with the same PayPal account and make sure you're on the 'Live' tab — not 'Sandbox'.
Open Developer DashboardCreate an app and copy your keys
Create a new REST API app (any name, like 'My Senvow Shop'). Open it and copy your live Client ID and Secret — you'll paste these into Senvow.
Your Client ID and Secret are sensitive — treat your Secret like a password. Only ever paste them into Senvow's payment setup, and never share them with anyone else.
Connect PayPal to Senvow
On your Senvow payment setup, pick PayPal, paste your Client ID and Secret, and hit Connect PayPal. You'll see a 'Connected' confirmation.
Open your venue shop on Senvow
Open your venue shop and set its payment to 'online card' — orders now pay straight into your connected PayPal.
You're live
Every online shop order is now paid straight into your PayPal. Set any product to online, in-person, or both.
Frequently asked questions
Do I need a PayPal Business account to sell shop items?
Yes — a free PayPal Business account lets Senvow route each order's payment straight to you. You can upgrade a personal account to Business in minutes.
Does Senvow take a cut of each order?
Senvow takes no commission on your orders — online selling is included on every plan, including Free, with no per-sale fee. PayPal charges its own standard payment-processing fee on its side, and everything after that goes straight into your account. Cash and on-site collection stay free.
Where does the money from shop orders go?
Straight into your own PayPal account when the buyer pays. Senvow never holds your funds.
Can I sell some items for cash and others online?
Yes. Each product can be set to online card, cash or in-person, or both — so you choose how guests pay for every item.
Which other payment providers can I use?
PayPal is live now, with more providers on the way. When a new one ships, you'll connect it the same way — with its own step-by-step guide.
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Senvow isn't affiliated with, endorsed by, or partnered with PayPal, Stripe, Square or Mollie. All trademarks are the property of their respective owners — you connect and get paid through your own provider account.