User Guide
Table Of Contents
- Mass Payments User Guide
- Contents
- Preface
- Mass Payments Overview
- Using Mass Payments in Your PayPal Account
- Using the Mass Payments API
- Mass Payments Reporting
- About Mass Payments Reporting
- Using the Reports Dashboard to Review Mass Payment Transactions
- Using Account History to Review Mass Payment Transactions
- Viewing Transaction Logs
- Downloading History Logs
- Receiving Instant Payment Notifications for Mass Payments
- Using the Settlement Report and the Transaction Detail Report
- Best Practices and FAQs for Mass Payments
- Mass Payments FAQs
- Is there a fee to send Mass Payments?
- How much money can I send?
- What countries can receive Mass Payments?
- Can I send money in different currencies?
- How do I confirm the receipt of payments?
- How do I cancel an individual payment?
- A recipient told me that payment was not received. What could be the problem?
- What does it mean if a mass payment is “Processing, Denied, Processed or Completed” in my transaction history?
- Mass Payments FAQs
- Currencies and Currency Codes
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Using Mass Payments in Your
PayPal Account
You can submit Mass Payments directly from your PayPal account or use the PayPal API to
submit them.
Read the following topics to learn about using Mass Payments in your PayPal account:
“The Mass Payments Process” on page 11
“Creating the Payment File” on page 11
“Accessing Mass Payments” on page 15
“Uploading a Payment File” on page 15
“Payment Processing” on page 18
For information about using the MassPay API, see “Using the Mass Payments API” on
page 21.
The Mass Payments Process
In general, you complete the following steps to send Mass Payments from your PayPal
account:
1. Collect recipient information and create a payment file. See “Creating the Payment File”
on page 11.
2. Access Mass Payments in your PayPal account. See “Accessing Mass Payments” on
page 15.
3. Upload your payment file. See “Uploading a Payment File” on page 15.
Creating the Payment File
You must create a payment file to send Mass Payments. A payment file contains recipient and
payment information. Mass Payments lets you send up to 5,000 payments in one batch.
You can create a payment file using a notepad application, a spreadsheet application such as
Microsoft Excel, or a database application. PayPal supports payment files with the following
extensions:
.TXT (Text, tab-delimited)
.CSV (Comma Separated Value)
.DAT (Text, tab-delimited)