Is the money in PayPal moving the way it should?
Feder reads paypal checkout payments and revenue from PayPal and feeds the Wins and Money signals. It only reads. It never changes anything in PayPal.
Would I notice if payments in PayPal stopped for a day?
Feder reads what PayPal collected each day. Supported readings are compared with your own history, and when there is enough history to judge a change, Feder says what needs a look.
What does Feder read from PayPal?
- Paypal checkout paymentsFeeds Wins
Counted for each day.
Researched from PayPal's own reference. See the reference.
- RevenueFeeds Money
The total PayPal recorded for the day, read with its currency.
Researched from PayPal's own reference. See the reference.
How Feder counts it
- Wins counts completed PayPal Checkout payments that day. Other kinds of incoming payment, such as invoices, subscriptions and virtual terminal, are not counted.
- Money adds up those payments at their full amount. A day with payments in two currencies is a failed read, never a mixed sum.
- Refunds are recorded separately by PayPal and are not taken off.
- PayPal can take up to three hours to list a payment, so a very recent payment may not show yet.
What does a PayPal reading look like?
Feder reads what PayPal collected each day. Supported readings are compared with your own history, and when there is enough history to judge a change, Feder says what needs a look.
usual 33 to 47
What Feder would say Paypal checkout payments in PayPal came to 12 this week, under your usual 33 to 47. Worth a look.
Example numbers, made up to show the reading. They are not from a real business.
What does Feder check on PayPal's numbers?
- A day the app did not report shows as Not read. It is never shown as zero.
- A read that fails, or comes back in the wrong shape, is a failed read. It is never counted as zero.
- Money is read with its currency. A day in two currencies is a failed read, not a mixed total.
- A trend shows only when both halves of the window are known.
Questions owners ask
- Would I notice if payments in PayPal stopped for a day?
- Feder reads paypal checkout payments and revenue from PayPal. Supported readings are compared with your own history, and when there is enough history to judge a change, Feder says what needs a look.
- Does a quiet day in PayPal mean no sales, or a broken checkout?
- A day PayPal did not report shows as Not read, never as zero, and a read that fails is shown as failed. So a quiet day and a broken read do not look the same.
- Does Feder change anything in PayPal?
- No. Feder only reads.
How do I connect PayPal to Feder?
- Have your PayPal sign-in ready. There's nothing to set up first.
- Press Connect. A secure window opens and takes you to PayPal. Sign in and allow Feder to read your account.
- Feder checks it straight away and shows Connected when the check passes.
You approve each app yourself, and you can disconnect it at any time.
When you connect PayPal, Feder checks the connection straight away and shows Connected only when that check passes. If a reading cannot be taken later, Feder shows it as not read, never as zero.
Where does PayPal sit in Feder?
PayPal lives with the Money connections, under Payments. See every connection.
- Striperevenue and successful payments
- Chargebeerevenue and paid invoices
- Maxiorevenue and paid invoices
- Paddlerevenue and paid transactions
- Razorpayrevenue and paid orders
- Bill (Connect API)payments received and payments received
Questions owners ask about PayPal
- Why doesn't my PayPal balance match my sales?PayPal can take its fees out of each payment as it happens, so your balance is less than your total sales.
- Why is my PayPal payment pending or on hold?A new account can see payments held while PayPal gets to know your selling.
- Why is a recent PayPal payment missing from my sales?PayPal's transaction list can take a few hours to show a payment, so a very recent sale may not appear in reports built on it yet.