How to send money to any paypal account

Question

Is it possible to send money using paypal API to any paypal account (not just to API credentials owner). I know that it's possible to do that using IPN, but I need to use SOAP.

Answer 1

You've got two main options: use the MassPay API or try out the new Adaptive Payments API.

The Adaptive Payments option gives you a lot more control over the payment and is the future direction of the Paypal APIs, so that's where i'd start if i were you. It supports SOAP, NVP, JSON and plain XML. MassPay has both a SOAP and NVP interface.

IPNs are a totally different subject: https://www.paypal.com/ipn

Answer 2

This is a very old thread, but there are recent improvements to the PayPal REST API. You can specify the third party account in the payee object. See here https://devblog.paypal.com/setting-payee/

Answer 3

Seems like lot of things are now deprecated. You should use PayPal Payouts.

Use PayPal Payouts to send money to multiple people at the same time.

To send a payout, you need to know:

1. Each recipient's email address, a domestic mobile number, or payer ID (an encrypted PayPal account number)
2. Payment amount (per recipient)
3. Currency code (one currency per payout)