Paypal mass pay appears to be deprecated: confused about handling payments

[Pranav]

Hi all,

I need to pay my affiliates.

1. The mass pay option in paypal appears to be deprecated. There is something new called payouts. See the below link for details.

https://developer.paypal.com/docs/payouts/integrate/prerequisites/

2. I have already asked about automating commission payments in a separate thread. I get the anti-fraud argument. The problem for me is that paypal deposits money into my bank and to pay my affiliate, I have had to make a separate transaction on my credit card. This is going to get expensive quickly due to paypal fees. Moreover, PayPal expects me to maintain a balance. I would rather do this with the money I earn from sales. Yes, this is more of a Paypal query but I am asking in the context of using WP affiliate and WP eStore.

I did see https://support.tipsandtricks-hq.com/forums/topic/paypal-has-started-limiting-mass-payments-to-companies

My problem is a shade different since the whole mass pay system appears to have changed or as is more likely, this is my inexperience talking.

Anyone any thoughts?

Pranav

[admin]

Hi, Mass pay isn’t deprecated. That one is a good way to make payments to a bunch of users with cheaper fees. You just have to contact PayPal and ask them to enable Mass pay for your PayPal account. I think they want you to call them to enable it (just to make sure you will not be mis-using it).

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