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How can I give sales commissions through an API (programmatically)?

I have a service that gives sales commissions on digital products sold. We currently pay out commissions monthly to our artists manually via paypal, but this is getting time-consuming as the number of artists grow.

We would like to transition to a different system, ideally one that can be automated. We’re not opposed to changing banks if need be.

I think paypal might have an API service for this, but if possible, we’d like to move away from paypal for a number of reasons.

Thanks in advance, and as always, sorry if this is the wrong place or wrong content for this question.

Answer 12116

Paypal does provide that API. I have a business that works like Uber (from a business model perspective) and we use Paypal for payouts. You can automate those from your servers.

I agree with you on trying to move away from Paypal, but for now they are still trusted by customers, and they provide the service.

Edit: you can find more info on the API here: https://developer.paypal.com/docs/integration/direct/payouts/


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