Not nothing.
PayPal still processes a meaningful share of global online payments, especially in markets where card culture is weaker (parts of Europe and Latin America) and among older shoppers anywhere. Adding it as a second checkout option typically lifts conversion a few percent on stores that get any international traffic — not transformational, but free money if the integration cost is zero.
Alongside Stripe, not replacing it.
Stripe is the primary provider in Devani; PayPal is wired in as an alternative payment method. Customers pick at checkout. The order ends up in the same orders table with a payment_provider field marking which one was used.
- Live and sandbox modes. Both supported. Test with sandbox credentials, flip the mode switch to go live.
- Live and sandbox keys stored separately. You configure both pairs once and toggle between them without re-entering anything.
- Same order schema as Stripe. Customer details, shipping address, line items, totals — the order record looks the same regardless of which provider the customer chose.
- Currency handling. Devani sends the configured currency to PayPal; PayPal handles its own conversion if the customer pays in a different one.
Five fields, two modes.
PayPal setup is straightforward — get your live and sandbox credentials from the PayPal developer dashboard, paste them into Devani settings, decide which mode you're in, and you're done.
- Create or log in to your PayPal Business account
- Generate REST API credentials in the PayPal developer dashboard
- Paste the sandbox client ID and secret into Devani for testing
- When you're ready, paste your live credentials and flip the mode
- Run a test checkout in sandbox before going live in production
It's not Stripe.
PayPal's developer experience is older, more documented-in-PDFs, and historically less reliable than Stripe's. Its dispute handling skews in favor of buyers. Its fees can be slightly higher depending on transaction type. For most Devani stores, Stripe is the better default and PayPal is the additive option you offer because some customers want it — not the one you'd build your whole flow around.
Two checkouts. One catalog.
PayPal alongside Stripe in Devani's commerce layer. Free with the CMS.