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PayPal Express

PayPal Express is an accelerated checkout experience that lets buyers quickly complete a purchase using stored PayPal account information. It enables faster checkout flows by retrieving buyer details—such as name, email, and shipping address—directly from PayPal, reducing the need for manual entry and improving conversion.

Benefits of PayPal Express

  • Streamlined checkout: Buyer details are pre-filled, avoiding redundant data entry.
  • Improved conversion: Especially effective on mobile, where users often drop off during form entry.
  • Earlier placement: Can be embedded on product and cart pages, enabling direct checkout without visiting the full checkout page.
  • Reduced technical complexity: Shipping address comes from PayPal, minimizing form handling and validation.
  • Supports saved PayPal shipping addresses: Buyers can reuse previously selected addresses from their PayPal wallet.

Provider Configuration

Payrails supports two flow types for PayPal, configurable at the provider level. You can change this setting from the integration instance page in the merchant portal for PayPal integrations

Handle the shipping address

Shipping address behavior is controlled via the deliveryAddressPreference field inside order meta object in your Payrails integration.
Note that shipping address can only be collected from PayPal if Express mode as used as described above.

Notifications

For all PayPal flows, the selected or provided shipping address is returned in the merchant notification payload as in the below example:
Last modified on September 28, 2026