PayPal Point of Sale (formerly Zettle) is a payments solution that's most commonly used for taking payments in person, or "point of sale" (POS).
For nonprofits, PayPal POS is a popular solution for:
Taking contactless donations with a PayPal Reader
In-store payments (if you run a shop)
Features
Automatic data entry
With the PayPal POS app for Beacon, these payments are automatically added into your Beacon database:
Each payment added will be saved into Beacon, complete with full context about the payment that happened in PayPal Point of Sale:
There's no need for any manual data entry or CSV imports, so you can focus on raising more funds instead of data wrangling!
Real-time (almost!)
PayPal POS payments flow into your Beacon database within 5 minutes of the transaction occurring.
Stored the way you want
You can customise the "fixed data" that you'd like to set on payments imported. This helps you ensure that data is categorised in the right way for your filters & reporting!
Install guide
You can set up the PayPal Point of Sale app for Beacon within minutes.
Go to Apps > Directory, and click Install on the PayPal Point of Sale app
Next, connect your PayPal Point of Sale account with Beacon.
You'll need to log in to your PayPal account to authorise the connection.
After connecting, you can choose the fixed data that you'd like to set on the payments imported. This is useful for making sure that payments imported are categorised in your database in the way that works for you. For example:
Click Save integration.
That's it! PayPal Point of Sale payments will now be automatically imported. Go and try it!