INVALID ACCOUNT ERROR PARTNER REFERRAL API SELLER ONBOARD

[KayManZ]

I am trying to implement the onboarding flow of sellers in the sandbox environment for multiparty payments on my platform. I understand that you first have to generate an access token and post it to the API"

https://api-m.sandbox.paypal.com/v2/customer/partners/"

with the user information alongside a tracking ID which you can later use to retrieve the account.

However, when the seller fills in the information in the generated sign-up flow based on the link given the verification email is not delivered to the seller email upon completion. Further when I try to retrieve the account to track the onboarding status to retrieve the actual merchant ID of the seller that I may store it on the database using the API "

https://api-m.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/customer/partners/{platform-ID}/

/merchant-integrations/${tracking-ID}

I am getting the error:"

data: Object { name: "USER_BUSINESS_ERROR", message: "Invalid account: TESTING69999", debug_id: "79d6a6ed43187" }​

debug_id: "79d6a6ed43187"​

message: "Invalid account: TESTING69999"​

name: "USER_BUSINESS_ERROR"

 

Note that "TESTING69999" is the tracking-ID I am using for the API call to retrieve the onboarding status.

[MTS_Jennifer]

Hello @KayManZ ,

Thank you for posting to the PayPal Sandbox Community.

Thank you for providing your request and the debug id its very helpful.

The reason you are receiving that error is that "TESTING69999" is not a merchant id or an account id.

Here is how to get the merchant id for the test account you created.

• Log into the Developer Dashboard at https://developer.paypal.com
• Hover over Testing Tools
• Click on Sandbox Accounts
• If you do not see the sandbox account listed, click on "Link other sandbox accounts to this developer account"
• Log into your sandbox account with the sandbox email and password
• Link it to your developer dashboard

Once you return to the Developer Dashboard Sandbox accounts, you should see the newly linked sandbox account:

• Click on the newly linked Sandbox account in the developer dashboard
• Scroll down to Sandbox account info
• You will see the Account ID that is the id that should be used in place of TESTING69999

Thank you,

Jennifer

MTS

PayPal

[KayManZ]

I see but when onboarding new sellers, how can you use a Merchant ID when they don't have one in the 1st place ? They are first time users so assume they are just starting the onboarding flow

[MTS_Jennifer]

Hello @KayManZ ,

Once the account is created a new merchant id is created for the account immediately. The merchant id may show as a payer id in the webhook responses.

If you are subscribed to webhooks, you should see the new merchant id in the webhook. It should also be in the response.

You can also run a show referral data api call to get the merchant id, which is the same as the submitter_payer_id:

https://developer.paypal.com/docs/api/partner-referrals/v2/#partner-referrals_read

Thank you,

Jennifer

MTS

PayPal