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Asked: 2026-05-25T13:47:03+00:00

I have a website where I need to reward users for their involvement by

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I have a website where I need to reward users for their involvement by paying money into their paypal account. I have a paypal business account, and would like to know if it is possible to put money into their account automatically from just having their paypal account email address.

I am developing my website using php. Ideally, I would like to have a script on my server that when executed transfers money from my business account into their paypal account.

I am new to paypal, and having looked around I am getting confused as to all of the different APIs that are in use! MassPay keeps coming up but if possible I would rather I didnt have to pay the 2% charge on each payment – is there any other options?

The payments are not for goods or services and so could be classed as a personal transfer, would this eliminate any fees?

So my questions are:

1) Is this possible?

2) Which API is most suitable?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Yes, it’s possible but you’re going to end up paying a transaction fee. I would recommend you do a batch process (that is, do one large payment request scheduled at a certain time of day) through PayPal’s Mass Payment API.

    You can read more about this API and how to use it here.

    The way PayPal stays in business is by collecting these transaction fees. If it didn’t collect them, it wouldn’t be nearly as successful.

    If you’re looking at having more options on the transaction, including some ways to try and shift around who pays the fee, you may want to look at Adaptive Payments.

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