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Asked: 2026-05-13T22:45:54+00:00

If I have a Visa card number saved in my database, is there a

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If I have a Visa card number saved in my database, is there a way I can charge that Visa automatically through the PayPal API without the user having to enter anything? We want to keep this site as easy and hassle-free to use as possible. It would be a variable amount, based on how they use the site.

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What about these “recurring payments”? That way I don’t have to store the CC info on my website, but do they allow variable amounts that I could periodically send to PayPal?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Yes, you can.

    Look at Direct Payments:

    1 On your website, the customer
    chooses to pay with a credit card and
    enters the credit card number and
    other details.

    2 The customer reviews the order.

    3 When your customer clicks “Pay” to
    place the order, you call a PayPal API
    to request payment, and the payment
    transaction is initiated. Note: The
    customer does not see this step.
    PayPal does not send your customer a
    recipt for the payment.

    4 You transfer your customer to your
    order confirmation page.

    The payment is performed without redirecting the customer to PP site, so it’s up to you to request CC data from the customer and submit them to PP API.

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