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Wise
wise.com › us › blog › paypal-guest-checkout
PayPal Guest Checkout: Let Customers Pay Without an Account - Wise
September 22, 2025 - To make sure Guest Checkout is working, run a test transaction using an incognito/private browser window.4 This prevents PayPal from recognizing your account cookies, so you can see exactly what a new customer would see.4 Look for the “Pay ...
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Thinkific
support.thinkific.com › hc › en-us › articles › 360049057454-Why-is-the-PayPal-pay-by-credit-card-option-not-being-displayed
Why is the PayPal "pay by credit card" option not being displayed? – Thinkific
If the email address that the buyer is providing is linked to an existing PayPal account, the option to checkout as a guest will not be available (since PayPal has already established that the buyer has an existing account).
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PayPal
paypal.com › us › cshelp › article › how-do-i-accept-cards-with-checkout-using-the-guest-checkout-option--help307
Guest Checkout | Accept Cards without Account | PayPal US
With a Checkout custom-coded solution, there’s an additional step: Set SOLUTIONTYPE=Sole in your initial SetExpressCheckout API call. If you’re using a third-party shopping cart, you’ll need to work with them or your developer to implement this variable. If SOLUTIONTYPE=Sole is passed in the SetExpressCheckout API, Guest Checkout will be enabled.
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PayPal Community
paypal-community.com › t5 › PayPal-Payments-Standard › Guest-checkout-not-working-on-mobile-device-for-my-website › td-p › 3030237
Guest checkout not working on mobile device for my... - PayPal Community
It's important to remember that guest checkout is not guaranteed for every transaction. To receive guest checkout payments : Enable the PayPal Account Optional option in your account settings. Login PayPal.com >> Settings >> Account settings >> Website payments >> Website preferences >> PayPal ...
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Reddit
reddit.com › r/paypal › paypal no longer allowing guest checkout 😒
r/paypal on Reddit: PayPal no longer allowing guest checkout 😒
October 15, 2021 -

Just received an email with user updates and they snuck this one in at the end smh:

Capability & Feature Updates

To make online purchasing with PayPal easy and to help drive better experiences for your customers, we’re making some improvements: • Enhancing ways to help authenticate recognized customers, including one-time-password capabilities • Simplifying the account creation process • Removing the guest option within Express Checkout so when customers click on PayPal to check out, they'll have the option to easily log in or to create an account

Hadn’t seen any other posts about this but this is really irritating. I would use guest checkout instead of my actual account to use other cards I had no interest in linking to my account and now that option is gone. Gonna file a complaint that will most likely fall on deaf ears but whatever.

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PayPal Community
paypal-community.com › t5 › PayPal-Payments-Standard › Checkout-as-Guest-Option-Turned-on-but-option-not-available-to › td-p › 1215152
Checkout as Guest Option Turned on, but option not... - PayPal Community
I have turned on the "PayPal Account Optional:" in my account, but whenever I test my checkout, only the PayPal login is available and not the Checkout as guest option. ... The guest checkout option will be shown based on your preference whenever possible, however PayPal will make a decision to not allow guest checkout in some circumstances depending on a varity of details e.g.
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Stack Overflow
stackoverflow.com › questions › 73718549 › paypal-guest-payment-option-not-available-on-checkout
PayPal Guest payment option not available on checkout - Stack Overflow
Having Account Optional enabled is a necessary but not a sufficient condition for the PayPal Checkout to (decide to) include a guest option. Very many other factors also apply to the decision -- including, for example, the IP address and geographic location of the payer, among other things. ... Sign up to request clarification or add additional context in comments. ... Find the answer to your question by asking. Ask question ... See similar questions with these tags. ... 2 How to show "Pay with a debit or credit card" button instead of "Checkout as Guest" on PayPal guest payment
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YouTube
youtube.com › website wiz
How to Enable PayPal Guest Checkout (PayPal Checkout for Websites) - YouTube
PAYPAL GUEST CHECKOUT // In this video, I’ll show you how to enable the guest checkout for your PayPal shopping cart, so that your customers can check out us...
Published   March 18, 2022
Views   12K
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POWR
help.powr.io › hc › en-us › articles › 4411748963607-How-to-Enable-Guest-Checkout-on-PayPal
How to Enable Guest Checkout on PayPal – POWR
Guest checkout is not supported on personal accounts. If you’re logged into PayPal, it may skip the guest option.
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Wix
support.wix.com › en › article › wix-stores-enabling-guest-checkout-for-paypal
Wix Stores: Enabling Guest Checkout for PayPal | Help Center | Wix.com
If your customers are unable to use the Guest Checkout option, it may be due to one of the following reasons: Incorrect email address: Your customer entered an incorrect email address or an email address that PayPal was unable to verify.
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Folio3
ecommerce.folio3.com › blog › business and marketing › what is paypal guest checkout and how it is beneficial for seller
What is Paypal Guest Checkout, Paypal Prestashop and Woocommerce
September 4, 2024 - Following are the steps that show how the PayPal account optional setting is enabled: • Log in to the existing or new PayPal account. • Click the Settings icon that is placed next in order to Log Out. • Click on the Website payments under the title of “Products & Services” on the left of the page. • Click Update that will be next to the Website preferences. • Click On for PayPal Guest Account Optional. If purchasers’ Guest Checkout option does not seem to be working:
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PayPal Community
paypal-community.com › t5 › PayPal-Payments-Standard › I-can-t-see-quot-Guest-Checkout-quot-option-Please-help › td-p › 1435539
Solved: I can't see "Guest Checkout" option. Please help. - PayPal Community
The option in the PayPal profile is not visible anymore as it is enabled for each account, unless required not to be. I checked your account and it is enabled, then consider that for the standard products like HTML standard buttons and ExpressCheckout the guest checkout option is offered only ...
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PayPal Community
paypal-community.com › t5 › PayPal-Payments-Standard › Checkout-as-Guest-Option-Turned-on-but-option-not-available-to › td-p › 1215152 › page › 2
Checkout as Guest Option Turned on, but option not... - Page 2 - PayPal Community
Unfortunately, there's nothing you can do. Paypal only enables this option for users connecting from certain countries. For instance, if paypal detects that your IP address is from United States, then it will enable Guest Checkout, and for other countries it will be disabled.
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Ok so here is the update, after 2 days of hell and countless backward and forward with PayPal, I spoke with different persons on different channels and I got the following answers:

1) This never worked on mobile because it is insecure, it does work on iPad. - What a joke, it worked for over a year and actually it doesn't work on iPad at the moment.

2) Your account is not set up to accept Credit Card payment. - GGGRRRRR I know it isn't I was doing PayPal type sale, which should allow a guest checkout!

3) This is from their ticketing system (Sorry what in English please??? )

I have enabled this option for you. Please note that direct payments by credit card will not work 100% of the cases, and if you do some tests maybe does not work.

The process that allows or not to pay as a guest is a process is beyond our control, we can only Maximize the allowance.

4) If a customer tried to use the card to many times it won't allow it to use it. - But they had NO CHANCE of even trying to use it because they are only presented with a sign up page

5) There is no guest option - LOL!!!!!!!!!

6) Try clearing the cache - LOL!!!!!!!

Solution? I ended up paying for "PayPal Pro" rewriting my checkout process and now I'm processing Credit Cards directly, currently in Sandbox and waiting for PayPal to vet my webpage that it does satisfy their needs and give me the green light for the pro account (which should be no later than Monday).

Did the problem actually got sorted? - NO

If anybody stumbles across this post and know a way on how to get Guest checkout to work, please do not hesitate to share, other than that my personal conclusion is that after this weekend I will seek to use another (possibly cheaper) payment processing gateway and only keep PayPal as a secondary option is somebody wants to sign out using PayPal Express.

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ChargeDesk
chargedesk.com › help › settings › paypal-guest-checkout
Guest Checkout - PayPal - ChargeDesk
This will enable Guest checkout on your PayPal account. However, guest checkout may not always be available to your customers based on a number of factors;
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OpenCart Community
forum.opencart.com › viewtopic.php
Paypal Guest Checkout not working - OpenCart Community
Using Paypal Standard. Can check out using my Paypal account perfectly. When trying guest checkout (to pay with credit card) it will let me submit all info except there's nothing in the "shipping" dropdown. Try to submit and nothing happens--stays on the same page and does not submit.
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Asuswebstorage
asuscloudsupport.asuswebstorage.com › hc › en-us › articles › 46185584863641-Can-t-See-the-PayPal-Guest-Checkout-Option
Can't See the PayPal Guest Checkout Option? – ASUS WebStorage Support Center
This guide applies to non-Taiwan users purchasing WebStorage services using PayPal. WebStorage does not limit or disable guest payments. Whether the guest checkout option appears is controlled by PayPal’s system. Some users may see options like “Check out as a guest” or “Pay with a credit card without logging in to a PayPal account” .
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Thinkific
support.thinkific.com › hc › en-us › articles › 360049784913-How-to-Enable-PayPal-Guest-Payments-During-Checkout
How to Enable PayPal Guest Payments During Checkout – Thinkific
Objective Remove the need for students to sign into PayPal when making a purchase Enable the "Pay with credit or debit card" button during PayPal checkout Allow the ability for customers to pay v...