PayPal Checkout for WooCommerce POS
Run the PayPal hosted checkout inside the Oliver POS browser view.
Powered through the WooCommerce PayPal Payments plugin — install it on WordPress, configure under WooCommerce → Settings → Payments, and Oliver picks it up at the register automatically.
How PayPal Checkout works with Oliver POS for WooCommerce
Accept PayPal at the Oliver POS register for WooCommerce. The cashier picks PayPal at checkout; Oliver opens the PayPal hosted page in the in-POS browser; the customer pays with their PayPal balance, linked card, Pay Later, or Venmo (US).
Why PayPal still matters for in-store WooCommerce sales
PayPal sits in roughly 430 million consumer wallets worldwide. For a non-trivial slice of any retailer's customer base, PayPal is the most familiar way to pay — particularly for older shoppers, cross-border tourists, and anyone who already saves their card to PayPal rather than typing it again. Offering PayPal at the counter removes a small but real friction point.
How Oliver POS uses the PayPal WooCommerce plugin
The official WooCommerce PayPal Payments plugin already supports PayPal Checkout, Pay Later, and Venmo (US). Oliver picks up whichever methods you have enabled and surfaces them at the register. When the cashier chooses PayPal, Oliver launches the PayPal-hosted approval page in the in-POS browser view, the customer logs in to PayPal on the iPad (or scans the QR with their own phone), approves the charge, and Oliver records the order in WooCommerce.
PayPal doesn't have a card-reader for retail in most markets, so the in-POS browser checkout is the right place for it: it's a customer-driven, online-style flow happening inside a brick-and-mortar sale.
Pay Later, Venmo, and the rest of the PayPal stack
Whatever methods you have toggled in the PayPal WooCommerce plugin are the methods Oliver shows at the register. If you have PayPal Pay Later enabled, customers get the "4 interest-free payments" option in store too. In the United States, Venmo appears as a separate tile and lets customers pay with their Venmo balance. Apple Pay and Google Pay also flow through the same PayPal Payments plugin if you have those switched on.
Best fit for retailers who…
Pick PayPal Checkout for the Oliver POS if PayPal already does meaningful volume on your WooCommerce online store, if you sell internationally to PayPal-heavy markets (UK, Germany, Australia), or if you simply want one extra friendly payment option for tourists and older customers who don't love typing card numbers into an iPad.
What you get and how to set it up
Features Oliver surfaces from the PayPal Checkout plugin, plus the 4-step install most merchants run through.
Features at the register
- PayPal Checkout hosted checkout running inside the Oliver POS browser view
- Every PayPal Checkout payment method enabled at the register
- Cashier-controlled flow — the customer pays without touching the iPad
- Order writes back to WooCommerce when payment confirms
- Same PayPal Checkout account that powers your online store
Setup in 4 steps
- Install the WooCommerce PayPal Payments on your WooCommerce site and enable it under WooCommerce → Settings → Payments
- Enter your PayPal Checkout API credentials and finish the gateway's setup wizard
- Run a small online test order from the WooCommerce checkout to confirm the gateway is live
- From the Oliver POS register, tap the PayPal Checkout method — Oliver opens the hosted PayPal Checkout checkout in the in-POS browser view and writes the order back to WooCommerce when payment confirms
Common questions about PayPal Checkout on Oliver POS
Does Oliver POS have a partnership with PayPal Checkout?
No. Oliver doesn't partner with PayPal Checkout or any other payment gateway. We support PayPal Checkout because it ships a WooCommerce gateway plugin — Oliver opens the hosted checkout inside the in-POS browser view. Your account, your rates, and your support contract stay between you and PayPal Checkout.
Does Oliver charge extra to use PayPal Checkout?
No. You pay PayPal Checkout's standard published rates directly to PayPal Checkout. Oliver doesn't take a markup, doesn't insert itself into the money flow, and doesn't charge a per-transaction fee on top.
Read our full guide to PayPal Checkout on Oliver POS
A long-form walkthrough of running PayPal Checkout alongside the Oliver POS register on a WooCommerce store.