PayPal Apps: Ready to Go

Open eBay Apps developers and other ambitious developers, take note: PayPal Apps is here and awaiting your apps. PayPal Apps uses the same OpenSocial gadgets framework you used for your Open eBay app, and the sandbox at X.com is open for experimentation.

Similarly to Open eBay Apps, PayPal apps run in IFrames within the PayPal interface, where they can be seen by PayPal users when the program is released.

After you get your app working in the sandbox at X.com, you can submit it to be reviewed by PayPal. The PayPal Apps team will vet your app's UI, reliability, and security, and support, and you're ready to launch.

What kind of apps are appropriate? Your PayPal app should be PayPal-adjacent, like the three that were demo'd today at PayPal X. Terapeak (a veteran presence in the eBay Apps Directory) is running a transaction history analytics app on PayPal now. Plastic Jungle has a gift card exchange app. Shipwire has an on-demand shipping and order automation app for merchants who use PayPal. All three apps are great fits with PayPal.

If you have an app idea, go get started with PayPal Apps here: https://www.x.com/community/ppx/paypal_apps.