Transfer order ID instead of transaction ID to Paypal

Payments + Shipping & Fulfilment
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Topic summary

  • Main request: Display the Shopify Order ID in PayPal (instead of PayPal’s Transaction ID) for all PayPal payments to meet accounting needs.

  • Context: Store uses PayPal as a payment method; seeks a way to transfer the order identifier to PayPal so it’s visible there.

  • Response/update: A reply suggests checking Shopify sales reports to see which orders used PayPal. This helps reconcile within Shopify but does not change what PayPal shows.

  • Technical note: Order ID is the Shopify order reference; Transaction ID is PayPal’s payment reference. No method, setting, or custom field mapping to pass the Order ID into PayPal was provided.

  • Outcome/status: No confirmed solution. The key question—how to have PayPal show the Shopify Order ID—remains unanswered and the issue appears open.

Summarized with AI on December 20. AI used: gpt-5.
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Hi,

we are using PayPal as a payment method and for accounting reasons it’s mportant to see the Order ID instead of the transaction ID in Paypal for all Paypal Payments.

How can I manage to transfer the order ID instead of the Transaction ID to Paypal?

Thanks

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Hi @WH_user !

Kindly check your sales report as it can show all the orders that used Paypal as their payment method.