> Sell with PayPal on a Plandalf checkout and drop each buyer into a MailerLite group that starts your automation. Includes the PayPal refund gap and the Classic limit. Source: https://plandalf.com/apps/paypal/integrations/mailerlite Last modified: 2026-10-26 Native integration # PayPal + MailerLite integration A paid PayPal order on a Plandalf checkout can create the subscriber in MailerLite and add them to the group your welcome automation listens to. [Start your 14-day free trial](https://admin.plandalf.dev/signup)[Jump to the setup](#setup) No credit card required. No coding required. **PayPal** **MailerLite** ## Does PayPal integrate with MailerLite? Not as a direct sync. MailerLite does not read your PayPal account here. PayPal takes the payment on a Plandalf checkout, then a Plandalf sequence runs native MailerLite steps: find or create the subscriber, add them to a group, update their fields. It works with current MailerLite only, not MailerLite Classic. ## What moves between PayPal and MailerLite Event From and to Through What happens Checkout completed Plandalf (paid via PayPal)MailerLite Native step Find or Create Subscriber, then Add Subscriber to Group with the `subscriber_id` it returns. The PayPal docs route completion the same way as a card payment, which is why this one sequence is expected to serve both. Verify with a sandbox payment. Invoice paid Plandalf (paid via PayPal)MailerLite Native step Update Subscriber Fields with a MailerLite field key, for example a `last_purchase` field you created first. Renewal behaviour for PayPal-paid prices is not described in the docs, so test before relying on it. Refund in PayPal PayPalMailerLite By hand Remove Subscriber from Group exists, but the Invoice Refunded trigger that normally runs it is documented for Stripe refunds. Run it from a sequence you start with a Webhook Trigger, or remove the group in MailerLite. Subscriber created MailerLitePlandalf Native step Plandalf adds the MailerLite webhook for you when you save the trigger. Limit it to one group, then use Enroll in Promo so each new subscriber gets a deadline before they check out with PayPal. ## Put PayPal buyers in a Customers group in MailerLite You need a PayPal Business account, a published Plandalf checkout and a MailerLite account on current MailerLite. 1. ### Make PayPal available on the offer Connect PayPal from the dashboard and enable it on the offer, keeping card payment as the fallback. Connect the PayPal sandbox environment as well, since you will rehearse with it. 2. ### Generate a MailerLite token In MailerLite open Integrations, find MailerLite API and click Use. Choose Generate new token, name it Plandalf, leave All IPs allowed and create it. The token is shown once, so copy it. 3. ### Connect MailerLite in Plandalf Go to Automation, then Marketplace, find MailerLite under Available now, click Connect and paste the token into API Key. 4. ### Create the subscriber Under My Sequences start a sequence on Plandalf, Checkout Completed, limited to your offer. Add MailerLite, Find or Create Subscriber with Email Address `{{trigger.customer_email}}` and Name `{{trigger.customer_name}}`, and run its test. 5. ### Add them to the group Add MailerLite, Add Subscriber to Group. For Subscriber ID pick `subscriber_id` from the previous step; do not paste an email. Choose your Customers group, which should start a MailerLite automation. 6. ### Pay once with the sandbox Complete an approved PayPal sandbox payment and look at the Events view, then the group in MailerLite. If the sequence stayed quiet, turn on Run on test purchases in its settings, repeat, and turn it off again. ## What sellers do with PayPal and MailerLite ### A template shop with a download automation A designer sells Notion or Canva templates and wants every buyer, PayPal or card, in a Template buyers group. The MailerLite automation on that group sends the download link and later a cross-sell for the next pack. ### A small membership with a monthly digest A group called Members receives the monthly digest campaign. The checkout puts new members there on payment. When someone refunds through PayPal, the seller removes the group by hand so the digest stops. ## Limits and gotchas - Only current MailerLite connects. A MailerLite Classic account uses a different API and will fail with Authentication failed. - A refund made in PayPal does not start Invoice Refunded, which is documented for Stripe refunds, so group membership stays until you change it. - Add Subscriber to Group wants the `subscriber_id` from Find or Create Subscriber. Pasting an email into that field makes the step fail. - The token works with the permissions of the MailerLite user who made it and stops working if that user is removed. - Fields are matched by key, so create custom fields in MailerLite first and use the key exactly. ## PayPal and MailerLite: common questions Does PayPal integrate with MailerLite? Not directly through Plandalf. PayPal processes the payment on a Plandalf checkout, and a Plandalf sequence adds the buyer to a MailerLite group. Check MailerLite's own integrations list if you want PayPal connected without Plandalf. How do I connect PayPal to MailerLite? Connect PayPal to Plandalf and enable it on an offer, connect MailerLite with an API token under Automation, then build a Checkout Completed sequence with Find or Create Subscriber and Add Subscriber to Group. MailerLite PayPal integration: does it work with Classic? No. Plandalf's MailerLite steps need current MailerLite. Classic accounts use a different API and do not connect. How do I give access after a PayPal payment using MailerLite groups? Treat the group as the access list: the sequence adds the paying subscriber, and a MailerLite automation on the group delivers the content. Remove the group yourself after a PayPal refund. ## Guides for this pair - [Plandalf with PayPal](https://plandalf.com/platforms/paypal) - [Plandalf with MailerLite](https://plandalf.com/platforms/mailerlite) - [PayPal on a Plandalf checkout](https://plandalf.com/docs/platforms/paypal) - [MailerLite setup guide](https://plandalf.com/docs/integrations/mailerlite) - [Automations overview](https://plandalf.com/docs/integrations/plandalf) [Start your 14-day free trial](https://admin.plandalf.dev/signup) ## More from PayPal and MailerLite - [**PayPal + Tolt**A PayPal-only seller cannot use Plandalf's documented Tolt steps, which need Stripe product IDs. This page says what that means and what to do instead.](https://plandalf.com/apps/paypal/integrations/tolt) - [**PayPal + Vue**A Vue 3 button opens your Plandalf checkout, and PayPal shows up there as a payment option beside cards.](https://plandalf.com/apps/paypal/integrations/vue-app) - [**PayPal + Webflow**Style the button in Webflow, add one custom attribute, and the Plandalf checkout it opens can take PayPal.](https://plandalf.com/apps/paypal/integrations/webflow) - [**Kit (ConvertKit) + MailerLite**A Kit tag and a MailerLite group for the same buyer, added on purchase and removed together on a full refund.](https://plandalf.com/apps/convertkit/integrations/mailerlite) - [**MailerLite + Mailchimp**A group per product in MailerLite and a tag per product in Mailchimp, kept in step by Plandalf sequences.](https://plandalf.com/apps/mailerlite/integrations/mailchimp) - [**Next.js + MailerLite**Next.js hosts the buying action, Plandalf takes the payment, and MailerLite gets the buyer in a group through native steps.](https://plandalf.com/apps/nextjs/integrations/mailerlite) Checked October 26, 2026 against Plandalf's own setup guides.