How to Enable Instant Payment Notification (IPN) for Paypal

September 22, 2025

Jotform makes it easy to get real-time updates on your PayPal payments with Instant Payment Notification (IPN). IPN is a message PayPal sends whenever a transaction is completed, giving you all the details of the payment made through your form. Take a look at this guide on Paypal Incomplete Payments FAQ for more details.


Note

This guide is just for PayPal Business accounts. If you’re looking for info on PayPal Standard accounts instead, Our guide on How to Enable IPN on Your PayPal Account walks you through everything.

Setting up an IPN on your PayPal Business account only takes a minute—here’s how:

  1. Login to your PayPal Business Account, and in your PayPal dashboard, click on your Avatar/Profile picture on the top-right side of the screen.
  2. Then, in the Dropdown menu that opens, click on Account Settings.
Profile Picture icon and Account Settings option in the PayPal Page
  1. Now, click on the Website Payments in the menu on the left to open your Website Payments page.
  2. Next, in the Instant Payment Notifications section, click on Update.
Website Payments tab and Instant Payment Notifications Update button
  1. Then, click on Choose IPN Settings.
Choose IPN Settings button in PayPal
  1. Now, add your Notification URL in the Notification URL field for your listener. If you’re not using IPN outside Jotform, you can use https://ipn.jotform.com/ipns/paypal.php.
Adding the Notification URL field in the URL field of Instant Payment Notification Settings in Jotform

Note

The default notification URL doesn’t matter. Jotform only needs IPN to be enabled.

  1. Then, select Receive IPN messages (Enabled) to enable your listener.
  2. Finally, click on Save, and you’re all set.
Receive IPN Messages and Save button in PayPal

That’s it! IPN is now enabled for your PayPal Business account, so Jotform can instantly update you whenever a payment is completed.

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