Forum: Where do the Paid Access payments go?

When a user pays for Paid Access, the payment is handled by the payment processor your forum uses. Each payment is recorded, the user is granted access to the paid area, and an email receipt is sent to the user.

You can see each member's name and the amount they paid in your existing PayPal account. When a user makes a payment, PayPal notifies Website Toolbox, which records the payment, grants the user access to the paid area of your forum, and sends the user an email receipt. The transaction is also listed in the History section of your PayPal account. You can transfer the funds to your bank account whenever payments are received, or keep the funds in PayPal to purchase things online or with a PayPal debit card.

When your forum has Stripe enabled, users can pay with a debit or credit card. Card payments are deposited into your connected Stripe account rather than PayPal. You can see each payment and its status in the Stripe Dashboard, and transfer the funds to your bank account from there. Website Toolbox records the payment, grants the user access, and sends the email receipt in the same way.