Send money

Dollars first, because that is what PayPal settles in. Name the recipient and set an amount; the recipient goes into the order before anything is authorized, so the money can only land on the account you named.

Send USD to a PayPal account

Dollars out of your PayPal balance, to a person by their PayPal email. Nothing is converted — one dollar leaves, one dollar arrives.

5,188.60 USD

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Who gets the money

The recipient must have a PayPal account. In this sandbox that means one of your test accounts from the developer dashboard — any other address is refused when the payment is authorized.

Recipient gets0.00 USD
You pay0.00 USD

No conversion — this rail moves USD as USD, so the two figures are the same number by construction, not by assumption.

Drafting writes the order and its recipient. It does not move or reserve anything.