The Paypal payout item has a "blocked" status. What is the follow-up workflow, if any?
We are currently trying to create a payout system with Paypal REST API. Therefore, we need to use the payout API specified by Paypal.
There is a section that describes the different states and return codes that a payout item may have: click here
The one that is not clear to me is this:
BLOCKED - the item is locked.
Questions:
- If a payout item has a status of "blocked", does that mean the payout will be canceled and the money returned to us - as account holders - or does it mean that the money was sent and our payout portion was successful and therefore completed?
- Are there any follow-up workflows? For example: the state "blocked" will be changed after some time, for example, "returned", how does it happen with the payment of "unclaimed" payments in a month?
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1) If the payout item has a status of "blocked", does this mean that the payout will be canceled and the money returned to us - as the account holders - or does it mean that the money was sent and our payout part was successful and therefore completed?
As far as I know, the money will not be sent and in fact, the payment server will not be called because PayPal will run the RISK check first before calling the payment server.
2) Are there any follow-up workflows? For example: will the state "blocked" after a while be changed, for example, "returned", for example, this happens with "unclaimed" payments in a month?
Answer the same as in (1). The payment server is not called, so no money is sent from the recipient's account.
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