Recently many PayPal users started to encounter this error – “Things don’t appear to be working at the moment. Please try again later”.
The problem with this error is that it doesn’t show an error code or explain exactly why it occurred. And If you contact PayPal they will probably send you a canned response.
This can be very frustrating for PayPal merchants who are selling products online. After doing a bit of research I have been able to find the root cause of this problem and how you can fix it.
Step 1
Log in to your PayPal account.
Step 2
Click Account Settings from the settings dropdown menu.
Step 3
Select Website payments under PRODUCTS & SERVICES. Click Update under Website preferences.
Step 4
Scroll down to the Encrypted website payments section and turn off the Block non-encrypted website payment option.
PayPal should now stop blocking non-encrypted payments made via third-party apps/software. This should also resolve the error: Things don’t appear to be working at the moment. Please try again later.
If you are still having this issue our support team can help troubleshoot it on your website.
raj naik says
thanks for this information.
Cheryl Waters says
Thank you so much . . . you’re so kind of offer solutions. I’m still getting the same error. Wondering if you have any suggestions. Thank you.
I have not posted the page live yet but still getting the same message.
Thanks for any help.
Cheryl
akeem says
it is still saying the same thing
Aries Nelson says
Even after doing this, it’s still giving me the same error. Is there another way to fix it?
Noor Alam says
@Aries, Where do you see this error?
Martin Perfect says
I get the message when I click on the “check out” box – no account involved.
Noor Alam says
@Martin, Is the PayPal email address valid? If you are testing in sandbox mode it needs to be a sandbox seller email.