Design Guide
PayPal Embedded Checkout Design Guide v.3 • 8
There is one alternate design that you may wish to consider. This design is similar to the
recommended design, except that detailed order review is presented before the payment
page is presented. This design can be very effective, and it is just as easy to execute
technically as the recommended design. The potential downside is that it is not as common
a sequence as the recommended design, so buyers may accidentally think they have placed
the order before proceeding to the payment page. To mitigate this risk, PayPal recommends
that the wording and button text on the Review Order page be very clear that the order is
not yet complete.
Sequence of pages:
1 Shopping Cart: Add to cart page.
2 Billing and Shipping: Collect billing and shipping address, shipping method, and
other information on the following page(s). Any additional data elds required for the
order, such as discount code or gift note, would go on this page.
3 Review: Detailed order review page, recapping for the shopper exactly what is being
purchased at what price, plus shipping price, tax, and total.
4 Payment Method: Payment page containing PayPal’s embedded checkout. Pressing
“Submit Order” from this page would create the order and execute the payment.
5 Order Conrmation page.
Figure 4: Alternate checkout design.
Shopping Cart Billing and Shipping Review Payment Method Order Conrmation
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