Integration Guide

Contribution Payments – Donate Buttons
Creating Advanced Donate Buttons on the PayPal Website
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102 September 2008 Website Payments Standard Integration Guide
3. Select your shipping preferences.
Select the radio button that matches your need to collect addresses from donors:
Make shipping optional – Select this radio button if you want to prompt donors to enter
their addresses as an option.
– or –
Yes, require shipping – Select this radio button if you want to require donors to enter their
addresses.
– or –
No shipping needed – Select this radio button if you do not require addresses from donors.
You might want to collect addresses from donors so that you can send paper contribution
acknowledgement letters or ship contribution thank-you gifts.
4. Collect notes and special instructions from donors.
Use these settings to prompt donors to enter notes or special instructions.
– Select the Ye s radio button if you want donors to enter notes to you when they make their
payments. If you leave the No radio button selected, donors cannot include notes.
– Note Title – If you selected the Yes radio button, change the default value for the field
label to prompt donors for specific information, such as In memory of. Enter no more
than 30 characters.
5. Choose an email address to receive payment.
(optional) In the Email Address dropdown menu, select the email address through which
you want to receive payments when people click the payment button that you are creating.
The dropdown menu selects your primary email address by default. You might select the
email address of the person in your organization who handles accounting. All payments are
deposited to your PayPal account balance, regardless of which email addresses receive
particular payments. Only confirmed email addresses can be used to receive payments.