Integration Guide

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Recurring Payments – Subscribe Buttons
Getting Started With Subscribe Buttons
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5. Enter the payment details of your subscription.
– Subscription name – Enter a name for the subscription. For example, enter “Alice’s
Monthly Digest”.
– Recurring amount to be billed – Enter the amount you want to bill subscribers for each
monthly billing cycle. For example, enter “20.00”.
6. Scroll to the bottom of the page, and click the Create Button button.
The You are viewing your button code page opens.
7. Click the Select Code button on the Websites tab to select all of the generated HTML
code.
8. Copy the text that you selected to the clipboard, by:
– pressing Ctrl+C.
– or –
– right-clicking your mouse, and selecting Copy.
9. In your web editing tool, open the webpage where you want the button to be seen.
IMPORTANT: Be sure that your tool is ready for you to paste HTML code, such as by
switching to an HTML view from a design view of your webpage.
10.Paste the text that you copied from the clipboard onto your webpage where you want the
button to appear, by:
– pressing Ctrl+V.
– or –
– right-clicking your mouse, and selecting Paste.
Creating Basic Subscribe Buttons With JavaScript Disabled
The button creation tool for Subscribe buttons, described above, requires JavaScript. If
JavaScript is disabled in your browser, PayPal automatically offers you an alternative button
creation tool that does not require JavaScript.
Read these topics to learn more about creating Subscribe buttons with JavaScript disabled:
z “Limitations When Creating Payment Buttons With JavaScript Disabled” on page 109
z “Creating a Basic Subscribe Button With JavaScript Disabled” on page 110
z “Enabling JavaScript in Your Browser” on page 111
Limitations When Creating Payment Buttons With JavaScript Disabled
The alternative tool that works with JavaScript disabled lets you create Subscribe buttons on
the PayPal website. However, the following features are not supported by the alternative tool:
z Saving your buttons in your PayPal account
z Tracking inventory