Integration Guide

Recurring Payments – Subscribe Buttons
Getting Started With Subscribe Buttons
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z Language choices for button images
z Creating payment buttons before you create your PayPal account
To use any of the above features when creating payment buttons on the PayPal website, you
must enable JavaScript in your browser.
For more information, see “Enabling JavaScript in Your Browser” on page 111.
Creating a Basic Subscribe Button With JavaScript Disabled
The following instructions create a basic Subscribe button that sets up subscriptions with a
monthly billing cycle that recurs until subscriptions are cancelled.
To learn how to create buttons for other kinds of subscriptions, see “Creating Advanced
Subscribe Buttons With JavaScript Disabled” on page 155.
To create a basic Subscribe button for your website with JavaScript disabled:
1. Log in to your PayPal Premier or Business account at
https://www.paypal.com.
The My Account Overview page opens.
2. Click the Edit Profile link.
The Profile Summary page opens.
3. Under the Selling Preferences heading, click the Create New Button link.
The Create PayPal payment button page opens.
4. Click the Subscribe link.
The Subscriptions & Recurring Payments page opens.
5. Enter the following information:
– Subscription name – Enter a name for the subscription; for example, enter “Alice’s
Monthly Digest”.
– Subscription price – 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 Now button.
The Add a Subscribe button to your website page opens.
7. Click the HTML code for Websites text box to select all of the generated HTML code.