Integration Guide

Recurring Payments – Subscribe Buttons
Creating Advanced Subscribe Buttons on the PayPal Website
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– Secure merchant account ID – Select this radio button to associate your button with
your PayPal account by using your merchant ID. PayPal assigns a unique merchant ID
to your account and includes it automatically in the code for your button.
Your merchant ID is a more secure way to associate your button with your account than
using your email address. Only PayPal can match your merchant ID and PayPal
account, and your PayPal email address is never exposed in the HTML button code on
your webpages.
– Plain text email – Select this radio button to associate your button with your PayPal
account by using your email address. Select from the email addresses in your PayPal
account. For example, you might select the email address of the person in your
organization who handles order fulfillment or accounting. All payments are deposited to
your PayPal account balance, regardless of which email address receives payments from
this button. Only confirmed email addresses can be used to receive payments.
IMPORTANT: Your email address is a less secure way to associate your button with your
PayPal account than by using your merchant ID. Your email address is
exposed on webpages wherever you paste the HTML code for your button.
11. Do one of the following:
– Click the Create Button button if you specified all the features for your button.
Follow the instructions for “Copying and Pasting the Subscribe Code” on page 152.
– Click the Step 2 bar if you want PayPal to track inventory levels for your item or if you
do not want to save your button in your PayPal account.
Follow the instructions for “Step 2 – Tracking Inventory With Your Subscribe Button”
on page 149.
– Click the Step 3 bar if you want to specify advanced features for your button.
Follow the instructions for “Step 3 – Adding Advanced Features to Your Subscribe
Button” on page 151.