Integration Guide

Recurring Payments – Subscribe Buttons
Creating Advanced Subscribe Buttons on the PayPal Website
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The Pages in the Button Creation Tool for Subscribe Buttons
The button creation tool for Subscribe buttons with JavaScript disabled has three pages:
z Subscriptions & Recurring Payments button – the initial page to specify the required
and most often used optional features
z Subscriptions & Recurring Payments – Page 2 – an optional page to specify additional,
advanced features, including the button image for Unsubscribe buttons
z Add a Subscribe button to your website – the final page that has the generated code for
your payment button
You can switch between the first and second pages until you click the Create Button Now
button to display the third page that has the generated code.
Page 1 – Specifying the Basic Features of the Subscribe Button
To create code for a Subscribe button or email payment link by using a tool on the PayPal
website with JavaScript disabled:
1. Log in to your PayPal account at
https://www.paypal.com.
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. Under the Create button without JavaScript enabled heading, click the Subscribe link.
The Subscriptions & Recurring Payments button page opens.
5. Enter the subscription details of your button.
– Subscription name/service – Enter a name for the subscription that people sign up for
when they click the Subscribe button.
– Reference number – (optional) If you offer different kinds of subscriptions, such as
monthly and annual payment plans, enter an identifying code for this subscription.
– Currency – From the dropdown menu, select the currency in which you will specify the
prices for trial periods and the regular subscription. The dropdown menu automatically
selects the currency of your primary balance.
– Buyer’s default country – From the dropdown menu, select a country for the PayPal
log-in or sign-up page that donors see when they click the button. The content on the