Integration Guide

Securing Your Website Payments Standard Buttons
Saving Payment Buttons in Your PayPal Account
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– Subscribe
– Gift Certificate
5. Enter details about your button, and choose a button image.
6. In the Security Settings section, select the Ye s radio button to protect your button with
encryption. This is the default setting.
7. Click the Create Button Now button to generate the encrypted HTML code.
– or –
Click the Add More Options button to enter optional details about your button.
N OTE: Some settings on the Add More Options page require that you change Security
Settings to No. In such cases, you will have to use an alternative strategy to secure
your buttons. See “Reconciling Payments Manually Through Transaction History”
on page 257, and “Reconciling Payments Through Instant Payment Notification”
on page 258.
8. Update the profile settings on your PayPal account to block unprotected website payments,
as described in “Blocking Unprotected and Non-encrypted Website Payments” on
page 264.
Saving Payment Buttons in Your PayPal Account
Saving your buttons in your PayPal account helps secure against fraudulent payments because
the HTML button code that PayPal generates and that you paste onto your webpages does not
contain pricing information. PayPal holds pricing information in your PayPal account, so
malicious third parties cannot alter it and submit fraudulent payments.
You can save all kinds of payment buttons in your PayPal Premiere or Business account – Buy
Now, Donate, Subscribe, Add to Cart, and Buy Gift Certificate buttons.
N OTE: You cannot save payment buttons in your PayPal account with JavaScript disabled in
your browser or if you have a PayPal Personal account. In such cases, use an
alternative strategy to secure your buttons. See “Reconciling Payments Manually
Through Transaction History” on page 257, and “Reconciling Payments Through
Instant Payment Notification” on page 258..
To use the button creation tool to save payment buttons in your PayPal account:
1. Log in to your PayPal Premier or Business account at
https://www.paypal.com.
The My Account Overview page opens.
2. Click the Profile subtab.
The Profile Summary page opens.