Integration Guide

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Single-Item Payments – Buy Now Buttons
Creating Advanced Buy Now Buttons on the PayPal Website
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– Click the My Saved Buttons link, and then click the Create new button link in the
upper right of the page, if you previously saved payment buttons in your PayPal account.
To create a new button that is similar to a button that you saved, find the saved button in
the list. Then, click the Action dropdown menu at the right and click the Create similar
button link.
– Click the Create New Button link, if you have no buttons saved in your PayPal account.
The Create PayPal payment button page opens.
4. In the Accept payments for dropdown menu, select “Products” or “Services”.
5. Select the No; create a “Buy Now” button radio button.
6. Enter the payment details of your item.
– Item name – Enter the name of the item or service that you wish to sell.
– Item ID – (optional) Enter the inventory ID or tracking number of your item, if you
assign such IDs to your products.
If you want to set up your item so that PayPal tracks inventory levels, enter a value that
is unique among all the items that you sell and want PayPal to track. For more
information, see “Step 2 – Tracking Inventory With Your Buy Now Button” on page 44.
– Price – Enter the price of your item.
If you want to add product options with different prices for each option that buyers can
select, do not enter a price here. For more information, see Step 7 below.
– Currency – Select the currency in which you priced the item; the dropdown menu
automatically selects the currency of your primary balance.
If you want to customize the country and language of the button, make sure that you
select an appropriate currency here. For more information, see Step 8 below.
7. Customize your button with product options (optional).
Do any of the following: