Integration Guide

Website Payments Standard Integration Guide September 2008 43
Single-Item Payments – Buy Now Buttons
Creating Advanced Buy Now Buttons on the PayPal Website
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9. Add shipping charges and tax rates to your item (optional).
You can add shipping charges and tax rates for your item here. They override the tax and
shipping rates that PayPal calculates automatically based on rates that you specify in your
account profile.
– Shipping – Enter a specific amount to charge for shipping this item.
The currency for the amount is the same as the currency for the item. Enter zero (0.00)
for items that do not incur shipping charges. The amount you enter here overrides the
automatic calculation of shipping charges on the item.
N OTE: Before you can accept payments from Buy Now buttons with specific shipping
costs entered here, you must enable the override of shipping methods in the
Shipping Calculations section of your account profile. You can create your button
successfully, but you cannot accept payments from your button until you enable
shipping cost overrides. Ensure that you enable shipping cost overrides for all the
shipping methods that you set up for your account. For more information, see
“Automatic Calculation of Shipping Charges (U.S. Merchants Only)” on page 290
or “Automatic Calculation of Shipping Charges (non-U.S. Merchants Only)” on
page 304.
– Tax – Enter a percentage to calculate the tax on this item, regardless of quantity.
The currency for the calculated tax will be the same as the currency for the item. Enter
zero (0.000) for non-taxable items to override automatic sales tax calculation on the
item.
10.Choose between your merchant ID and your email address.
Select one of the following radio buttons to associate transactions from your button with
your PayPal account.
– 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 of
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.