Integration Guide

Single-Item Payments – Buy Now Buttons
Creating Advanced Buy Now Buttons on the PayPal Website
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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 Buy Now Code” on page 50.
– 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 Buy Now Button”
on page 44.
– Click the Step 3 bar if you want to specify advanced features for your button, such as
prompting buyers for item quantities.
Follow the instructions for “Step 3 – Adding Advanced Features to Your Buy Now
Button” on page 47.
Step 2 – Tracking Inventory With Your Buy Now Button
Use the Step 2 section of the button creation tool to control whether to save the important
details your button in your PayPal account and to provide inventory tracking information for
your item.
For more information, see “Tracking Inventory” on page 39.
1. Select the Save button at PayPal checkbox to save your button in your PayPal account
and to enable your ability to track inventory for your item.
2. Select the Track inventory checkbox to enable entering information that PayPal uses to
track inventory for your item. Then, do one of the following:
– By Item – Select this radio button if you want to track inventory regardless of product
options selected by buyers.
Enter the quantity that you currently have in stock and an alert level. PayPal sends you
an alert by email when your inventory on hand falls to or below the alert level.
– By Option – Select this radio button if want to track inventory by product options that
you specified during Step 7 of “Step 1 – Specifying Basic Features of Your Buy Now