Integration Guide

Website Payments Standard Integration Guide September 2008 55
Single-Item Payments – Buy Now Buttons
Creating Advanced Buy Now Buttons on the PayPal Website
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– Encrypted HTML code cannot be used for email payment links.
Select the No radio button if you want to create an email payment link instead of or in
addition to your button.
If you select the No radio button for any reason, use an alternative strategy described in
Chapter 6, “Securing Your Website Payments Standard Buttons” to secure the payments
you receive from the payment button or the email payment link.
IMPORTANT: Merchants with significant payment volume are required to take
precautions on securing Website Payment Standard buttons.
8. Specify a shipping method option.
– Select the Use my shipping calculations radio button if you set up shipping rates for
your account and you want the shipping charges for the item to be calculated
automatically.
– or –
– Select the Use a flat rate amount radio button if you have not set up shipping rates for
your account or you want to exclude the item from automatic calculation of shipping
charges.
In the text box, enter a fixed amount that will be added to the shipping charges for
purchases that include the item. Enter zero (0.00) for items that do not incur shipping
charges. The currency for the amount that you enter is the same as the currency for the
item.
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.
9. Specify a sales tax option.
– Select the Use my sales tax calculations radio button if you set up tax rates for your
account and you want taxes on the item to be calculated automatically.
– or –
– Select the Use a flat rate amount radio button if you have not set up sales tax
calculations for your account or you want to exclude the item from automatic calculation
of taxes.
In the text box, enter a fixed amount that will be added to the taxes for purchases that
include the item. Enter zero (0.00) for non-taxable items. The currency for the amount
that you enter is the same as the currency for the item.
IMPORTANT: If you specify that buyers can purchase quantities of your item, in Step 4
of “Select your quantity and shipping preferences.” on page 58, do not
specify a flat rate amount for sales tax. PayPal applies the flat rate amount
as the tax for the item, regardless of the quantity that the buyer selects.
For more information, see “Automatic Calculation of Sales Tax” on page 285.
10.If you have additional details to specify for your button, such as option fields or a custom
payment page style that has your own logo and colors, click the Add More Options button