Integration Guide

Single-Item Payments – Buy Now Buttons
Creating Advanced Buy Now Buttons on the PayPal Website
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58 September 2008 Website Payments Standard Integration Guide
4. Select your quantity and shipping preferences.
Use these settings to control how many units of the item you want to let buyers purchase
and how you collect their shipping addresses.
– Select the Yes radio button to let buyers purchase more than one unit of the item or
service when they click the Buy Now button that you are creating.
IMPORTANT: If you allow buyers to purchase more than one unit of your item, do not
specify a flat rate amount as your tax option in Step 9of “Page 1 –
Specifying the Basic Features of the Buy Now Button” on page 52.”
PayPal applies the flat rate amount as the tax for the item, regardless of the
quantity that the buyer selects.
If you leave the No radio button selected, buyers can purchase only a single unit of the
item when they click the Buy Now button.
– Select the radio button that matches your need to collect shipping addresses from buyers:
Make shipping optional – Select this radio button if you want to prompt buyers to
enter their shipping addresses as an option.
– or –
Yes, require shipping – Select this radio button if you want to require buyers to enter
their shipping addresses.
– or –
No shipping needed – Select this radio button if the product does not require shipping,
such as a digital good that buyers download, or if the item is a service that does not
require on-site delivery.