Integration Guide

Website Payments Standard Integration Guide September 2008 59
Single-Item Payments – Buy Now Buttons
Creating Advanced Buy Now Buttons on the PayPal Website
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5. Collect customer notes and special instructions from buyers.
Use these settings to prompt buyers to enter notes or special handling instructions.
– Select the Yes radio button if you want buyers to enter notes to you when they make their
payments. If you leave the No radio button selected, buyers cannot include notes.
– Note Title – If you selected the Yes radio button, change the default value for the field
label to prompt buyers for specific information, such as their customer IDs or special
handling instructions. Enter no more than 30 characters.
6. Select an email address to receive payment.
(optional) In the Email Address dropdown menu, select the email address through which
you want to receive payments when people click the payment button that you are creating.
The dropdown menu selects your primary email address by default. 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 addresses receive particular payments. Only confirmed email addresses can be
used to receive payments.
7. If you want to change any of the details that you entered on the previous page, click the
Edit button and follow the instructions for “Page 1 – Specifying the Basic Features of the
Buy Now Button” on page 52, beginning with Step 5.
– or –
If you have entered all the details and options for your button, go to “Copying and Pasting
the Buy Now Code With JavaScript Disabled” on page 59.
Copying and Pasting the Buy Now Code With JavaScript Disabled
After you enter the basic and advanced features that you want for your Buy Now button, click
the Create Button Now button. PayPal generates Buy Now code for:
z a payment button, which you can paste onto your website
z an email payment link, which you can paste into email
The Add a Buy Now button to your website page displays the generated code.