Integration Guide

Website Payments Standard Integration Guide September 2008 75
Contribution Payments – Donate Buttons
Getting Started With Donate Buttons
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FIGURE 2.1 Unclaimed Payments From Buttons Created Without a PayPal Account
Creating a Basic Donate Button Without a PayPal Account
To create a basic Donate button without a PayPal account:
1. Visit the PayPal website at
https://www.paypal.com.
2. Click the Business tab.
3. Under the Need to accept credit cards? heading, click the On your website link.
The Choose a payment solution page opens.
4. Under the Website Payments Standard heading, click the Learn more link.
The PayPal Website Payments Standard: Overview page opens.
5. About half way down the page, click the accept donations link.
The Create PayPal payment button page opens.
6. In the Accept payments for dropdown menu, select “Donations”.
7. Enter the payment details for your Donate button.
– Organization name/service – Enter the purpose for the donation or the name of your
organization. If you do not enter anything in this field, your donors can complete this
field during checkout.
– Email address to receive payments– Enter the email address that you will use when you
sign up for your PayPal account.
8. Click the Create Button button.
The PayPal account required for this button type message box appears.