Integration Guide

Contribution Payments – Donate Buttons
Creating Advanced Donate Buttons on the PayPal Website
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– Click the My Saved Buttons link, and then click the Create new button link in the
upper right of the page, if you previously saved payment buttons in your PayPal account.
To create a new button that is similar to a button that you saved, find the saved button in
the list. Then, click the Action dropdown menu at the right and click the Create similar
button link.
– Click the Create New Button link, if you have no buttons saved in your PayPal account.
The Create PayPal payment button page opens.
4. In the Accept payments for dropdown menu, select “Donations”.
5. Enter the donation details for your button.
– Organization name/service – (optional) 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.
– Donation ID – (optional) Enter a value to help identify different kinds of contribution
payments. For example, you might enter the name of your current fund-raising
campaign. The value that you enter is displayed to donors at the time of payment, and it
is displayed in the transaction details that both contribution coordinators and donors can
view on the PayPal website.
6. Customize the appearance and the language of your button (optional).
Click the Customize appearance link and select one of the following.
– PayPal button – Select this radio button to use a button image that is hosted by PayPal.
You can configure the size of the button, whether the button displays payment card logos,
and the country and language for the button text.
If you change the country, ensure the currency that you selected in Step 5 above is
appropriate.