Integration Guide

Recurring Payments – Subscribe Buttons
Creating Advanced Subscribe Buttons on the PayPal Website
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Creating Advanced Subscribe Buttons on the PayPal
Website
Read the following topics to learn more about creating Subscribe buttons on the PayPal
website:
 “The Basic Steps for Using the Tool with Subscribe Buttons” on page 146
 “Saving Subscribe Buttons in Your PayPal Account” on page 147
 “Tracking Inventory and Profit and Loss for Subscribe Buttons” on page 148
 “Adding Advanced Features to Subscribe Buttons with HTML Variables” on page 148
 “Generating Code for Subscribe Buttons and Email Payment Links” on page 148
 “Protecting HTML Code for Subscribe Buttons” on page 148
 “Step 1 – Specifying Basic Features of Your Subscribe Button” on page 149
 “Step 2 – Tracking Inventory and Profit and Loss with Your Subscribe Button” on
page 153
 “Step 3 – Adding Advanced Features to Your Subscribe Button” on page 156
 “Copying and Pasting the Subscribe Code” on page 158
 “Using the Button Creation Tool for an Unsubscribe Button” on page 160
The Basic Steps for Using the Tool with Subscribe Buttons
The button creation tool on the PayPal website is a single webpage with three sections:
 Step 1 – Choose button type and enter payment details – This section lets you specify
the basic details of your payment button.
 Step 2 – Save your buttons (optional) – This section lets you control whether PayPal
saves the important details of your button in your PayPal account.
 Step 3 – Customize advanced features (optional) – This section lets you work with
advanced features of payment buttons. If you are familiar with HTML programming and
the advanced HTML variables supported by Website Payments Standard, you can enter
them here.
One section at a time is open for you to work with. To work with another section, click its step
bar to expand it.