Integration Guide

Recurring Payments – Subscribe Buttons
Creating Advanced Subscribe Buttons on the PayPal Website
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154 June 2012 PayPal Payments Standard Integration Guide
For more information, see “Tracking Inventory and Profit and Loss for Subscribe Buttons” on
page 148.
1. Do one of the following:
– Clear the Add you button to My saved buttons checkbox if you do not want to save the
important details of your button in your PayPal account.
If you do not save your button, PayPal cannot track inventory or profit and loss for your
item.
The HTML code that PayPal generates and that you paste onto your webpage contains
all payment details and information that identifies your PayPal account. You may need
to take extra precautions to secure your buttons against fraudulent payments.
For more information, see “Securing Your PayPal Payments Standard Buttons” on
page 337.
– Select the Add your button to My saved buttons checkbox to save the payment details
of your button in your PayPal account.
The HTML code that PayPal generates and that you paste onto your webpage contains
no payment or identifying information.
“Add your button to My saved buttons” is the default for this feature.
For more information, see “Saving Subscribe Buttons in Your PayPal Account” on
page 147.
2. Select the Track inventory checkbox to enter information that PayPal uses to track
inventory for your item. Then, do one of the following:
– By Item – Select this radio button if you want to track inventory regardless of product
options that buyers select.
Enter the quantity that you currently have in stock and an alert level. PayPal sends you
an alert by email when your inventory on hand falls to or below the alert level.
– By Option – Select this radio button if want to track inventory by product options that
you set up during Step 1 of the button creation tool.
For each option listed, enter a unique item ID, the quantity that you currently have in
stock, and an alert level. PayPal sends you an alert by email when your inventory on
hand for any option falls to or below its alert level.
3. Select the Track profit and loss checkbox to enter information that PayPal uses to track
profit and loss for your item.
You do not have to track inventory to track profit and loss. If you track inventory, you can
track profit and loss only in the same way – either by item or by product option.
If you only track profit and loss and do not track inventory, do one of the following:
– By Item – Select this radio button if you want to track profit and loss regardless of
product options selected by buyers.