Integration Guide

Recurring Payments – Installment Plan Buttons
Getting Started with Installment Plan Buttons
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218 June 2012 PayPal Payments Standard Integration Guide
The following instructions create a basic Installment Plan button that lets buyers pay in 4
installments, starting at checkout.
1. Log in to your PayPal account at
https://www.paypal.com.
The My Account Overview page opens.
2. Click the Profile subtab.
The Profile Summary page opens.
3. Under the Selling Preferences heading, click the My Saved Buttons link.
The My Saved Buttons page opens.
4. In the Related Items box on the right, click the Create new button link.
The Create PayPal payment button page opens.
5. In the Choose a button type dropdown menu, select “Installment Plan.”
6. Enter the payment details of your button.
With Installment Plan buttons, you can offer buyers one or more plan options with a single
button. For any plan option, the first payment can be collected at checkout or deferred. Plan
options can have up to 4 payments of equal or varying amounts.
After buyers agree to a plan option during checkout, PayPal makes the payments
automatically on the schedule you set. All payments must be made within one year of
checkout. You can include tax and shipping in the total amount, but do not include interest.
Select one of the following radio buttons to set up an installment plan for your button.
–In the Amount field, enter the full amount that PayPal collects at checkout for your item.
The total payment on other plan options must be the same amount.
– Offer equal installments at regular intervals
In the Bill Every dropdown menus, set the interval between payments. For example,
you might select “1” and “month(s).”
Under the Start Payments heading, select the At Checkout option to collect the first
payment at checkout. Or, select the After option, then select how long to defer the first
payment. For example, you might select “3” and “month(s).” In the Amount field enter
the amount for the payments. In the Cycles dropdown menu, select the number of
payments, up to 4.