Integration Guide

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Single-Item Payments – Buy Now Buttons
Creating Advanced Buy Now Buttons on the PayPal Website
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– PayPal button – Select this radio button to use a button image that is hosted by PayPal.
You can configure the size of the button, specify whether the button displays payment
card logos, and specify 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.
– Use your own button – Select this radio button to specify the URL of your own button
image that is not hosted by PayPal. Use your own button image if the buttons hosted by
PayPal do not fit the look of your website.
If your image is hosted securely, change the text box to begin with https//.
8. Add shipping charges and tax rates to your item (optional).
You can add shipping charges and tax rates for your item here. They override the tax and
shipping rates that PayPal calculates automatically based on rates that you specify in your
account profile.
– Shipping – Enter a specific amount to charge for shipping this item.
The currency for the amount is the same as the currency for the item. Enter zero (0.00)
for items that do not incur shipping charges. The amount you enter here overrides the
automatic calculation of shipping charges on the item.
NOTE: Before you can accept payments from Buy Now buttons with specific shipping
costs entered here, you must enable the override of shipping methods in the
Shipping Calculations section of your account profile. You can create your
button successfully, but you cannot accept payments from your button until you
enable shipping cost overrides. Ensure that you enable shipping cost overrides
for all the shipping methods that you set up for your account. For more
information, see “Automatic Calculation of Shipping Charges (U.S. Merchants
Only)” on page 368 or “Automatic Calculation of Shipping Charges (non-U.S.
Merchants Only)” on page 384.
– Tax – Enter a percentage to calculate the tax on this item, regardless of quantity.
The currency for the calculated tax will be the same as the currency for the item. Enter
zero (0.000) for non-taxable items to override automatic sales tax calculation on the
item.
9. Choose between your merchant ID and your email address.
Select one of the following radio buttons to associate transactions from your button with
your PayPal account.
– Secure merchant account ID – Select this radio button to associate your button with
your PayPal account by using your merchant ID. PayPal assigns a unique merchant ID
to your account and includes it automatically in the code for your button.
Only PayPal can match your secure merchant ID and PayPal account. When you use a
secure merchant ID, your PayPal email address is not exposed in the HTML button code
of your webpages.
– Plain text email – Select this radio button to associate your button with your PayPal
account by using your email address. Select from the email addresses in your PayPal
account. For example, you might select the email address of the person in your