Integration Guide

Single-Item Payments – Buy Now Buttons
Sample HTML Code for Buy Now Buttons
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54 June 2012 PayPal Payments Standard Integration Guide
Sample Code for a Buy Now Button With Product Options
The following sample code illustrates a basic Buy Now button with a dropdown menu of
product options.
<form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post">
<!-- Identify your business so that you can collect the payments. -->
<input type="hidden" name="business" value="[e-mail]">
<!-- Specify a Buy Now button. -->
<input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_xclick">
<!-- Specify details about the item that buyers will purchase. -->
<input type="hidden" name="item_name" value="Hot Sauce-12 oz. Bottle">
<input type="hidden" name="amount" value="5.95">
<input type="hidden" name="currency_code" value="USD">
<!-- Provide a dropdown menu option field. -->
<input type="hidden" name="on0" value="Type">Type of sauce <br />
<select name="os0">
<option value="Select a type">-- Select a type --</option>
<option value="Red">Red sauce</option>
<option value="Green">Green sauce</option>
</select> <br />
<!-- Display the payment button. -->
<input type="image" name="submit" border="0"
src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_buynow_LG.gif"
alt="PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online">
<img alt="" border="0" width="1" height="1"
src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/scr/pixel.gif" >
</form>
The sample code above produces the following result on your webpage:
Paste the code onto your webpage below an image or a text description of the item.
Sample Code for a Buy Now Button With Product Options With Prices
The following sample code illustrates a basic Buy Now button with a dropdown menu of
product options that have separate prices for each option. Only one of the dropdown menus in
the set of product options that your Buy Now button offers can have prices.