Integration Guide

PayPal Payments Standard Integration Guide June 2012 67
Single-Item Payments – Buy Now Buttons
Creating Buy Now Buttons with JavaScript Disabled
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– Encrypted HTML code cannot be used for email payment links.
Select the No radio button if you want to create an email payment link instead of or in
addition to your button.
If you select the No radio button for any reason, use an alternative strategy described in
“Securing Your PayPal Payments Standard Buttons” on page 337,” to secure the payments
you receive from the payment button or the email payment link.
IMPORTANT: Merchants with significant payment volume are required to take
precautions on securing PayPal Payment Standard buttons.
8. Specify a shipping method option.
– Select the Use my shipping calculations radio button if you set up shipping rates for your
account and you want the shipping charges for the item to be calculated automatically.
– or –
– Select the Use a flat rate amount radio button if you have not set up shipping rates for
your account or you want to exclude the item from automatic calculation of shipping
charges.
In the text box, enter a fixed amount that will be added to the shipping charges for
purchases that include the item. Enter zero (0.00) for items that do not incur shipping
charges. The currency for the amount that you enter is the same as the currency for the
item.
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.
9. Specify a sales tax option.
– Select the Use my sales tax calculations radio button if you set up tax rates for your
account and you want taxes on the item to be calculated automatically.
– or –
– Select the Use a flat rate amount radio button if you have not set up sales tax calculations
for your account or you want to exclude the item from automatic calculation of taxes.
In the text box, enter a fixed amount that will be added to the taxes for purchases that
include the item. Enter zero (0.00) for non-taxable items. The currency for the amount
that you enter is the same as the currency for the item.
IMPORTANT: If you specify that buyers can purchase quantities of your item, in Step 4 of
“Page 2 – Specifying Advanced Features of Your Buy Now Button” on
page 68, do not specify a flat rate amount for sales tax. PayPal applies the
flat rate amount as the tax for the item, regardless of the quantity that the
buyer selects.
For more information, see “Automatic Calculation of Sales Tax” on page 363.
10.If you have additional details to specify for your button, such as option fields or a custom
payment page style that has your own logo and colors, click the Add More Options button