Integration Guide

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Contribution Payments – Donate Buttons
Getting Started With Donate Buttons
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Creating Donate Buttons Before You Create Your PayPal Account
You can create basic Donate buttons, add them to your website, and begin accepting
contributions before you sign up for your PayPal account. Read the following topics to learn
more about creating Donate buttons before you create your PayPal account.
 “Creating a Basic Donate Button Without a PayPal Account” on page 77
 “Limitations of Donate Buttons Created Without a PayPal Account” on page 78
 “Unclaimed Payments From Buttons Created Without a PayPal Account” on page 78
Creating a Basic Donate Button Without a PayPal Account
NOTE: You cannot create payment buttons without a PayPal account if JavaScript is disabled
in your browser.
1. Click the Business tab.
2. Click Accept Credit Cards on a Website.
3. Under the PayPal Payments Standard heading, click the Select button.
A page that describes PayPal Payments Standard opens.
4. Click the Try it now button.
The Create PayPal payment button page opens.
5. In the Accept payments for dropdown menu, select “Donations.”
6. Enter the payment details for your Donate button.
– Organization name/service – Enter the purpose for the donation or the name of your
organization. If you do not enter anything in this field, your donors can complete this
field during checkout.
– Email address to receive payments– Enter the email address that you will use when you
sign up for your PayPal account.
7. Scroll to the bottom of the page, and click the Create Button button.
The You've created your button page opens.
8. Click the Select Code button on the Websites tab to select all of the generated HTML
code.
9. Do one of the following to copy the selected text to the clipboard:
– For Windows and Mac, right-click on the code, and then select Copy.
– For Windows, press Ctrl+C.
– For Mac, press CMD+C.
10.In your web editing tool, open the webpage where you want to show the button.