Integration Guide

PayPal Payments Standard Integration Guide June 2012 93
Contribution Payments – Donate Buttons
Creating Advanced Donate Buttons on the PayPal Website
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8. Under Contribution amount, select one of the following radio buttons.
– Donors enter their own contribution amount – Select this radio button to let donors
enter their contribution amounts during checkout.
This is the default choice for this feature.
– Donors contribute a fixed amount – Select this radio button and enter a fixed amount
that donors contribute when they click this Donate button.
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.
This is the default choice for this feature.
– 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
organization who handles order fulfillment or accounting. All payments are deposited to
your PayPal account balance, regardless of which email address receives payments from
this button. Only confirmed email addresses can be used to receive payments.
IMPORTANT: Your email address is a less secure way to associate your button with your
PayPal account than use of your merchant ID. Your email address is
exposed on webpages wherever you paste the HTML code for your button.
10.Do one of the following: