How to Link to PayPal

PayPal is a common online payment processors. Website owners can plug in a payment link to PayPal using simple HTML programming. This is beneficial for people who do not have the programming experience to automate payments. Adding a link to PayPal sends the user to your specified payment page, so they can donate money or pay for your product. The link specifies your product code and the amount the user pays from his PayPal account.

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  Open your browser and navigate to the PayPal website (see Resource). Log in to your merchant account. In the main window, click the "Merchant Tools" link.

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  Click the "Buy Now Buttons" link. This opens a wizard that creates the HTML code for you. Type the information for your product in the text boxes including your product name, code, price and the currency type. This information is shown to your users when the pay for product.

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  Click "Create Button Now." PayPal generates the HTML code and displays it in a text box. Highlight the code, right-click it, then click "Copy." This copies the code to your Windows clipboard.

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  Right-click the HTML file where you want to place the new PayPal button. Select "Open With," then double-click "Notepad" to open the code in your editor. Scroll down to the section of your code where you want to place your button.

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  Right-click your opened code and select "Paste." This pastes the PayPal generated code to your website page. Click "File" in the main menu and click "Save" to save your changes.