Download PayPal Website Payments Standard - 2012 Integration Guide

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The PayPal Shopping Cart – Add to Cart and View Cart Buttons
Getting Started With The PayPal Shopping Cart
– Email address to receive payments – Enter the email address that you will use when
you sign up for your PayPal account.
8. Scroll to the bottom of the page, and click the Create Button button.
The You've created your button page opens.
9. Click the Select Code button on the Websites tab to select all of the generated HTML
code.
10.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.
11. In your web editing tool, open the webpage where you want to show the button.
IM PORT AN T :
Be sure that your tool is ready for you to paste HTML code, such as by
switching to an HTML view from a design view of your webpage.
12.Do one of the following to paste the text from the clipboard onto your webpage, where you
want the button to appear:
– For Windows or Mac, right-click on the code, and then select Paste.
– For Windows, press Ctrl+V.
– For Mac, press CMD+V.
Limitations of Add to Cart Buttons Created Without a PayPal Account. Consider the
following limitations of payment buttons that you create and add to your website before you
sign up for your PayPal account.
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You cannot claim the payments that people authorize during checkout. PayPal collects and
holds the payments as unclaimed until you sign up for your PayPal account.
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Buyers must have a PayPal account to pay you.
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PayPal limits the features that you can specify with the button creation tool, such as:
– Saving your buttons in your PayPal account
– Tracking inventory or profit and loss
NOT E :
You cannot create payment buttons without a PayPal account if Javascript is disabled
in your browser.
Unclaimed Payments From Buttons Created Without a PayPal Account. For buttons
that you create without a PayPal account, payments that buyers authorize are held as
unclaimed by PayPal until you sign up. PayPal holds your unclaimed payments under the
email address that you specify when you create the buttons. Make sure to use the same email
address when you sign up for your account. Otherwise PayPal cannot transfer your unclaimed
payments to your PayPal account balance.
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PayPal Payments Standard Integration Guide