Creating a PayPal Donate Button

Step 1

Sign into you PayPal account and click on the Merchant Tool tab. They change the page all the time. But you can find and click on the "Donate" link to get to the Donation page.

Step 2

Enter any optional information you like.

Step 3

Choose the type of button you want by clicking the Choose a different button link...

Step 4

Under the Security Setting options, I would recommend selecting yes to encrypt the payment button code.

Step 5

Click Create Button Now.

Step 6

Copy and paste that HTML code to the location on your website's HTML page where you want the button to be. For example, I have pasted the outlined code to ...

Step 7

If you preview the web page, you should now have a working Donate button as in the donate button at the top of this page.

Step 8

And when the user clicks on the donate button, they will get a Checkout form where they can fill in the amount that they want to donate. The Checkout form will also have your email address so that users will know where the money is going. Users who already have a PayPal account, will then enter their PayPal login and password. Otherwise, their is an option for them to create an PayPal account.

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In the next lesson, you will learn how to use PayPal to send out a money request....