PayPal Payments Overview

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Shopping Cart

Easy to implement   no CGI scripting necessary.

No up front costs   you'll have the same low fee schedule used as when you receive other 

PayPal payments.

Sell with ease   PayPal maintains detailed transaction records on the PayPal website.

Improve buyer experience   with customizable buttons and secure payments, happy 

customers become repeat customers.

For more information about Buy Now and Donations Buttons, see 

Chapter 5,  Creating Buy 

Now and Donation Buttons

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Shopping Cart

When you use PayPal's free Shopping Cart, your customers can purchase multiple items with 

a single payment, browse your entire selection, and view a consolidated list of all their items 

before purchasing. The PayPal Shopping Cart is a low cost way for you to accept credit card 

and bank account payments, and can be fully integrated with your website in a few easy steps. 

The PayPal Shopping Cart also offers customizable buttons and secure payments to help you 

improve your buyer experience, so happy customers become repeat customers. 

For more information about PayPal s Shopping Cart, see 

Chapter 6,  Creating Shopping Cart 

Buttons

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Custom Payment Pages

With our Custom Payment Pages feature, you can tailor PayPal s payment pages to the style of 

your website for a truly seamless payment experience. Make PayPal s payment flow yours 

with custom page colors and your own images. Custom Payment Pages can be used with all 

PayPal Website Payment buttons, including Buy Now, , Donations, Shopping Cart, and 

Subscriptions. 

For more information about Custom Payment Page, see 

Chapter 9,  Custom Payment Pages

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Calculating Shipping, Handling, and Tax

You can set up your PayPal account to automatically calculate and charge shipping and sales 

(or value added) tax, as well as specify a different tax rate for each of the 50 U.S. states and 

any of the countries listed. In addition, you can charge shipping costs as a fixed rate based on 

the amount of the total purchase, or as a percentage of the purchase price. You also have the 

option to assign shipping amounts to individual products. 

For more information about shipping and tax, see 

Chapter 10,  Calculating Shipping, 

Handling, and Tax

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August, 2005 Website Payments Standard Checkout Integration Guide