Creating Shopping Cart Buttons

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PayPal Shopping Cart Button Factory

first currency, or remove all existing items from the Cart and add the items of the 

second currency. The best option is to list all of your items in the same currency.

If you do not have additional details to add to your button (such as sales tax, shipping, or your 

logo), click Create Button Now and go to Step 12. Otherwise, click Add More Options to 

see the fields listed in Steps 3 through 12.

Step 3: Calculate shipping and tax.

If you have specified shipping rates in your Profile, they will be listed under Shipping Cost 

Calculation. For more information about calculating shipping, see 

Chapter 10,  Calculating 

Shipping, Handling, and Tax

. 

If you have specified your tax rate from your Profile, it will be listed under Sales Tax 

Calculation. For more information about calculating tax, see 

Chapter 10,  Calculating 

Shipping, Handling, and Tax

. 

Step 4: Add option fields to your button.

Let your customers specify information about their purchases by creating an option field. You 

can use option fields to specify information such as color, size, or gift wrapping. Options must 

not change the price of an item, but let you collect additional information from your customer 

without extra email communication. Each Shopping Cart Button may have up to two option 

fields, and you can use a drop down menu or a text box to collect the information.

  Option Field Type: Choose the type of option field: drop down menu or text box. If you 

choose drop down menu, you will enter the different choices. If you choose text box, 

your customer will enter his choice.

  Option Name: Enter the name of your option. There is a 60 character limit on option 

names.

  Drop Down Menu Choices: If you are using a drop down menu, enter your menu 

choices. There is a 30 character limit per choice, with a maximum of 10 choices. Use a 

carriage return (press Enter) to separate each choice.

Step 5: Select a View Cart button.

Choose the button image you would like your customers to click when they check out and 

complete their purchases. To display your own image, enter the URL of the image's location 

in the URL field.

Step 6: Customize your payment pages.

  Custom Payment Page Style: Give your customers a seamless payment experience by 

customizing PayPal s payment pages to match the style of your website. If you have 

already added Custom Payment Page Styles in your Profile, they will be listed here. 

Choose the page style you would like to appear when your customer clicks your 

Shopping Cart button. For more information about adding, selecting, or changing custom 

page styles, see 

Chapter 9,  Custom Payment Pages

. 

Step 7: Customize your buyer's experience.

  Successful Payment URL: Enter the URL where you would like to send your customers 

after they have completed payment. Once customer has completes the payment, he sees 

a payment confirmation page. From this page, he will click Continue and return to the 

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