Using paypal

[techjosh]

Hello. I want to make a website that allows using paypal to purchase products. I'd like to know where to start. Any help is greatly appreciated. (I've only used html for a couple weeks so please keep replies simple.)

[felgall]

You can get all the code you need to add to your HTML in the page to link to Paypal from the Paypal site.

[redsox9]

Your best bet is to review the tutorials offered by PayPal. I set that up once a long time ago and don't recall having much of an issue with regards to the HTML, etc.

[techjosh]

Hi guys. Thanks for the help. Here's the breakdown for others reading this:

SOLUTION: Paypals website could take a bit of digging to find the "create a paypal button" page, so here it is
https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_wp-standard-overview-outside
click the "buy now / sell single items" button mid page, and it walks you through it. It'll ask you a few questions about the product to get the button working correctly then gives you the code to copy-paste into your website. The nice part of this is that when customers click the "buy now" button, it auto sends you and the customer an email, so it's the whole package automatically set up. NOTE: you may want to add a target="_blank" to your button after you paste it in-case the link doesn't return to your website after the sale (I've run into this after some tests and don't have time to seriously delve into it. But this solution works.)

[felgall]

If you configure it the right way then it will return to your web site at the end of the process. You can even have it pass values back so that you can display a personal message about their purchase.

[Sister Dipa]

A friend is helping me get a pay pal button on my web site. She can't find the place to paste in the code for the button. She said that since the web site was set up with Java Script it is not something that she understands well enough to know where to paste in the code. Is there anyone who knows where the code should be pasted? I want the button on the top right of each page.

[REXTEX]

A friend is helping me get a pay pal button on my web site. She can't find the place to paste in the code for the button. She said that since the web site was set up with Java Script it is not something that she understands well enough to know where to paste in the code. Is there anyone who knows where the code should be pasted? I want the button on the top right of each page.

Are you selling only one product?
Follow the link that "TECHJOSH" posted, you will find all the info you need to be able to use paypal.