PayPal - A Common Question

Here is another question I get often, so I'll share the answer here. The question is basically, "how do I put a PayPal button on my site?":

1. You have to have a Pay Pal account.
2. You have to specifically identify each item or service you want to sell, along with it's price.

3. You have to generate a Buy Now button inside your PayPal account - generate one button for each item. Go to "Merchant Services" tab, then click the link that says "Buy Now buttons" on the right side of the page.

4. Follow the instructions to describe your item, the price, and the button style. I suggest you click the link that says "choose a different button" and select the one that says "PayPal Buy Now". I think it's better to have the PayPal name on the button, but that's just a personal preference.

5. After you create the button, you have to cut-and-paste the code they give you - exactly as-is - into your web page.

6. You have to decide where on your site you want to put this button (or buttons), and what descriptive text should go next to each button you create.

Some HTML formatting will be necessary to make the button(s) look nice, but these are the basic steps.