Create PayPal Donation Button

Filed in: E-commerce Solution, Make Money Online, PayPal — June 20th, 2005

The step-by-step instruction to create a PayPal donation button and start accepting online donation.

A friend asked me how to create a PayPal donation button to collect donation. I have told him the steps and I think it is good to share with you, too.

Step-by-step to create PayPal donation button

Login your PayPal account, goto “Merchant Tools”. Scroll down to “PayPal Website Payments Standard“.
There is a link named “Donations“. Click it to open donation button setup page.
There looks many fields need to fill in… Don’t worry, you can ignore those “(optional)” field.
If you want to specific a donation amount, fill in the “Donation Amount:“.
Note: Once specified the amount, the donator cannot donate more than or less than the specified valune.
Under “Choose a donation button to put on your website (optional)“, you can choose a donation button or use your own image.
For “Security Settings“, I recommend to select “Yes” to encrypt your payment button. It will protect your paypal email address.
Then, click the “Create Button Now” button at the bottom of the page to create your PayPal donation button.
You will given a HTML code for the donation button. Copy it and paste into your website. Done.

Here is my PayPal donation button. It is real! Click it to donate USD$1 to me, credit card accepted.

PayPal Donations makes it easy for you to collect secure donations from your website. After inserting simple HTML code, you can collect your donations via secure PayPal payment pages.

My two cents

PayPal donation button make it easy to accept online donation. I have never accept any online donation before, let me know if you did.

~~For your information, Malaysian cannot withdraw PayPal money from local bank.~~ But, we can resell it to other Malaysian(who own oversea bank account) at the reasonable exchange rate.

Update: Now you can withdraw PayPal money to debit, credit cards

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Nathan

I cannot find how to do it. Does this work on the UK Paypal?
http://phreakaholic.wordpress.com/ phreakaholic

hi, i’m still newbie here. can i put the code in free wordpress??
http://phreakaholic.wordpress.com/ phreakaholic

hi, i’m still newbie here. can i put the code in free wordpress??
http://phreakaholic.wordpress.com phreakaholic

hi, i’m still newbie here. can i put the code in free wordpress??
LcF

@phreakaholic: you mean wordpress.com? you can try to paste the code in HTML mode.
LcF

@phreakaholic: you mean wordpress.com? you can try to paste the code in HTML mode.
LcF

@phreakaholic: you mean wordpress.com? you can try to paste the code in HTML mode.
http://phreakaholic.wordpress.com/ phreakaholic

thanks. finally i use the “paypal email code” to get it works. previously, i paste the “paypal website code” on HTML mode, but nothing happen
http://phreakaholic.wordpress.com/ phreakaholic

thanks. finally i use the “paypal email code” to get it works. previously, i paste the “paypal website code” on HTML mode, but nothing happen
http://phreakaholic.wordpress.com phreakaholic

thanks. finally i use the “paypal email code” to get it works. previously, i paste the “paypal website code” on HTML mode, but nothing happen
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Are Merchant Tools available under primary account? Or I have to upgrade it to business type. Thanks.
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Are Merchant Tools available under primary account? Or I have to upgrade it to business type. Thanks.
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Are Merchant Tools available under primary account? Or I have to upgrade it to business type. Thanks.
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Thank you very much all friends
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Thank you very much all friends
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Thank you very much all friends
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Thanks! Such a great help for my site.
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Thanks! Such a great help for my site.
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Thanks! Such a great help for my site.
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Thanks! Really useful information!
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Thanks! Really useful information!
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Thanks! Really useful information!
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Button added to InvoTechEngineers. Time to Donate
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Button added to InvoTechEngineers. Time to Donate
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Button added to InvoTechEngineers. Time to Donate
http://ahkong.net/ Deimos Tel`Arin

There are some transaction fees involved aye? >_<

$0.00 USD – $3,000.00 USD
3.4% + $0.30 USD
You’ll pay $3.70 USD on a $100.00 USD transaction.

So let’s say if someone receives $10.00 USD donations per month, $0.74 of it goes to paypal, right?

But if only received $1.00 USD donations per month, then $0.30 goes to paypal.

Considered to be quite high transaction fees charges if you are not receiving much donations. -_-
http://ahkong.net/ Deimos Tel`Arin

There are some transaction fees involved aye? >_<

$0.00 USD – $3,000.00 USD
3.4% + $0.30 USD
You’ll pay $3.70 USD on a $100.00 USD transaction.

So let’s say if someone receives $10.00 USD donations per month, $0.74 of it goes to paypal, right?

But if only received $1.00 USD donations per month, then $0.30 goes to paypal.

Considered to be quite high transaction fees charges if you are not receiving much donations. -_-
http://ahkong.net/ Deimos Tel`Arin

There are some transaction fees involved aye? >_<

$0.00 USD – $3,000.00 USD
3.4% + $0.30 USD
You’ll pay $3.70 USD on a $100.00 USD transaction.

So let’s say if someone receives $10.00 USD donations per month, $0.74 of it goes to paypal, right?

But if only received $1.00 USD donations per month, then $0.30 goes to paypal.

Considered to be quite high transaction fees charges if you are not receiving much donations. -_-
jaohn

i just made a new forum so im new so after i make the buttun how do i put it on site?

http://intensedebate.com/people/liewcf liewcf

decide where do you want to put it on your site. copy and paste the code to your website's code.
http://intensedebate.com/people/liewcf liewcf

decide where do you want to put it on your site. copy and paste the code to your website's code.

jaohn

i just made a new forum so im new so after i make the buttun how do i put it on site?
jaohn

i just made a new forum so im new so after i make the buttun how do i put it on site?

http://intensedebate.com/people/liewcf liewcf

decide where do you want to put it on your site. copy and paste the code to your website's code.

http://www.wisewealthbook.com/ wiseinvestor

I only got three types of buttons – Buy now, add to cart and subscribe.

Don't have the donate button under the PayPal Website Payments Standard.

How to add in the donation button?

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try to create your paypal donation button here: ” target=”_blank”>http://bit.ly/qdGAP
http://intensedebate.com/people/liewcf liewcf

try to create your paypal donation button here: ” target=”_blank”>http://bit.ly/qdGAP

http://www.wisewealthbook.com/ wiseinvestor

I only got three types of buttons – Buy now, add to cart and subscribe.

Don't have the donate button under the PayPal Website Payments Standard.

How to add in the donation button?
http://www.wisewealthbook.com/ wiseinvestor

I only got three types of buttons – Buy now, add to cart and subscribe.

Don't have the donate button under the PayPal Website Payments Standard.

How to add in the donation button?