Inserting an Add to Cart button

Use a PayPal Add to Cart button to sell multiple items on a Web page. The Add to Cart button encourages customers to browse more inventory and lets them view a consolidated list of all their items before purchasing. Once the button is clicked, customers can log in to an existing PayPal account - or sign up for a new one - and quickly complete the purchase.

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For PayPal technical documentation on the Add to Cart button, click here.

Access

PayPal Add to cart buttons can be access through the following locations:

  • Insert > PayPal > Insert PayPal Add to Cart Button
  • WebAssist > PayPal Standard > Add to Cart Button

Step 1

This step involves entering your PayPal account email address

Step 2

Use PayPal Hosted Button

  1. Language: You can select from a list of available PayPal supported languages here
  2. Button List: This list shows all available buttons in the selected language

Use a custom button

  1. Button Image: Use the file browser to select a custom image for a PayPal button

Step 3

  1. Currency: Use the list to select from all available PayPal currencies
  2. Item name/service: Enter the name for the item or service being sold
  3. Item ID/number: Enter the ID number for the item or service being sold
  4. Price of item/service: Enter the price in decimals with no special characters besides a period
  5. Display quanity field: This will show a quantity field next to the item when people add it to the cart, so they can add more than 1
  6. Item Options Name: The option nameif options are needed to be added to the product
  7. Item Options Values: The values for the item options seperated by commas

Step 4

  1. Base Shipping: The base shipping cost for the item
  2. Extra Shipping: If more than 1 is ordered, and shipping is to be lessened for additional items, this is the field to enter it into
  3. Handling: Handling charges for the item
  4. Ask buyers to provide you with their shipping address?: This asks the buyers to provide your shipping address
  5. Allow customers to optionally include a note with their payment?: This will add a note field during checkout where users can enter notes

Step 5

  1. Success URL: The URL to redirect to from PayPal if the transaction was successful
  2. Cancel URL: The URL to redirect to if the user cancels the transaction within PayPal

To edit an Add to Cart button

  1. Select the Add to Cart button to be edited on the page.
  2. In the corresponding property inspector, click Edit.



  3. Make any necessary changes and click Finish to apply them to the page.