Inserting a Donation button

Use a PayPal Donation button to collect contributions to your cause on your website. You can allow donors to choose the amount of their secure donation or set the donation to a fixed amount. The PayPal Donation button is good for non-profit and advocacy groups. Once the button is clicked, the donor can log in to an existing PayPal account or sign up for a new one, and quickly complete the purchase.

Don't have a PayPal account? Click here.

For PayPal technical documentation on the Donation button, click here.

Access

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

  • Insert > PayPal > Insert PayPal Donate Button
  • WebAssist > PayPal Standard >Donate 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. Donation Name: The name of the donation people are giving
  2. Donation ID: The ID of the specific donation
  3. Currency: A list of available PayPal currencies
  4. I do not need donors to provide a shipping address: If no goods are being shipped, donors don't need a shipping address
  5. Allow donors to have the option of including a note with their donation?: Allows donors to leave a note during checkout

Step 4

  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 a Donations button

  1. Select the Donation 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.