How to add Paypal donate button to blog
This tutorial will provide step by step instructions to set up a PayPal donate button and add it to your Blogger/blogspot blog. The button is free and once added you will be able to accept donations to your Paypal account. It accepts funds from other Paypal accounts, credit cards or debit cards.
Step 1: Create PayPal donation button
- Login to your PayPal account.
- Click Merchant Services tab to go to Merchant Tools page.
- Scroll down to PayPal Website Payments Standard section and click Donations link on the right to open donation button set up page.
- You will be taken to Step 1: Choose a button type and enter your payment details.
You will see many input fields, dropdown lists and radio buttons in this step. Just ignore them. - Click Customize text or appearance link if you want to customize the button.
- The customize menu lets you to choose smaller button size, remove credit card logo, specify language and even use your own button image.
- Skip Step 2 and Step 3.
- Click the Create Button button at the bottom of the page when you are done with the configuration.
- You will be provided with the HTML code for the button you created. Click Select Code button to highlight, then copy the code.
Step 2: Adding button to your blog
- Login to your Blogger account and go to Design > Page Elements.
- Click Add A Gadget and select HTML/Javascript .
- Enter the title of your widget.
- Paste the Paypal button code inside the content box.
- Click Save, then view your blog.
Enjoy!
21 comments to "How to add Paypal donate button to blog"
hi, in my paypal account doesn't appear Merchant Services tab. do you have any idea about that?
@Tera@®
Are you sure you're logged in when checking that?
Thank you greenlava. By the way can you share the trick behind the floating social bookmarking widget in your blog. I mean that floats near to the body border of your blog.
@Arun
Tutorial on that will come out soon.
Thank you so much. This was so easy to follow.
i can't get it to work. when i go to DESIGN>add a gadget there is no option for HTML/JAVAscript. there is an option for "add your own url" but not html. what am i doing wrong?
@ebfareast
You have to scroll down the Add A Gadget pop to be able to see the HTML/Javascript gadget. It the 7th from top.
are there any other types of donate buttons beside paypal?
@Luvmysibes
None that I know of.
I can not find the option HTML/JAVAScript until a scroll down it is not there.
Blogger Help says (Note Gadgets should be placed in some public site)
this is awesome!!! all of these tips are going to be great on my blog. Thank you so much!!
wowzers!!! finally !!! thank you!!!!!! OXOXOXOXOXOXOX
Great tips! Thanks for this.
We got ours up and running at www.nighttimebrothers.blogspot.com and created our own illustration for it. We have also used it as a signature for all our posts.
We hope the button helps us find people who will support our projects!
Thank you so much!! I had a new button added within minutes.
awesome! Thanks!
Thank you! I wasted so much frustrating time trying to do this. Found your instructions today and it worked! Big thanks!
CHeryl
Thanks for showing how you can add a donate button. Not every one knows how to do this and it's a good thing people are willing to share information.
The new blogger template Dynamic Views looks fantastic, but doesn't have gadgets and page elements. I wonder if Blogger will be all to add those functions to the new templates?
@A. F. Waddell
They will add them, it's just a matter of time.
I like it! seems like PayPal make some changes and re-designed the site. Still the basics are working the same. I like the way you show it here. Thanks! Follow u.
Great! Easy to follow instructions!
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