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supersuperhq on "Adding payment options to pages"

supersuperhq — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 16:13:25 +0000

Hello. I'd like to add a 'buy now' button on our whats on page so people can pay for our classes and workshops in advance.

I've tried to do this using the code from Paypal but it doesn't except it when I add it. Is this because we have a wordpress.com site? I have the CSS unlocked but am unable to edit the HTML of the site due to the sites limitations

Could anyone offer any advice on how to do this?

pfhyper on "How do I add a paypal button?"

pfhyper — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 16:16:51 +0000

I understand the tos for adding a paypal 'donate' button. So I want people to be able to pay for my consulting services only. Can my button say something other than 'Donate'? Since I can have a custom button, I imagine it can but nothing I've read indicates that.

And once they get to Paypal, will the inner Paypal area indicate the person is making a donation? That might be confusing to my clients.

Thanks.

timethief on "How do I add a paypal button?"

timethief — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 22:01:23 +0000

I have mapped domains for my blogs too but that's irrelevant. There is no upgrade you can purchase from WordPress.com that changes anything stated here http://support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/ and restated again here > http://en.support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/#important-notes-before-upgrading and restated again here > http://en.support.wordpress.com/custom-design/#frequently-asked-questions

coachlisaberg on "How do I add a paypal button?"

coachlisaberg — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 21:54:14 +0000

I have a paid domain on wordpress, I want a buy now not donate.

timethief on "How do I add a paypal button?"

timethief — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 21:40:41 +0000

There is only one advertising program called WordAds at WordPress.com and it’s for blogs on their own domains. This is the homepage for the WordAds program: http://www.wordads.co/ There you will find the application page as well as FAQs.

Aside from a blog being accepted into WordAds, no blogger initiated advertising, retailing or reselling the work or products created or services provided by anyone other than yourself is allowed on free hosted wordpress.com blogs. E-commerce transactions via shopping carts and the like cannot be conducted on free blogs from and being free hosted by wordpress.com
http://en.support.wordpress.com/advertising/
http://en.wordpress.com/types-of-blogs/
http://en.support.wordpress.com/affiliate-links/
http://en.support.wordpress.com/suspended-blogs/
http://en.wordpress.com/tos/

On free hosted WordPress.com blog we can use a contact form and/or a PayPal donation button for sale of only products or services personally created or personally provided by ourselves, not by anyone else.
http://en.support.wordpress.com/paypal/
http://en.support.wordpress.com/contact-form/

If you do require an ecommerce site, advertising and/or affiliate links you can hire a web host and get a free software install from http://wordpress.org Refer to > http://support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

timethief on "How do I add a paypal button?"

timethief — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 21:38:01 +0000

You can post a PayPal donation button on a free hosted WordPress.com blog and the instructions are here > http://en.support.wordpress.com/paypal/

coachlisaberg on "How do I add a paypal button?"

coachlisaberg — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 21:34:20 +0000

I would like to add a buy now button to my site with paypal, but when I entered it into the text widget, it didn't work. How do I add an HTML code to create a button????

timethief on "Can i add paypal buy button on my blog"

timethief — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 23:23:47 +0000

Well, that make it sound a lot nicer than what it is but yeah we do. :)

framednofuss on "Can i add paypal buy button on my blog"

framednofuss — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 23:20:03 +0000

@timethief
1st; Thanks again! Second; You have a wine cellar? Fantastic :0)

Peace and Respect

timethief on "Can i add paypal buy button on my blog"

timethief — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 21:57:27 +0000

@framednofuss
Hey there. We are cool. :) As you are contemplating the content move to a wordpress.org install then this post may be of interest to you in the near future. > Setting up a self-hosted WordPress.org install > http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2010/11/06/setting-up-a-self-hosted-wordpress-org-install/

Happy blogging. :)

timethief on "Can i add paypal buy button on my blog"

timethief — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 21:52:18 +0000

@TSP
I bought up what I thought was a Merlot from the cellar but when I viewed it in the light it was a Cabernet. ... MEH ...

framednofuss on "Can i add paypal buy button on my blog"

framednofuss — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 21:28:22 +0000

@timethief

Your cool. Thank you very much for all your help, tips and direction. I am looking to stay with WordPress and shall get the .org and have it hosted soon.

Peace and Respect

thesacredpath on "Can i add paypal buy button on my blog"

thesacredpath — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 06:31:04 +0000

@TT, it's late enough here and I'm sipping a merlot.

timethief on "Can i add paypal buy button on my blog"

timethief — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 04:05:03 +0000

@framednofuss
As you are not selling the intellectual property of others then you may wish to take a look at the contact form. See here > http://en.support.wordpress.com/contact-form/

You may also wish to link your blog to your username. If so then > Dashboard -> Users -> Personal Settings -> then scroll down to Account Details. Then scroll down to where it says ‘Website‘ select the URL for your primary wordpress.com blog starting and then save changes.

Now every time you sign into the forum we can all click on your username and your blog will be linked to it. And every time you leave a comment on a blog your username can be likewise clicked and your blog can be instantly located.

timethief on "Can i add paypal buy button on my blog"

timethief — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 03:59:34 +0000

@TSP
*** head desk ***
flightless waterfowl or what?!
Is it late enough yet to have a glass of wine and erase this memory? lol :D

framednofuss on "Can i add paypal buy button on my blog"

framednofuss — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 03:40:39 +0000

@billspice
Tarnished? I've been tarnished? Don't tell my Mum. Please!

thesacredpath on "Can i add paypal buy button on my blog"

thesacredpath — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 02:38:56 +0000

@billspice, they aren't assuming you will sell stolen goods, but this place is mostly set up as a blogging platform, and they decided early on that they would not allow advertising or selling of things that you do not make with your own hands. If you are a photographer, an artist or craftsperson wanting to sell stuff you have actually created, then that is completely OK, but you cannot use the encrypted paypal buy now button.

The code used for the full-fledged buy now button is not allowed here for security reasons. This is a multi-user platform which means we all share the same underlying theme and wordpress files, and any bad or misbehaving code installed by one blogger could potentially bring down the entire system.

http://en.support.wordpress.com/code/

billspice on "Can i add paypal buy button on my blog"

billspice — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 02:16:00 +0000

Little presumptuous of WordPress to assume that if someone wants a buy now button they must be selling "stolen goods". Not everyone's into selling pirated material, and therefore, not everyone want tarnishing with that brush!

Just a thought.

framednofuss on "Can i add paypal buy button on my blog"

framednofuss — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 02:10:12 +0000

@timethief
Blimey your good though and thanks for taking the time here.
I started with a blog but have progressed to needing a 'buy now' button from Paypal. I am selling my own property btw and have now included a link to my site so you can see.
I am pretty much a doughnut when it comes to web-building and f it wasn't for WordPress I might never have done anything. If you have any more thoughts or advice they would be most welcome by myself, and other lurkers here, no doubt.

Peace and Respect

timethief on "Can i add paypal buy button on my blog"

timethief — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 01:41:32 +0000

@helicopterskiing
That site linked to your username is not a free blog from and being free hosted by wordpress.COM. If you do have a a free blog from and being free hosted by wordpress.COM then you need to become aware of the restrictions here.

@framednofuss
You have not provided a link to your blog so we don't know what relevance your opinion may have as we don't know which blog you may be referring to. If you do have a a free blog from and being free hosted by wordpress.COM then you need to become aware of the restrictions here.

In a nutshell free blogs from and being free hosted by wordpress.COM cannot be used to drive traffic to third-party sites by means of advertising and/or affiliate programs (see next section for more clarity). E-commerce cannot be conducted on wordpress.COM blogs. No retailing or reselling the work created by anyone other than yourself is allowed.

Affiliate marketing blogs
The only exceptions with regard to affiliate links are found here:

Affiliate marketing blogs: Blogs with the primary purpose of driving traffic to affiliate programs and get-rich-quick schemes (“Make six figures from home!!”, “20 easy steps to top profits!!”, etc). This includes multi-level marketing (MLM) blogs and pyramid schemes. To be clear, people writing their own original book, movie or game reviews and linking them to Amazon, or people linking to their own products on Etsy do NOT fall into this category. http://en.wordpress.com/types-of-blogs/

Advertising
I am sorry, but advertising is not allowed on free hosted WordPress.com blogs. The only exceptions are for high traffic blogs that qualify for and are accepted into the Ad Control program, and very high traffic blogs that qualify and are accepted into the paid VIP hosting program.
http://wordpress.com/types-of-blogs/
http://vip.wordpress.com/

If you require an ecommerce site, advertising and/or affiliate links on your blog, you can hire a web host and get a free software install from http://wordpress.org

framednofuss on "Can i add paypal buy button on my blog"

framednofuss — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 23:59:44 +0000

That blows? Is that the same as saying it is pants? Because it is pants.

helicopterskiing on "Can i add paypal buy button on my blog"

helicopterskiing — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 21:41:06 +0000

that blows

macmanx on "Can i add paypal buy button on my blog"

macmanx — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 10:08:09 +0000

Yes, that's correct. Sorry, I didn't notice your "buy now button" tag until just now.

I'm afraid e-commerce isn't possible here at WordPress.com.

If you require e-commerce/shopping cart functionality, you might be interested in a self-hosted (WordPress.org) installation. There are no restrictions on e-commerce if you setup a self-hosted WordPress.org blog instead of a WordPress.com blog, but there are some added responsibilities.

Please see this link to learn about the differences:
http://support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

We have hosting recommendations at the following link if you are interested:
http://get.wp.com/hosting/

raincoaster on "Can i add paypal buy button on my blog"

raincoaster — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 09:54:28 +0000

You can't use the encrypted version, though. Or the Buy It Now button.

macmanx on "Can i add paypal buy button on my blog"

macmanx — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 09:49:09 +0000

You're more than welcome to add a PayPal donate button.

Just follow this guide: http://en.support.wordpress.com/paypal/

Please let us know if you have any more questions!

jrajeev on "Can i add paypal buy button on my blog"

jrajeev — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 09:16:53 +0000

I saw some wordpress blog which are using paypal buy button, wanted to check how can we do that.

jrajeev on "Can i add paypal buy button on my blog"

jrajeev — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 09:12:06 +0000

Hi,

Wanted to check if adding a paypal button on the blog is allowed.

thanks,
Rajeev

timethief on "Paypal Buy Now Button"

timethief — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 23:57:19 +0000

Actually it states states donate throughout the support documentation entry and all the illustrations and button depicted there also state donate http://en.support.wordpress.com/paypal/

macrugger on "Paypal Buy Now Button"

macrugger — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 23:28:20 +0000

Thank you Raincoaster. That was not clear on the WordPress Paypal page.

raincoaster on "Paypal Buy Now Button"

raincoaster — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 05:12:11 +0000

The Buy Now code will not work here, as it contains code which doesn't meet our security guidelines. You can use the Donate button, and that's about it. You can't even use the encrypted version. If ecommerce functionality is important to you, you will have to find independent hosting and set up an external site.