WordPress.com Forums » Topic: Need help inserting PayPal "Buy Now" button, NOT "Donate" button http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/need-help-inserting-paypal-buy-now-button-not-donate-button WordPress.com Forums » Topic: Need help inserting PayPal "Buy Now" button, NOT "Donate" button en Wed, 22 May 2013 12:30:01 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.1-alpha-2539 thesacredpath on "Need help inserting PayPal "Buy Now" button, NOT "Donate" button" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/need-help-inserting-paypal-buy-now-button-not-donate-button#post-324389 Wed, 01 Apr 2009 01:16:56 +0000 thesacredpath 324389@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ These resources should be reviewed carefully when thinking about selling something on a wordpress.COM blog as what is allowed is very narrow, and in the end, you really need to ask staff directly so that they can make a decision if what you want to do would violate the terms of service here.

http://support.wordpress.com/advertising/
http://en.wordpress.com/types-of-blogs/

]]> thesacredpath on "Need help inserting PayPal "Buy Now" button, NOT "Donate" button" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/need-help-inserting-paypal-buy-now-button-not-donate-button#post-324388 Wed, 01 Apr 2009 01:12:24 +0000 thesacredpath 324388@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ The code for paypal "buy now" buttons is not allowed here, it contains a form. Forms, javascript, iframes and flash are not allowed here due to security concerns.

]]> projektoskar09 on "Need help inserting PayPal "Buy Now" button, NOT "Donate" button" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/need-help-inserting-paypal-buy-now-button-not-donate-button#post-324354 Tue, 31 Mar 2009 22:46:07 +0000 projektoskar09 324354@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Another question: am I even allowed to put a PayPal "Buy Now" button up on my website, or are the only buttons allowed "Donate" buttons?

]]> projektoskar09 on "Need help inserting PayPal "Buy Now" button, NOT "Donate" button" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/need-help-inserting-paypal-buy-now-button-not-donate-button#post-324347 Tue, 31 Mar 2009 22:22:05 +0000 projektoskar09 324347@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Hello,

I am working with a group that is selling tickets for an upcoming event on our website. (http://projektoskar.com) We have registered a PayPal account and I have gone through the steps of creating a "Buy Now" button for our product. It has given me the following code:

<form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post">
<input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_s-xclick">
<input type="hidden" name="hosted_button_id" value="4388849">
<table>
<tr><td><input type="hidden" name="on0" value="Oskar Concert Tickets">Oskar Concert Tickets</td></tr><tr><td><select name="os0">
<option value="Individual Ticket">Individual Ticket $6.00
<option value="Group Package (5 tickets)">Group Package (5 tickets) $25.00
</select> </td></tr>
</table>
<input type="hidden" name="currency_code" value="USD">
<input type="image" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_buynowCC_LG.gif" border="0" name="submit" alt="PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!">
<img alt="" border="0" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/scr/pixel.gif" width="1" height="1">
</form>

Through reading forums on "Donate" buttons I've discovered that, for whatever reason, pasting this code into my website won't work. I haven't been given any other options on the PayPal page to put in the button as a link (as was demonstrated on a PayPal "Donate" button insertion help page), and I'm not quite sure what to do next. I'm operating under a deadline (must get this up ASAP, ideally by midnight) and I'd appreciate any advice. I don't want to put a "Donate" button in because that is not applicable to the mission of this product; it's a purchase, and I'd like it to say "Buy Now." Any help would be fantastic. Thanks!

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