WordPress.com Forums » Topic: Selling my products on my WP blog - Can I use PayPal "Buy It Now" button? http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/selling-my-products-on-my-wp-blog-can-i-use-paypal-buy-it-now-button WordPress.com Forums » Topic: Selling my products on my WP blog - Can I use PayPal "Buy It Now" button? en Thu, 20 Jun 2013 00:07:57 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.1-alpha-2539 notawoodpecker on "Selling my products on my WP blog - Can I use PayPal "Buy It Now" button?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/selling-my-products-on-my-wp-blog-can-i-use-paypal-buy-it-now-button#post-1009966 Fri, 14 Sep 2012 12:29:22 +0000 notawoodpecker 1009966@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Who is Ryan M. ?

A WP Staff member.

What do you mean by "work on a WordPress.com blog"?

Just exactly what you have:

The blog I need help with is tinkerterrain.wordpress.com.

]]> tinkerterrain on "Selling my products on my WP blog - Can I use PayPal "Buy It Now" button?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/selling-my-products-on-my-wp-blog-can-i-use-paypal-buy-it-now-button#post-1009939 Fri, 14 Sep 2012 11:52:58 +0000 tinkerterrain 1009939@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ 1tess,
Who is Ryan M. ?

raincoaster,
What do you mean by "work on a WordPress.com blog"?
I did an experiment and I can add a functional "Buy it Now" button to my blog. I want to know if you mean it will not work because it is a violation of the WordPress ToS

Thanks for the help.

]]> 1tess on "Selling my products on my WP blog - Can I use PayPal "Buy It Now" button?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/selling-my-products-on-my-wp-blog-can-i-use-paypal-buy-it-now-button#post-1009808 Fri, 14 Sep 2012 05:20:54 +0000 1tess 1009808@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I asked about TOS violation on a blog re the paypal button they were using, and Ryan M. sent an email to me:

The use of a PayPal button that's not a Donate button isn't actually a violation of the WordPress.com ToS.

As long as the button is a plain HTML button it will work.

I don't know much about paypal, but have used both paypal donate and a paypal button for pre-payment for some workshops (not on a wordpress.com site). Never used a shopping cart. And sorry I can't remember if the buttons I used were plain html or not, or if there was such an option which might work on wp.com??

]]> raincoaster on "Selling my products on my WP blog - Can I use PayPal "Buy It Now" button?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/selling-my-products-on-my-wp-blog-can-i-use-paypal-buy-it-now-button#post-1009800 Fri, 14 Sep 2012 05:09:39 +0000 raincoaster 1009800@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Someone said they got it to work, but in six and a half years I've literally never seen that work on a WordPress.com blog. I use the Donation button myself.

]]> tinkerterrain on "Selling my products on my WP blog - Can I use PayPal "Buy It Now" button?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/selling-my-products-on-my-wp-blog-can-i-use-paypal-buy-it-now-button#post-1009771 Fri, 14 Sep 2012 04:06:41 +0000 tinkerterrain 1009771@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I would like to sell products I have made and created myself. The primary reason for my blog will be for tutorials for other artists, selling is secondary.

I found one question in the forum that helped a little:
http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/can-i-sell-products-from-my-blog?replies=3

I also viewed the information for adding PayPal buttons:
http://en.support.wordpress.com/paypal/

I would like to know if I can add a "Buy It Now" button from PayPal to my blog so folks can purchase items that I have fabricated and made myself?

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