I'm having a Countdown to Christmas sale &

featuring a discounted item per day from my designs...

When thinking this through I really wanted to be able to have a quick buy option right from my blog.

Sort of a big thank you for following & here's a good deal to reward you ~

So I have been digging and searching and came up with a solution so easy.

If you already use Paypal for receiving payments, then you are ready to get setup ~

Please feel free to join in anytime til Christmas,

if you would like to offer an item a day sale ~

just remember, items should be in stock and discounted. This is a great way to move some pieces that have been hanging around, introduce new designs etc.

Go to the bottom of my post and connect via Inlinkz..Click here ~

Here are all the details ~

Log into Paypal
Select Merchant Services {on the top bar}
Go to Create Button section and choose Buy Now (there are other options to explore here too)
STEP 1 - You are now ready to set up a BUY NOW button for your item
Step 1: Choose a button type and enter your payment details
Which button should I choose?
Choose a button type

Note: Go to My saved buttons to create a new button similar to an existing one.
Item name
Item ID (optional) What's this?You can assign an Item ID as a unique identifier to make tracking easier
Organization name/service
Donation ID (optional) What's this?You can assign an Item ID as a unique identifier to make tracking easier
Item name
Subscription ID (optional) What's this?You can assign an Item ID as a unique identifier to make tracking easier
Enter the URL where recipients can shop and redeem this gift certificate.
Price
CurrencyNeed multiple prices?
Currency
Customize button
Add drop-down menu with price/option Add a dropdown menu with prices and optionsExample
Add drop-down menu Example
Add text field Example
Customize text or appearance(optional)

PayPal button
Use smaller button
Display credit card logos
Country and language for button
Select button text
Use your own button imageWhat’s this?Use custom button images that match the look of your website.
Your customer's view
ShippingUse specific amount: USDHelp
TaxUse tax rate %
Currency
Contribution amountDonors enter their own contribution amount.Donors contribute a fixed amount.

AmountUSD
Have PayPal create user names and passwords for customersWhat's this?Give customers access to "members-only" content on your site.

Give customers access to "members-only" content on your site.
Notes:
IPN and server modifications required.
Auto Return is not compatible with this feature.
Billing amount each cycleUSD
Billing cycle
After how many cycles should billing stop?
I want to offer a trial period

Amount to bill for the trial periodWhat's this?Customers will receive just one bill for each trial period.

USD
Define the trial period
Do you want to offer a second trial period? What's this?Customers will receive just one bill for each trial period.Yes

Amount to bill for this trial periodWhat's this?Customers will receive one bill for the entire trial period.

USD
How long should the trial period last?
No
Currency
Specify gift certificate amountChoose an amount from a preset listSpecify an amount of your choosing

AmountUSD
Gift certificate style
Add URL for logo image
Choose backgroundColor

Theme
Preview Gift Certificate
Merchant account IDs Learn moreUse my secure merchant account IDUse my primary email address
Add the Item Name and part # (optional) but helpful if you are selling similar items
Enter the price (and currency)
I chose to "Customize text or appearance" by choosing "smaller button" under that category...(I didn't really want to see the credit card pics) You can choose any option or create your own button ~
Enter a shipping amount....(not really sure but couldn't find an Int'l option for separate shipping (if anyone knows, please share)
Enter your tax rate if applicable
I've chosen to use my Secure Merchant Id (very protective and safer)
Step 2 - Adding inventory
Step 2: Track inventory, profit & loss (optional)
Save button at PayPal

Protect your buttons from fraudulent changes

Automatically add buttons to "My Saved Buttons" in your PayPal profile

Easily create similar buttons

Edit your buttons with PayPal's tools

Track inventory

Don't oversell items not in stock -- Get an email alert when inventory is low.
Track profit and losses

View profit and loss report by product/service.
By item

Item ID
Qty. in stock
Alert qty. (optional)What's this?When your inventory falls to this number, PayPal will send you an e-mail alert.
Price
USD
By option (in drop-down menu)Choose a different drop-down

Item ID
Qty in stock
Alert qty. (optional) What's this?When your inventory falls to this number, PayPal will send you an e-mail alert.
Cost
Can customers buy an item when it is sold out?
Yes, customers can buy the item as usual.
No, don't let customers buy the item. Preview

Take customers to specific page when they click Continue Shopping button on "item sold out" pageEx: http://www.mybuynowstore.com
Step 3: Customize advanced features (optional)
I chose to check the Track Inventory
clicked BY ITEM
then entered the Item # ID that I'm working on
add the QUANTITY of the item available
The next section (can customers buy when sold out) is your choice...don't forget the http://in front
I chose no...for my 1st item as I only have one and it's a OOAK
For the redirection, I added my Etsy site URL so folks could continue shopping if the item is sold out
Step 3- Customize advance features ...feel free to add anything that you choose...

If you are an advanced user, you can customize checkout pages for your customers, streamline checkout, and more in this section.

Do you want to let your customer change order quantities?

YesNo

Can your customer add special instructions in a message to you?

YesName of message box (40-character limit)No

Do you need your customer's shipping address?

YesNo

Take customers to this URL when they cancel their checkout

Example: https://www.mystore.com/cancel

Take customers to this URL when they finish checkout

Example: https://www.mystore.com/success

Use a line break between each variable. The variables will appear in your button’s HTML code. Learn more

Add advanced variables

STEP 4 -You are now ready to CREATE BUTTON
You will be redirected to a page with

You are viewing your button code

Click Select Code to select all the button code.
Copy the code (CTRL+C for Windows, CMD+C for Mac -- or right-click and choose Copy).
Paste the code into your own code (CTRL+V for Windows, CMD+V for Mac -- or right-click and choose Paste)

From here you will need to copy the generated code under website (highlight it all, right click on your mouse and choose copy
STEP 5 - Pasting the code to your blog
Now that you have your code, you can begin to create your blog post as usual..stopping where you would like the BUY NOW BUTTON to be -placed...on my post I wanted the button just under the picture and description...so I stopped my typing there
then while you are in a NEW POST or EDIT POST mode you can choose the "EDIT HTML" button above your post
this is the html code that makes everything happen on your blog...go to the bottom of all the code and PASTE the code you copied from Paypal
Click in preview and be sure everything is functioning before publishing post

If the button needs to be centered, you can go back to compose, highlight the button and choose the centering button from the functions above

Now you have successfully added an item for purchase with with a BUY NOW button to your blog...

All sales will go directly to your Paypal account and will follow their secure purchase proceedures.

You can add as many items as you like just remember to add the new code directly under each item ~

2 comments:

KristiBowmanDesign said...: I wondered how you did this but never took the time to try to figure it out, I want to do this for sure. Thank you!; December 9, 2011 at 3:43 PM
mishall magarzo said...: this is a big help! very effective!

http://www.iraingold.com; February 24, 2012 at 8:19 AM

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Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Adding a "BUY NOW" Button to your blog ~

Step 1: Choose a button type and enter your payment details

Gift certificate style

Step 2: Track inventory, profit & loss (optional)

Can customers buy an item when it is sold out?

Step 3: Customize advanced features (optional)

You are viewing your button code

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