User's Manual

Creating Shopping Cart Buttons
How You Get Your Money
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68 May, 2005 Merchant User Manual and Integration Guide
1. Copy the code from the Copy ‘View Cart’ button HTML box by highlighting all of the
text and pressing Ctrl+C, or by highlighting all of the text, right-clicking on your mouse,
and choosing Copy.
2. Open each Web page from which you would like your customers to be able to get to their
PayPal Shopping Carts.
3. Paste the code you just copied into your Web page file where you would like your “View
Cart” button to appear, by either pressing Ctrl+V or by right-clicking on your mouse and
choosing Paste.
NOTE: You also have the option of prepopulating your customer’s information. For more
information, and a list of variables, see “Prepopulating Your Customer’s PayPal Sign-
Up ” on page 141.
How You Get Your Money
After your customer has made his payment:
1. You will receive an email notification of the payment.
2. Your customer will receive an email receipt for the payment.
3. Your PayPal account will reflect the payment. You can view this information from your
Account History or download it as part of your History transaction log.
Notifications You Receive
You can be notified of payments in these three ways: email, history transaction log, and
downloadable history transaction log.
You can be notified of payments in these four ways: email, history transaction log,
downloadable history transaction log, and, if you have activated it, Instant Payment
Notification (IPN).
Email
You receive an email notification in the following cases:
z Successful Payment
z Pending Payment
z Cancelled Payment
If you do not want to receive payment notifications via email:
1. Click the Profile subtab of the My Account tab.