Gift Certificates Guide

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Creating Gift Certificates
This chapter describes how to create Buy Gift Certificate buttons and HTML code for your
website. This chapter begins with quick setup instructions for creating basic Buy Gift
Certificate buttons and publishing them on your website. The remainder of this chapter
describes various options for advanced Gift Certificate buttons, such as specifying colors,
amounts, and images.
Gift Certificate Creation – Quick Setup
IMPORTANT: You must confirm the primary email address on your PayPal account before
you attempt this procedure.
To create and publish a basic Buy Gift Certificate button:
1. Log in to your PayPal account at
https://www.paypal.com.
The My Account Overview page appears.
2. Click the Profile subtab.
The Profile Summary page opens.
3. In the Financial Information column, click Gifts and Discounts.
The Redemption Codes page opens.
4. Click the Create link.
The Merchant Gift Certificates page opens.
5. Enter the gift certificate details for your button.
– Currency – From the dropdown menu, select the currency in which you want your gift
certificate to be denominated. The dropdown menu automatically selects the currency of
your primary balance.
– Amount – Select the Set Range radio button to let customers select from of a fixed range
of redemption values when they purchase gift certificates with the button that you are
creating.
– or –
Select the Fixed radio button and enter the redemption value for gift certificates that
customers purchase when they click the button that you are creating.
– Shopping URL – Enter enter the web address where your customers go to redeem their
gift certificates.
For more information, see “Selecting Gift Certificate Details” on page 9.