In this tutorial I will show you how to create a PayPal donations link and a PayPal button that works on a Facebook Page.
How to create a PayPal donations link
- Log into your PayPal account.
- Click on the 'Merchant Services' tab at the top of the screen.
- Click on 'Create payment buttons for your websites' button.
- Choose 'Donations' from the 'Choose a button type' drop down menu.
- Type in the name of your organization into the 'Organization name/service' field.
- Click the 'Create Button' at the bottom of the screen.
- Click the 'Email' tab. and copy the link in the field.
Note: You can paste this link into any email and users who click on it will be automatically directed to your PayPal donations page. - If you want to create a PayPal donations link for your Facebook Page, copy the code snippet below and paste it into your Facebooks HTML app, replacing 'paypallink' with your actual link.
HTML | copy code | ? 1 <a href="paypallink" target="_blank">Donate</a>
- If you want to create a PayPal donations button (HMTL PayPal button)for your Facebook Page, copy the code snippet below and paste it into your Facebooks HTML app, replacing 'paypallink' with your actual link.
HTML | copy code | ? 1 <a href="paypallink" target="_blank"><img src="http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i66/tempjuliet/th_donate_facebook_page1.jpg" alt="" /></a>
- For detailed instructions on how to add a PayPal donations link or button to your Facebook Page go here.