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skwillis · ‎Jan-07-2013

I am doing a payment page for a friend's website and we want to use paypal. She runs a daycare and wants to accept payments, but because different families will owe/pay different amounts, a standardized payment button won't work. The only button that seems to allow the payor to enter the amount to be paid is the donate button, but this isn't a donation. If I use a different button graphic that says "Pay Tuition", can I still use the coding for the donation button and checkout page? I know we'll have taxes on the income, and that's not an issue, nor do we mind paying transaction fees on the payments - we just need adjustable payment amounts, and I don't see any other way to do it.

Suggestions?

snowshoe · ‎Jan-07-2013

You can do what you have in mind however, it's not a button you can create with the online button creator. The online button creator has limitations. The code needs to be manually created. It can be an add to cart button or a buy now button. You can even use the PayPal PayNow Graphic. Below is a basic example. You can tweek the code most anyway desired, collect more info or less, it's up to you.

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<html>

<head>
  <title></title>


</head>

<body>

Pay Your Bill Online
<br>
<form target="paypal" action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post">
<input type="hidden" name="on0" value="Customer Number">Please Enter Your Customer Number:&nbsp;&nbsp;
(Example:&nbsp;&nbsp; 99999999)
<br><br>
<input type="text" name="os0">
<br><br>
<input type="hidden" name="on1" value="Invoice Number">Please Enter Your Invoice Number:&nbsp;&nbsp;
(Example:&nbsp;&nbsp; 99999999)
<br><br>
<input type="text" name="os1">
<br><br>
Enter Amount Due :&nbsp;&nbsp;
(Example:&nbsp;&nbsp; nnn.nn)
<br>
<input type="text" name="amount">
<br><br>
<input type="reset" name="reset" value="Clear Selections">
<br><br>
<input type="image" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_paynowCC_LG.gif" border="0" name="submit" alt="Make payments with PayPal - it's fast, free and secure!">
<img alt="" border="0" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/scr/pixel.gif" width="1" height="1">
<input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_xclick">
<input type="hidden" name="business" value="youremail @ youremail.com">
<input type="hidden" name="item_name" value="Online Payment">
<input type="hidden" name="item_number" value="OLP-00001">
<input type="hidden" name="no_shipping" value="1">
<input type="hidden" name="shipping" value="0.00">
<input type="hidden" name="tax" value="0.00">
<input type="hidden" name="return" value="http://www.yourwebsite.com/successorder.html">
<input type="hidden" name="button_subtype" value="services">
<input type="hidden" name="country" value="US">
<input type="hidden" name="currency_code" value="USD">
<input type="hidden" name="lc" value="US">
<input type="hidden" name="bn" value="PP-BuyNowBF:btn_paynowCC_LG.gif:NonHosted">
</form>



</BODY>
</HTML>

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