I put together a number of social events for friends and was looking for a way to establish payment links so that I can get prepayments and not be stuck holding the bill when friends back out last minute. I'm hoping to generate a link that I could email out and have the corresponding amount for which any particular activity will cost.
Further, because some of these events have limited space is there anyway I could cap the inventory
Start by checking out PayPal's Documentation as you can learn how things work. The Guides listed below can be found here.
Merchant Setup and Administration Guide
Website Payments Standard Integration Guide
As for generating email type item button code links, see the tips and examples here.
And you can take advantage of the online button creator's inventory feature. This is also explained in PayPal's Website Payments Standard Integration Guide.
