@sharpiemarker wrote: That merchant ID feature is only for protecting the button code itself so certain parts of it cannot be manipulated or seen including your PayPal email address, not to block it from the checkout (purchase) screens as that is not possible unless you have a business account and it uses your business name/logo. I appreciate that help, but it doesn't make sense really for two reasons. First, according to paypal (its been so long since I started the account that I had to call and ask them), my account IS considered a business account. Second, I've tried re-editing the button using the paypal tool, and it doesn't matter whether I specify that the form should use my "primary email address" OR my paypal ID... neither option changes the generated code, and neither option affects whether or not the email shows up. I had asked paypal whether there was a "paypal variable" I could use to alter it, and all they tell me is to contact a private developer. That kind of stinks because I have developed my own web sites for quite a while, and I'm asking for information specific to PAYPAL. But that's what I was hoping to discover here in the community. Anyway, for now what I've done for is I specified one of my alternate paypal addresses I have registered with the them, which I don't mind being "spammed". But it is pretty stupid that PAYPAL says they are trying to help me avoid spam, and won't even hide the email address. I buy from ebay sellers all the time via paypal, and neither paypal nor ebay displays a direct email of the seller.
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