How to Add a Custom Button to PayPal
PayPal provides payment processing and order buttons for websites. The customer clicks on the order button from the merchant's website and completes the order. PayPal provides buttons with its own logo, but merchants can use a custom image for branding purposes. Merchants who learn how to add the custom image to a PayPal button can create a custom button that matches the look and feel of their websites. The custom button allows the merchant to use PayPal order processing while still maintaining the branding process of the company and product.
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Instructions
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Create the custom image for the PayPal order button. The merchant can make a custom image with an image editor like PhotoShop or find a Web designer to create an image by using a directory of Web designers (visit xemion.com).
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Place the custom image on a website page by itself. Merchants can save images by logging in at the Web host's cPanel control panel. Click on "File Manager" and the "public_html" folder. Click on the "Upload" link and upload the custom image to make the new file. PayPal will incorporate the Web address of this new file into the button code when the merchant makes the button.
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Log in at PayPal and click on the "Merchant Services" tab. This section contains the PayPal button makers. Choose one of the buttons in the "Create Buttons" menu to open up the button maker.
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Choose a button type and fill out the item details. Click on "Customize appearance" to display the options to convert the button to a custom button.
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Click the "Use your own button image" radio button to add a custom image. A link box appears that starts with the "http://" prefix. Enter the web address where the image is located. The "Buyer's View" window to the right displays only buttons with the PayPal images, so do not worry if the custom image does not appear in that window.
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Fill out the other information in the button maker. Click "Create Button" at the bottom to complete the process and get the code for the custom button.
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Copy the website code on the next page. Paste that code into the order page on the website. Email marketers can also use the email code to incorporate the button into sales emails.
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Tips & Warnings
Open the order page in a browser to confirm that the order button and custom image appear on the page. Click on the custom button to confirm that it links to the order page.
Avoid technical issues with the custom image by using both a custom button and an additional standard PayPal button on the order page. Buyers can still see the PayPal button and use it if the custom image does not appear.
