How to integrate PayPal in a shopping cart

PayPal’s shopping cart is among the most popular and accepted payment programs on websites. There are numerous online entrepreneurs and webmasters who make use of PayPal shopping carts because of the simple functionality and easy money processing. This gives most users the ease and convenience of trading as it allows vendors to recognize credit cards without worrying about applying for a merchant account.

integration procedure

PayPal’s integration into shopping carts to get paid for services and products offered online is quite simple. It makes it easy for customers to make payments through credit cards. Shipping rates and tax calculation can also be added to the customer order automatically and the software keeps track of all sensitive consumer information for the website with secure storage. It also offers a blog or site “donate” button to allow site visitors to send payments with no services or products involved. Here is a step by step guide on the integration:-

Visit the PayPal site and sign in if you currently have a business or primary account. PayPal software integration is readily available for both major and business account holders. There is no monthly fee for the main account, but for the business account, a transaction fee is deducted.

Open a business or PayPal account. Click on the “business” tab on the home page which opens a “business page”. Below the row of tabs, the top box at the top left is labeled; now open a “PayPal account”. Next, click on the “create account” tab in the box. It will direct users to the page to select a business, primary, or personal account. A commercial or premier account allows the user to install it on the website.

Finally, sign in to your PayPal business or personal account on the home page with your email address and password. Open the “profile summary page” by clicking on the “profile” tab. You can then choose services or products and you can create a new tab from the dropdown menu. Then click a dot next to the “No” option and create a “buy now” button to fill in the service or product and price in the boxes provided.