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Paypal Add to Cart button creation question
Paypal - Add to cart button creation
On website's we've seen a Paypal button - created and delivered from Paypal - that allows a product purchaser to enter the number of items they wish to purchase.
This is entered into a textbox directly above the Paypal button.
As soon as a purchaser enters the quantity they wish to purchase the - Total Amount (i.e. Value of purchase) is calculated internally by the button codespec.
What Paypal seems to do is permit the button creator to embed a - single unit cost price - into the button codespec at creation time.
Then displays a textbox above the button that captures - Quantity Purchased.
The value entered into the textbox is then multiplied by the - Unit Price - embedded into the button codespec.
This value is then returned to Paypal as the amount to be paid by the purchaser.
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Please take a look at the attached image, which indicates what we are trying to achieve.
This type of - Add to Cart - button can be created via Paypal's button creation webpage.
We really want to know, step by step, how to create such a button using Paypal's button creation webpage.
On website's we've seen a Paypal button - created and delivered from Paypal - that allows a product purchaser to enter the number of items they wish to purchase.
This is entered into a textbox directly above the Paypal button.
As soon as a purchaser enters the quantity they wish to purchase the - Total Amount (i.e. Value of purchase) is calculated internally by the button codespec.
What Paypal seems to do is permit the button creator to embed a - single unit cost price - into the button codespec at creation time.
Then displays a textbox above the button that captures - Quantity Purchased.
The value entered into the textbox is then multiplied by the - Unit Price - embedded into the button codespec.
This value is then returned to Paypal as the amount to be paid by the purchaser.
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Please take a look at the attached image, which indicates what we are trying to achieve.
This type of - Add to Cart - button can be created via Paypal's button creation webpage.
We really want to know, step by step, how to create such a button using Paypal's button creation webpage.
Ray Paseur
Please tell us what web site you have seen this on. Post the URL of the page that has it so we can see it in action, thanks.
ASKER
Hi Ray,
Thank you for responding.
The website URL is: http://theessayexpert.com/services-rates/personal-statement-writing-help/
Do look at the - Custom Projects - Box.
Apparently individuals can purchase a specific number of hours consultancy at a fixed hourly rate.
When you reach your Paypal account to pay the - Total Cost - for the hours are correctly displayed.
The button has been created using - Paypal's button creation system.
Somehow there is a relationship between the textbox content - i.e. No of hours, User entered - and the Button's - Hourly rate - mapped at the time of button creation in Paypal.
Any help will be appreciated. We seem to be stuck.
Thank you for responding.
The website URL is: http://theessayexpert.com/services-rates/personal-statement-writing-help/
Do look at the - Custom Projects - Box.
Apparently individuals can purchase a specific number of hours consultancy at a fixed hourly rate.
When you reach your Paypal account to pay the - Total Cost - for the hours are correctly displayed.
The button has been created using - Paypal's button creation system.
Somehow there is a relationship between the textbox content - i.e. No of hours, User entered - and the Button's - Hourly rate - mapped at the time of button creation in Paypal.
Any help will be appreciated. We seem to be stuck.
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Sorry. See line 8, not line 9.
HTH, ~Ray
HTH, ~Ray
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We were over thinking this issue. It took some plain and simple explanation from Ray to help understand what we should have seen in the first place.
We are very happy with the explanation and appreciate Ray's input.
We are very happy with the explanation and appreciate Ray's input.
This may not be completely true:
if quantity is empty Paypal will understand that - One Unit - is being purchased,
In the example we looked at, the default value for quantity is 1 (one) which is different from empty. It would be interesting to see what PayPal would do with an empty field, or perhaps with a negative value!
Best regards, ~Ray
if quantity is empty Paypal will understand that - One Unit - is being purchased,
In the example we looked at, the default value for quantity is 1 (one) which is different from empty. It would be interesting to see what PayPal would do with an empty field, or perhaps with a negative value!
Best regards, ~Ray
ASKER
Hi Ray,
Now that you've opened my mind to this, perhaps I could take out a little insurance and code a Javascript method that checks if the quantity field has been left as empty, if it is, then load the number - 1 - into it.
If the quantity field has a negative signed number inserted by a site visitor then display an appropriate message to the site visitor and abort the Submit.
I'd have though that if Paypal, can give such button code away for free from their website, ( to make it as easy as possible for people to use the Paypal for payment ), they would have built this kind of intelligence into the Server side, code that handles the value returned by the - Quantity - field.
BUT - I guess there is nothing like adding some fairly sensible client side data validation I guess.
Another issue that raises its head is if any site visitor has - Javascript - disabled in their Browsers, but that's not to tough to handle.
Thank you for drawing my attention this though. I guess I was taking Paypal a bit - For Granted.
Now that you've opened my mind to this, perhaps I could take out a little insurance and code a Javascript method that checks if the quantity field has been left as empty, if it is, then load the number - 1 - into it.
If the quantity field has a negative signed number inserted by a site visitor then display an appropriate message to the site visitor and abort the Submit.
I'd have though that if Paypal, can give such button code away for free from their website, ( to make it as easy as possible for people to use the Paypal for payment ), they would have built this kind of intelligence into the Server side, code that handles the value returned by the - Quantity - field.
BUT - I guess there is nothing like adding some fairly sensible client side data validation I guess.
Another issue that raises its head is if any site visitor has - Javascript - disabled in their Browsers, but that's not to tough to handle.
Thank you for drawing my attention this though. I guess I was taking Paypal a bit - For Granted.