Create an online checkout in minutes. No developer needed.

If you feel like your growing business needs a checkout upgrade, you’re not alone. The wish list for checkout is long: It should be low cost for business owners. Quick and easy to build without hiring software developers. Secure and adaptable for mobile commerce and global currencies.

You can avoid the heavy lifting and time-intensive coding with PayPal Buy Buttons. They provide your customers with a professional checkout experience on your website.

What are Buy Buttons?

Buy Buttons give you an easy way to create a secure checkout experience on your website, you’ll be paid to your PayPal Business account in minutes of the transaction completion. They’re built with the flexibility to accommodate different online businesses. You can set them up with a fixed price for individual items or allow shoppers to enter the payment amount. Perfect for service professionals with variable pricing. When a shopper buys your product or service, you’ll be paid to your PayPal Business account in minutes of the transaction completion to your PayPal Business account.

Who should use PayPal’s low-code payment tools?

Low-code payment tools are ideal for businesses that need customizable checkout solution, without expensive developers or e-commerce software subscriptions. Online sellers with limited product offerings can easily embed Buy Buttons on product pages. And service-oriented businesses that rely on invoices can have customers pay online by entering the payment amount.

In fact, merchants have been shown to experience a 28% increase in sales after implementing PayPal Payment Buttons and Links alongside their existing payment solutions.1

How do low-code solutions work?

Unlike coding from scratch, low-code platforms let you add new features to your website quickly. With PayPal Buy Buttons, you can design your checkout page in a simple editor. Update your checkout experience at any time from your PayPal Business account.

No coding experience is required to integrate Buy Buttons. PayPal generates a code snippet for you and provides step-by-step instructions for copying and pasting the code to your website. Then presto, you’re ready to start taking payments.

Every business is different. Checkout should be, too. Buy Buttons support options like color and size selection, as well as order notes. They’ve got the same benefits as a checkout page, without complex coding. And PayPal manages upkeep behind the scenes, so you don’t have to. Any updates you make to your Buy Buttons on your PayPal Business account will automatically sync to your website, so you can deploy changes with a click.

What are the benefits of using PayPal Buy Buttons?

PayPal Buy Buttons are an easy way to turn your website into a true e-commerce storefront. They’re free to build and embed into your website, with no setup costs or subscription fees.

Get paid anytime, anywhere

  • Get paid quickly and easily.
  • Accept payments in up to 200 markets and 24 currencies.
  • Let customers pay with PayPal, Apple Pay, Google Pay, Venmo, credit or debit cards, flexible installments, and more.
  • Allow customers to pay you even if they don’t have a PayPal account.

Get growing with quick setup and integration

  • Save time and money with no need for developer resources.
  • Reach more customers, including up to 400 million PayPal users globally.2
  • Convert more customers with PayPal’s trusted checkout experience.

Get ahead with fraud protection

  • PayPal-powered checkout with and PayPal Seller Protection on eligible transactions.
  • Automated fraud prevention and dispute resolution to help minimize losses.

How do I get started?

Ready to add a PayPal Buy Button to your website? It’s easy, and free to use.

  1. Create or log in to your PayPal Business account.
  2. Navigate to Payment Links and Buttons.
  3. Build your checkout experience by adding in your product or service details, images, payment options, and more.
  4. Click on “Build it” to create your 5 lines of code.
  5. Copy and paste the code into your website using PayPal’s step-by-step instructions.
  6. After setup, you’ll never need to touch the code again. Any updates you make in PayPal to your Buy Button automatically show on your website.
  7. Now, it’s time to get paid.

That’s all you need to be ready to sell online and expand your business in new markets. And it’s all with no subscription fees or contracts, so you only pay when you get paid.

Visit our documentation page to learn more.

Add checkout to any website.

Get started right now. Don’t have a website? Use Payment Links to get paid anytime, anywhere.

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