slightly O.T. use of Paypal..

Keeping a site simple - with items for sale, and a paypal link button
down the bottom - instead of a link beside every item...
does paypal bring up a form of some type, where the buyer can enter
some text relating to the item being purchased?, name or code number,
or would it be preferable to place a small link beneath each item on
view, where presumably I would add the respective code for the item ??
as you might be able to tell ~ I'm not exactly clued up on the use of
Paypal and placing it on a web site.... and I see to email this
question to contacts at paypal - you first have to log on, i'm not
quite ready to set up my account yet - soon but not quite now.
many thanks.

http://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/websc...n/intro-outside

Bob Lehmann

"neutrino" <stuartr@bluebottle.com> wrote in message
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> Keeping a site simple - with items for sale, and a paypal link button
> down the bottom - instead of a link beside every item...
> does paypal bring up a form of some type, where the buyer can enter
> some text relating to the item being purchased?, name or code number,
> or would it be preferable to place a small link beneath each item on
> view, where presumably I would add the respective code for the item ??
> as you might be able to tell ~ I'm not exactly clued up on the use of
> Paypal and placing it on a web site.... and I see to email this
> question to contacts at paypal - you first have to log on, i'm not
> quite ready to set up my account yet - soon but not quite now.
> many thanks.
>

You would set up a PayPal button for each item.

Sample site using PayPal's Shopping Cart:
http://www.ecom-data.com/PayPal/wp/C999994.asp

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"neutrino" <stuartr@bluebottle.com> wrote in message
news:1124330742.357407.180250@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> Keeping a site simple - with items for sale, and a paypal link button
> down the bottom - instead of a link beside every item...
> does paypal bring up a form of some type, where the buyer can enter
> some text relating to the item being purchased?, name or code number,
> or would it be preferable to place a small link beneath each item on
> view, where presumably I would add the respective code for the item ??
> as you might be able to tell ~ I'm not exactly clued up on the use of
> Paypal and placing it on a web site.... and I see to email this
> question to contacts at paypal - you first have to log on, i'm not
> quite ready to set up my account yet - soon but not quite now.
> many thanks.
>