If you want to make money online, you have to be able to accept payment. One way to do this is through paypal. It is easy to create a “buy now” button that will let people pay you. I have gone through each of the steps with screens shots below so you can see how to do it.

Step 1. Login to your paypal account or sign up for one if you don’t have one. Then click on the “Merchant Services” Tag.

Step 2. Click on the “Buy Now” link in the Create buttons area.

How to accept credit cars online steps 1 and 2

Step 3. Fill out the details

how to accept credit cards online step 3 fill out details

Step 4. Scroll down and select options, click on “Create Button”

how to accept credit cards online step 4 scroll down

Step 5. Select and copy the html code generated by Paypal

how to accept credit cards online step 5 Select and Copy the code

Step 6. Paste the select code wherever you want. I had to choose the “non-encrypted” version of the button to get it to work with wordpress. But, yes, that button below was copied and pasted into this blog post using this method. Please feel free to click on it and donate $5.00 to me if you found this little tutorial useful!


And there you have it. Now go make your own “buy now” button and sell something!

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