How do I create a Subscription Button?

Please note: Product and feature availability may differ by market. In some countries, certain PayPal services may be available only for cross-border transactions, and receiving money with PayPal requires linking your account to a licensed local partner. Refer to What is the third-party partner service? for more information.

If you are a new customer in Nigeria please be sure to link to your partner bank to start receiving money.

You can use the Subscription Button to bill customers on a regular basis, charge membership fees or offer subscription services. We provide the HTML code and a link for you to copy and paste into your website’s code.

Here’s how to create a Subscription Button from your desktop:

  1. Log in to your Business account.
  2. Go to https://www.paypal.com/billing/plans.
  3. Click Create Plan.
  4. Fill in the details of your product and click Next.
  5. Select your Product and click Next.
  6. Choose the kind of subscription plan you want to offer. (Select "Fixed pricing" if you'd like to charge the same price each billing cycle.)
  7. Fill in the name and the description of your plan.
  8. Click Next.
  9. Fill in the details of the plan and click Next.
  10. Define pricing for this subscription plan and click Next.
  11. Click Turn Plan On.
  12. Click Copy code or Copy Link to add the button to your website.

The main differences between a subscription and automatic payments are:

  • Automatic payments integrate with PayPal via APIs. Subscriptions integrate with PayPal via HTML.
  • Automatic payments allow your customers to check out at the cart level with multiple items. Subscriptions allow your buyers to complete their purchase for 1 item or service at a time.
  • Automatic payments support merchant management, including limited modification, suspension/reactivation, and billing on outstanding amounts.

To learn more about our payment buttons and how to create an unsubscribe button, go to PayPal Developer.

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