Help Centre - Personal Account
  • Home
  • PayPal App Help
  • My Account
  • My Money
  • Payments
  • PayPal Credit
  • Disputes & Limitations
  • Products & Services
  • Merchant
  • US Tax Information
  • Non-Profits and Donations

How do I create a Subscription Button?

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  PayPal.
  2. Go to  www.paypal.com/buttons/.
  3. Click the  Smart Subscribe  button.
  4. Click  Explore subscription features at the bottom.
  5. Click  Create Plan.
  6. Enter the requested info to tell us about the subscription product you want to offer and click  Next.
  7. Choose the subscription product you want to offer and  click  Next.
  8. Choose the kind of subscription plan you want to offer and  click  Next
  9. Enter the Plan name and Plan description and click  Next.
  10. Define pricing for this subscription plan and  click  Next.
  11. Click  Turn Plan On.
  12. Click  Copy code to add the button to  your website.

Visit our  Developer Portal for information on how to integrate PayPal Subscriptions with your website.

How do I add a PayPal button to Facebook?

More ways we can help

If you accept cookies, we'll use them to improve and customise your experience and enable our partners to show you personalised PayPal ads when you visit other sites. Manage cookies and learn more