What is a Buy Button?

Buy Buttons and Shopping Cart Buttons are types of Payment Buttons. PayPal Payment Buttons let you add a PayPal-powered checkout to your website without building a full eCommerce store. Just embed the Buy Button or Shopping Cart Button on your site. When customers click the button, they’re taken to a PayPal-hosted checkout page to complete their payment.

How do I add a PayPal Payment Button to my website?

After you create your Buy Button or Shopping Cart Button in your PayPal business account, you’ll receive the button embed code along with step-by-step instructions for adding it to your site. You don’t need coding knowledge or a server. Just copy the code from PayPal and paste it into your website’s code. Once the code is embedded, you won’t need to update it again. We’ll automatically handle updates on our end. Learn more in our developer documentation.

Can I customize my Payment Buttons and the checkout experience?

Yes. When you create your Buy Button or Shopping Cart Button, you can customize the information and options shown in the checkout experience. You can also add product images, along with your business name and logo. With Buy Buttons and Shopping Cart Buttons, you can change the button color, size, and label text. You can also choose where customers are directed to on your website after they complete their purchase.

Do I need a developer or coding experience to use Payment Buttons?

No. Payment Buttons are designed to be simple to set up. You can create a button in your business account and add it to your website using a few lines of copy-and-paste code. No developer experience is required.

How do I decide between a Buy Button and a Shopping Cart Button?

Use a Buy Button when you’re selling a single product or service and want a quick checkout experience. Use a Shopping Cart Button when you want customers to add multiple items and check out in one transaction.

What types of payments can I accept?

Payment Buttons allow businesses to accept PayPal, Venmo, Pay Later options, Apple Pay, and major credit and debit cards where available.

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Add a button.

Start selling on

your site.

Give shoppers a quick and customized checkout with Payment Buttons. No complex integration, monthly fees, or separate eCommerce platform required.

Set up in minutes

Create a Buy Button or Shopping Cart Button and add it to your site with simple copy-and-paste code.

Offer more ways to pay

Give the choice to pay with PayPal, Venmo,¹ Apple Pay®, Pay Later, debit and credit cards, and more.

Sell without complexity

Start selling easily and reach global customers. Skip the hassle of traditional eCommerce platforms.

Trusted experience

Offer a globally trusted PayPal-hosted checkout experience with Seller Protection on eligible transactions.²

Payments built for how

you do business

Whether you sell one product, collect payments for services, or offer a simple cart, Payment Buttons help you add a checkout experience to your website.

Payments for professional services

Add a Buy Button to your website so clients can pay for consulting, legal services, accounting, coaching, and more.

Checkouts for creators and digital goods

Sell downloads, courses, memberships, or creative services from your website with a simple shopping cart.

Simple carts for products and bookings

Let customers buy one item or add multiple items to a cart, without building a full eCommerce store.

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Add selling power to

your site in seconds

Use Buy Buttons to start selling on any page or site, or Shopping Cart Buttons to let customers buy multiple items in one checkout.

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Include PayPal checkout nearly anywhere

Best for selling one product, service, donation amount, or custom payment from a page on your website. Add a Buy Button with a few lines of copy-and-paste code. No developer or subscription needed.

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Create a simple cart experience

Let your customers add multiple items, review their order, and check out easily. No eCommerce implementation needed, just a simple copy and paste.

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Get started in three

simple steps

Build your checkout experience

Customize your checkout experience in seconds right from your business account, with options to add product details, images, branding, and more.

No coding knowledge needed

Copy the simple code we generate for you, then paste it where you want the button to appear on your site. No coding experience or ongoing maintenance needed.

Launch checkout instantly

Once your button is live, customers can start paying instantly through a smooth, trusted checkout experience backed by PayPal.

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Pricing with no surprises

No setup cost or monthly fees. You only pay when you get paid.

PayPal & Venmo

3.49%

+ $0.49 per transaction⁴

Pay Later

4.99%

+ $0.49 per transaction⁴

Debit cards, credit cards & Apple Pay³

2.99%

+ $0.49 per transaction⁴

Transaction fees are subject to change. For the most current fees, visit our merchant fees page.

Real results. Real impact.

“PayPal was really surprisingly easy to implement. There was no coding at all. You just put that script where you wanted it to be, and it pops in the button.”

— Rem Malloy, Owner, Italy4Real

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One platform. Many ways to

get paid.

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Payment Buttons

Add a button.

Start selling on

your site.

Set up in minutes

Offer more ways to pay

Sell without complexity

Trusted experience

Payments built for how

you do business

Add selling power to

your site in seconds

Include PayPal checkout nearly anywhere

Create a simple cart experience

Get started in three

simple steps

Create with ease

Copy and paste

Take payments

Create with ease

Build your checkout experience

Copy and paste

No coding knowledge needed

Take payments

Launch checkout instantly

Pricing with no surprises

PayPal & Venmo

Pay Later

Debit cards, credit cards & Apple Pay3

Real results. Real impact.

One platform. Many ways to

get paid.

Frequently asked questions

What is a Buy Button?

How do I add a PayPal Payment Button to my website?

Can I customize my Payment Buttons and the checkout experience?

Do I need a developer or coding experience to use Payment Buttons?

How do I decide between a Buy Button and a Shopping Cart Button?

What types of payments can I accept?

Do more with

PayPal Open

Debit cards, credit cards & Apple Pay³