Website Payments Standard: Overview
Website Payments Standard: Overview
Turn your website into an online store today
Your site is up, but how are customers going to pay you? Website Payments Standard is our fastest way to set up online payment on your website and accept credit cards, debit cards, bank transfers, and PayPal.
Getting started is easy
Click the tabs below to see what works best for your business.
Payment Buttons
Create Payment Buttons for your website
You don’t need programming skills, anyone can do it. Give it a try
Third-party carts

Need a quick way to integrate?
Hundreds of shopping carts such as AgoraCart, Americart, and GoDaddy are pre-integrated with Website Payments Standard. If you currently have one of these carts, or are looking to sign up with one, you’ll be up and running quickly.
Custom integration

Create your own buttons using APIs or HTML
If you’re a developer building your own shopping cart or an application, you can download PayPal APIs so that you or your customers can build, manage, and update buttons.
Learn more about API integrationIf you simply want to create the HTML code on your own, please refer to the HTML integration guide.
Learn more about HTML integrationPricing
Pricing
- No monthly, set-up, or cancellation fees.
- You pay only when you receive payments.
- Low transaction fees explained below.
Click here to view fees for receiving domestic payments.
Click here to view fees for receiving payments outside your country.
Monthly Income | Per Transaction | Transaction Price Example |
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$0.00 USD - $3,000.00 USD | 3.4% + $0.30 USD | You’ll pay $3.70 USD on a $100.00 USD transaction. |
$3,000.01 USD - $10,000.00 USD | 3.4% + $0.30 USD Merchant Rate qualification required | You’ll pay $3.70 USD on a $100.00 USD transaction. |
$10,000.01 USD - $100,000.00 USD | 3.4% + $0.30 USD Merchant Rate qualification required | You’ll pay $3.70 USD on a $100.00 USD transaction. |
> $100,000.00 USD | 3.4% + $0.30 USD Merchant Rate qualification required | You’ll pay $3.70 USD on a $100.00 USD transaction. |
Terms: to qualify, you must meet the Merchant Rate criteria. If you qualify, log in to your PayPal account and complete our one-time application form.Other standard fees apply
Fast, easy, and full of benefits
- Don’t worry about PCI Compliance or storing customer data - payment takes place over PayPal’s secure pages.
- Manage your business easily with our reporting tools. You can download sales and accounting reports to Microsoft Excel and other accounting softwares.
- Get automatic fraud screening.
- Get built-in shipping and tax calculation.
- See more features