PayPal and Online Donations

Nothing to shame  in requesting  your blog visitors to donate some money in your preferred  online account by inserting  a Donate button.If many visitors  really like the content of your blog and want to keep it going,you can earn something to keep it right!Adding a Paypal Donate Button is one of  the best way to earn money from your blog/web site.

If  you can offer and provide rich conten plus services to  your blog or website visitors  by accepting some donations from them, then add a Paypal donate icon on your site.PayPal is the faster, safer way to send money, make an online payment, receive money or set up a merchant account.It is very easy to add a Paypal button if you have a valid PayPal account.If you don't have one,then signup for a new account (www.paypal.com). Next, log in into your PayPal account with your PayPal email Id and password and:

• Click on ‘Merchant Services’ Tab available in the Menu
• Scroll down the window to see a ‘Donations’ link in the ‘PayPal Website Payments Standard’ heading Section
• Clicking on the ‘Donate’ link will switch you a form where you are asked to fill some details  like Organization name and/or service,Donation ID (optional),etc
• After completing  the required information click on ‘Create Button’ link
• Now you will see some HTML Code.Just copy it.

 Now you can add this code into your blog.Login to your blogger account and go to its dashboard.Paste the copied  HTML code in the proposed area available and save changes.Open your blog and check donate button will be in your blog site.With some patience,you can insert the HTML code in Wordpress blog and all of your websites.For example,in case of a website,carefully paste the following code  in any of your site page or within your website template where you want to display the  paypal donation icon.

<form name=”_xclick” action=”https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr” method=”post”>
<input type=”hidden” name=”cmd” value=”_xclick”>
<input type=”hidden” name=”business” value=”user@yourdomain.com”>
<input type=”hidden” name=”item_name” value=”Customer Service”>
<input type=”hidden” name=”currency_code” value=”USD”>
<input type=”hidden” name=”amount” value=”1.00?>
<input type=”image” src=”http://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_donate_LG.gif” border=”0? name=”submit”
alt=”Make payments with PayPal – it’s fast, free and secure!”>
</form>

Remember to avoid displaying a  PayPal donate button logo in your site if it’s a new one  or is not popular in its niche as this  will only show your greediness for money.Give respect and take respect.

PayPal Beginner's Guide:Click HERE to Read!