Need to add paypal to an html site

[matthew stuart]

Hi all, I have built a website that is basically a gallery for handmade jewelry. I discussed with the client the need to add database capabilities in order to then be able to take orders online. They said it wasn't needed. OK.

They now want to add paypal to the site! Without having to go through the process of building a shopping cart, how can I add paypal? Bear in mind that the site is only html, not asp or php.

I have seen some sites where there are products that have a buy now button, and when clicked, it then shoots you straight through to paypal rather than in to a cart on the web site. How is this done?

I know it's not ideal, but it's what they want...

Mat

[Newsgroup_User]

> I have seen some sites where there are products that have a buy now
button,
> and when clicked, it then shoots you straight through to paypal rather
> than in
> to a cart on the web site. How is this done?

It's done with the code the PayPal supplies. You would need to have
access to the customer's PayPal account to get the correct code.

[Guest]

There are more than a few free Dreamweaver Extensions that can do this, provide a free shopping cart and payment system through PayPal.

BTW--do you have a merchant account? If so, why on earth would you, or anyone else, pay (about) 5% of your on-line sales revenue when your credit card processor will charge you 1-some percent plus 20-some cents per transaction? That's five times the cost!! On a $100 transaction, the costs for Paypal are an additional $4 per $100. That doesn't sound like a lot, but multiply that by a thousand, tens of thousands, more? and it adds up.

If you do have a merchant account, talk to your credit card processor, make sure they work with your host provider, and if they do not work with your credit card processor, find a host provider that does. Your credit card processor will fall all over themselves to help you. They may go so far as to help you developing the code you need to "get online." That's how desperate banks are to get money, right now.

Even credit card processors will overcharge for internet sales, but if you're savvy enough, you can circumvent all that by typing in the sales information in your keypad just before you send the order to the customer. The costs will be little more than if the person appeared, in person, at your store, but you will circumvent even the monthly charges your credit card processor will charge if you're smart.

[Guest]

By the way, I forgot to read the header of your post. I supposed you were using PHP or some dynamically generated page for your store. You aren't supposing you can do this using plain HTML, are you?