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The Pay with PayPal block (formerly called Simple Payments) lets you add a payment button to any domain
post or page, and immediately start taking  credit and debit card payments via PayPal for physical
products, digital goods, donations, or in support of your creative work. Upgrade your site today

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Styling The Payments Button
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Collecting Payments
Transaction Fees, Tax, and Shipping Costs Topics
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To use the Pay with PayPal block, your site needs to have an active WordPress.com Premium, Traffic
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To add a Pay with PayPal block, click on the Block Inserter icon.
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You can also type /pay and hit enter in a new paragraph block to add one quickly.
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Create the Button
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When you first add the Pay with PayPal block, a few fields will be loaded for you to fill in as shown Block Error:
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Pay with PayPal block

1. Upload or select an image from the media gallery.

2. Enter the name of the item you are selling.
3. Enter a brief description of the item.
4. Select your currency and enter the price (without a currency symbol).
5. Select whether to allow people to buy more than one of the item at once.

6. Enter your PayPal email address.

The email address you enter will determine where PayPal sends payments for the items sold or
donations collected. Double-check the email address you enter to be sure it is valid and belongs to you!
You will also need a free PayPal account linked to your bank account to claim any payments you receive.

This is how the product will look on the actual site:

Pay with PayPal block example

That’s it. You are ready to sell!

You can add as many Pay with PayPal blocks as you like to your page by repeating the process above.

Read about collecting payments here.

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Styling The Payments Button

For information on how to style aspects of the button, please see our Pay with PayPal styling page.

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Pay with PayPal Widget

On WordPress.com and Jetpack 6.3 or above, you can add a quick payment option to any widgetized
area (sidebar, footer, etc.) on your WordPress site.

Here’s an example from a footer area:

To add a widget, go to My Sites → Design → Customize to load the site customizer. From the Customizer
menu, click on Widgets and then select the area of your site where you’d like the widget to appear.

At the bottom of this menu, click the Add Widget button, and look for Pay with PayPal in the list.

You can then choose which product to display in the widget. If you don’t have any products yet, you can
create one right inside the widget by clicking Add New.

For each new product, you can add everything you can on a standalone Pay with PayPal block, including
a photo, description, and price.

Once one or more products have been created and saved via the Customizer, you can switch between
them when adding a new widget or payment button. Just choose from the right button in the list when
you’re setting up and you’re good to go!

After selecting a product, you can change the widget options, reorder it, and see how it will look on the
page. Once you’re happy with how it looks, click Publish at the top of the Customizer sidebar to save
your site layout with the new widget.

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Collecting Payments

Please note that your site must be public before you can collect payments. You are able to
create and add buttons but you will not be able to collect payments on a private site.

When a visitor to your site clicks the Pay with PayPal button on any of your Pay with PayPal blocks, a
new window will open that will take them through the PayPal checkout. They will have the option to pay
you from their PayPal account using PayPal funds or a credit card. If they are logged into PayPal and
have access to PayPal Credit as a payment method they’ll also see the PayPal Credit button.

If you have a Business PayPal account, they will have the option to simply use a credit or debit card to
complete the purchase without having a PayPal account.

All payments are credited to the PayPal account linked to the email address you used in the button. For
every purchase, PayPal will send a confirmation email with the purchaser’s information to your email
address. The purchaser will also receive an email from PayPal as a receipt for the purchase.

If the email you use is not linked to an existing PayPal account, you will receive an email from PayPal
with information about claiming any collected payments. This email is sent after you collect your first
payment. Be sure to check that PayPal supports collecting online payments in your region. You will need
PayPal Business Account support which you can determine for your country by following PayPal’s online
support.

WordPress.com will also send an email for each purchase. This email will be sent to your WordPress.com
account email address. You can also expect a monthly report for all your Pay with PayPal blocks. This
email is sent to the owner of your site’s WordPress.com plan.

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Transaction Fees, Tax, and Shipping Costs

WordPress.com does not charge any fee or take any cut of the payments.

PayPal will take a fee. The amount varies depending on the payment method, the country, and other
factors. Information on PayPal fees.

The Pay with PayPal buttons do not take into account tax or shipping costs that may factor into
products you sell using the buttons. If you wish to pass the cost of tax and shipping onto your customer,
make sure to include the amount in the price you set on the button.

If you are unsure what taxes you should charge, if any, consult with your local tax
professional.

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Compare Payments Options on WordPress.com

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Learn more about the Payments, Premium Content, and Pay with PayPal blocks to bring payments

seamlessly to your site, or the WooCommerce plugin available on the Business and eCommerce plans.

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