[nfbcs] [NFBT] PayPal Buttons

[Jeanine Lineback]

Louis, in Austin we used to have the PayPal donation button on our website. We just asked members via HTML text to put dues in the comments field when I got to the PayPal page. That way we could distinguish between donations and dues. This year we don't have a website so I sent out an email to the chapter mailing list and explained to members how to go to PayPal or use the PayPal app with the appropriate email address to pay dues and put that information in the notes field. Let me know if this makes sense. If not, I can give more detail. It's really very simple if you know the email address that your PayPal account is tied to with your chapter. I understand wanting it on your website though. That's how we used to do it too, but we don't have a website right now.

> On Jan 25, 2017, at 2:16 PM, Leena Bandy <leena.salim at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Haven't played with it, but is there a join button? That could work for dues. Not sure though about the candy one. I would think, because people are selling it and getting cash, that maybe that is better left off PayPal. Just some thoughts. 
> Leena
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Louis Maher  <ljmaher at swbell.net>
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> Date: Wednesday, January 25, 2017 12:12 pm
> Subject: [NFBT] PayPal Buttons
> 
>> 
>> 
>> Folks,
>> 
>> In Houston, we would like to add PayPal buttons to our web site to collect
>> money for three purposes.  I know that in PayPal, you can generate the code
>> for PayPal buttons using their Button formatter.  They have several types of
>> buttons.  
>> 
>> Our first purpose is to collect money for donations.  This is easy because
>> PayPal has a donation button.
>> 
>> The second money purpose is to pay chapter dues--$5 per person per year.  I
>> am less clear what kind of button can accomplish that.  We could set up a
>> second donation button for this purpose; however, strictly speaking, these
>> are not donations.
>> 
>> The third money purpose is to collect money for our annual candy sale.
>> Chapter members volunteer to sell candy for the chapter.  We distribute the
>> candy in chapter meetings, and the chapter members bring the money back to
>> us in chapter meetings.  I would like to set up a PayPal button for this.  I
>> am not sure which kind of button would be best for this.  We do not sell
>> candy on the website, we just want to collect money.
>> 
>> Has anyone played with the PayPal.me link method of collecting funds?
>> 
>> Any advice would be appreciated.
>> 
>> Regards
>> Louis Maher
>> 713-444-7838
>> ljmaher at swbell.net
>> 
>> 
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