Want to make money on your site? With our new PayPal integration, WordPress.com Premium and Business customers can embed a simple payment button on their site and start selling immediately. Take a peek at how two websites use payment buttons to sell memberships and merchandise.
Promote your organization’s membership
The Chamber Music Society of San Francisco is currently promoting its membership program for the 2017–18 season on their homepage. The membership includes events, pre-concert talks, priority seating, and other perks. There are two tiers: a Dolce membership for $35 and an Espressivo membership for $100.
The organization embeds payment buttons for both options. If you click one of these buttons, a popup appears and you’ll be prompted to log into your PayPal account to complete the process. Then, you’ll be able to send a payment to the Chamber Music Society with a credit card, debit card, or your PayPal account.
Sell your line of merchandise
Founded by Megan L. Kirkland, LoveLife. is a nonprofit that provides equipment and sponsorship to kids in youth athletics who otherwise can’t afford it. The organization is all about instilling core values at a young age.
On Megan’s merchandise page, she sells swag — cotton T-shirts, silicone bands, racerback tanktops — branded with the organization’s name.
When adding your button details, you can upload an image of your product, as shown below, and do basic editing like cropping, rotating, and flipping.
Great! How can I add one?
The Simple Payments feature is available on WordPress.com Premium and Business plans. To add a button, go to My Sites and click on Site Pages → Add or Blog Posts → Add (or open an existing page or post).
In your toolbar, click the ⌄ next to the ⊕ symbol, and then the Add Payment Button option. You’ll fill out the details for what you’re selling and add the email address for your PayPal account (where the money will be sent). Your readers can then send you a payment with a credit card, debit card, or PayPal account!
Upgrade to the WordPress.com Premium or Business plan to enjoy this feature — as well as advanced social media and customization options, unlimited access to all premium themes, and more.
I hope the same was available for free versions as well!
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im new here and hoping free account can also have the sell button.
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You need to upgrade.
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It is good news but alas only for business and premium users.
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What a great idea 🙂 Thank you for sharing.
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Good article! Thanks for posting.
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Just the information I need. Thanks so much.
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Great post
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Great information. I was wondering if I had to buy a business plan before I could sell something. It’s nice to know that you can do it with a premium plan. Now to find something to sell on my blog.
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Thank you. With a mobile system or only full on computer? This can be certain purchase money deposited before goods get shipped?
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You can view a “Pay with PayPal” button on a site on your mobile device as well. When you click the button, you’re taken to the PayPal page to complete the purchase and initiate the payment. (This process is separate from shipping the goods (or whatever was purchased)).
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Ony pay paal ??
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Yes, just PayPal for now. Other options—like Stripe—are on our wishlist.
You can read other responses from the feature’s developers in the announcement comment thread.
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interesting point! curious to explore how one could personalize this in use it in various ways !
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Agreed. Great post.
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Thanks for sharing
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Thank you for sharing. For us new bloggers, this information is of great help.
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This is super cool! I’ll have to come up with some Wild Rider swag…
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Amazing can’t wait to integrate this! Thanks for the update
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Thanks for sharing. Great news.
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promoting your own merchandise, goods or subscripitons is fair enough. Populating the sidebar with any old 3rd party goods and services is objectionable to me. Thomas
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Thanks for the information!
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Wow, awesome.
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Great information.Thanks for sharing.
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Thanks for sharing. Will definitely consider this.
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Thank you very much
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Great 😊
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Yeah it’s a great idea, but how can I get the products to market.
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Any plans to integrate this payment method with member only content. User makes payment to access restricted content. As seen in a number of “membership” plugins?
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Membership functionality is a great idea and an often-requested feature. As far as I know, I don’t think there’s anything concrete in the works right now, but something for the future.
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thanks for sharing. i hope for free version users can do the same thing
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I wonder why we can’t add other payment options. Paypal is not very useful to me.
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Thanks for the feedback. This is a totally new feature, and other options—like Stripe—are on our wishlist.
You can read other responses from the feature’s developers in the announcement comment thread.
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What good news.
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It’s good if it’s available for non-premium users and individuals.
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AWESOME THANK YOU FOR SHARING
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Good news
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Thank you for the tips.
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What a wonderful idea. Thanks.
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Very cool!
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This is a great addition to WordPress and makes it easier to monitize a blog.
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Thanks for your share.
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Lovely ideas ! Thanks.
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Thanks for this. I’m loving how your so clear on how to do this. Very helpful, thank you!
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Great initiative…
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Good to know
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Thanks for the info.
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Very nice feature! Thanks for the tip!
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I also added the payment button. I’m not selling anything, but added it for anyone whose interest in supporting my ministry. I know blogging doesn’t normally receive support, but I also pay for editing and AdWords too. It’s not cheap!
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