A merchant website, also referred to as an e-commerce or shopping cart website, allows you to accept multiple payment types from your website for merchandise or services you well. A merchant website is important to any business that sells items online. Creating a merchant website usually requires a third-party payment processor, such as PayPal or Google Checkout, to accurately, safely and easily process online payments.
Instructions
- 1
Sign up for a third-party payment processor, such as PayPal. Click "Business," followed by "Website Payments Standard" under "Products and Services." Click "Try It Now."
2Fill in the required information for your payment button. If you are selling multiple options, choose the "shopping cart" function, otherwise, choose "Buy Now." Enter the other required fields, including the name of the product, price, shipping, tax and email address where payments will be sent. Click "Create Button."
3Copy the HTML code for the new merchant button by highlighting the code with your mouse and holding down CTRL+C, or CMD+C on a Mac.
4Open the raw HTML file for your website's merchant section. If you are using a website hosted by an online source, such as WordPress or Blogger, select the page where you want the shopping cart button to appear. Click the "HTML" view button in the top right. Paste the merchant code into the HTML file by holding down CTRL+V, or CMD+V.
If this is the first page of your website, paste the following starter HTML into a blank HTML document:
My Product
Paste your product code here by holding down CTRL+V for Windows, or CMD+V for Mac.
You can edit text outside of the HTML code.
5Save the HTML file or page by selecting "Save" under "File," or by clicking the "Save" or "Update" button on your online editor. If you are using a raw HTML file from your computer, upload the updated file to your server. Open your FTP client, enter your username and password and drag and drop the updated file to the server. Drag the file by holding down the left mouse button on the file, dragging the file to the appropriate folder on the server, and releasing the left mouse button to drop the file.
6Visit your site to test your new merchant website button. If you are satisfied with its functionality, verify your PayPal or other third-party account to begin withdrawing money made from your merchant website. Follow the steps in the email sent to the address you entered to fully activate your account.
