Making and Inserting an Image in a PayPal Shopping Cart

By: Dave Rigotti
Submitted: 2007-01-17 11:42:20
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One of the major drawbacks for online store owners who accept PayPal is the unbranded checkout it provides. Many owners want to display their shops logo – rather than an email address – to help make customers feel more at comfortable. Thankfully, PayPal now allows users to customize their PayPal checkout process with a logo or image. This free service is something that can easily be implement with reliable, free, and secure image hosting.

One of the biggest reason store owners want to display their logos in the PayPal checkout is security. Some customers don’t feel secure when all they see is an email address and not the store logo, which potentially may cause the store to lose a sale.

This article will step you through the necessary steps to make and insert an image in your PayPal checkout.

  • Start with a new document 750x90px

    • Tt may be smaller in size but it cannot be larger.
    • If it is smaller than 750x90px, then the image will be place in the upper left of the header.

  • Add your logo or text to the document and save as a .gif, .jpg, .png

    • It is a good idea to keep the same colors and flow of your website as to not alarm customers. You should also state somewhere that it is a secure page and the transaction is being handled through PayPal.com. This will ease customer’s

      tensions.

    • Also, remember that PayPal will place a 2px solid black line around your image.

  • Upload your image to padlockhost.com

    • If not on a secure server, a warning will popup stating that secure and unsecure information is displayed on the same page.
    • Just go to padlockhost.com and select “browse” and then “upload” once you have selected your image.
    • Copy the URL listed under “FULL SIZE” and “Secure”.
    • Be sure not to copy the “[URL]” tags.

  • Add the image to your PayPal shopping cart.

    • Login to your account at PayPal.com account.
    • Click the “Profile” subtab.
    • Click the “Custom Payment Pages” link in the Selling Preferences column.
    • Click “Add” to enter the information you would like to customize.
    • Click “Preview” to preview your page style and if it looks

      desirable, click “Return”.

    • Click “Save” to save your customized page style.
    • To make this custom page primary, click the “Make Primary” button.
    • Click “Make Primary” again to confirm the change

      Note: The Primary page style applies to all of your payment pages, unless specified otherwise for a particular button or link.

    This article is written by the owner of http://www.padlockhost.com, a free and secure image hosting website.

    Article source: Expert Articles

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