You spent countless hours in order to produce the perfect post and finally you manage to produce one that might just rival that of a pro blogger. Readers of your blog give you hundreds of comments for that post and some might even want to donate some moolah(money) to you as a sign of appreciation for your effort. But wait a second, your readers can't seem to find the donate button on your blog! That's where this post might just come in handy for you.

Today, I'll be sharing a guide on How To Create Your Own PayPal donation button. First of all, you are required to register a PayPal account in order to use the donation function offered by them. If you've never heard of PayPal, trying reading my article on PayPal.

Now that you're done reading, let's cut to the chase and begin.

How to Create Your Own PayPal Donation Button
1. Log-in to your PayPal Account.
2. Click on the "Merchant Services" tab and locate the Donation link(listed under Key Features) as shown in the screenshot below:

3. On the Donation page, enter your Donation Name/Service. You can choose to fill in the other requirements stated on the donation page. I strongly suggest that you do not set a fix amount for donation. Let your readers determine how much they would like to donate.

4. Select a custom Donation button from PayPal or choose to upload your own image. If you choose to upload your own image, click the "Use your own button image" link and enter the url of the hosted button image as shown in the screenshots below:

I've taken the effort to design a couple of custom 125 x 125 images that you can use as your donation button. Shown below are 6 Custom Donation Buttons created by me. The images are hosted on Imageshack and you can use any one of them by copying the url listed below the image. (If you like me customized your own image, drop me an e-mail at sksee82@yahoo.com)http://img518.imageshack.us/img518/6273/teawithmint125x125fk6.jpg

http://img518.imageshack.us/img518/5488/rose125x125finalda6.jpg

http://img518.imageshack.us/img518/7932/donuts125x125finalva1.jpg

http://img518.imageshack.us/img518/2590/cookie125x125finalus0.jpg

http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/3363/coffee125x125finaley2.jpg

http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/4052/beermug125x125finaljn7.jpg

5. For the button encryption section, select the "No" option as shown below:
6. Click the "Create Button Now" button. The HTML codes would then be generated by PayPal as shown below:
7. Insert the codes into your blog layout and save all changes made.

Congratulations, you now have your own donation button!

For Blogspot users, you can place the donation button on your blog by going to your Layout tab. Add a new Page Element and select HTML/Javascript. Copy and paste the donation codes generated by PayPal on your new element and then Save Changes.

Recommended Read:
1. Like to embed your donation button on each and every post? Read this post about Buy Me A Beer Code For Blogger by BetaBloggerForDummies

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